PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
15 years of specialist experience in neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy
Mr Akiva Lieberman is a chartered physiotherapist with 15 years of practice across NHS primary care and private settings, specialising in neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy. He is the founder and Director of Bridge Rehabilitation Services Ltd and has held Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner roles in NHS primary care, including independent prescribing and first contact practice.
MEDCO accredited as an independent physiotherapy expert witness since 2016, Akiva has produced several hundred expert witness reports across a wide range of personal injury and complex injury types. His clinical negligence experience — commenced in 2018 — includes quantum reports for catastrophic injury cases and pre-trial conferences with counsel. He accepts instructions from claimant, defendant, and joint-instruction solicitors.
In addition to his medicolegal practice, Akiva served as physiotherapist for the Team GB Junior Futsal Squad at the European Maccabi Games (2019) and as Lead Physiotherapist for Team GB at the Maccabiah Games (2022).
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Key positions held
2025–present
Locum First Contact Practitioner
NHS Primary Care (limited sessions)
2018–present
Expert Witness – Clinical Negligence & Catastrophic Injury
Claimant, Defendant & Joint instructions
2013–present
Medico-Legal Expert – Personal Injury
Soft tissue and complex injury reports
2011–present
Director – Bridge Rehabilitation Services Ltd
Private physiotherapy practice, Manchester and West Yorkshire
2017–2025
Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner & First Contact Practitioner (NHS)
St Gabriel's Medical Centre, Prestwich
2011–2013
Lead Physiotherapist – Angel & Bowden Ltd
Award-winning Orthopaedic Pain Management Programme, NHS Trafford
REGISTRATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Professional affiliations
✓ HCPC registered
✓ Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP)
✓ Medico-Legal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MLACP)
✓ Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology (ACPN)
✓ British Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Limb AbsenceRehabilitation (BACPAR)
✓ Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine (SOMM)
✓ Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MAACP)
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Academic qualifications and specialist training
2008–2011 · University of Salford
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
2017–2018 · University of Salford
PgCert Non Medical Prescribing
2016 · MEDCO
Accredited Independent Physiotherapy Expert Witness
2017 · University of Central Lancashire
PgCert Injection Therapy
2021–2022 · University of Salford
PgCert First Contact Practice
2023 · Bond Solon
Courtroom Skills & Excellence in Report Writing
