Biography
Angelo Battiston is a graduate of the Centennial Class of 1995 from Palmer College of Chiropractic, where he was recognised for academic excellence and his contributions to the Sports Injuries and Rehabilitation Centre at the Palmer Clinics. A former scholarship athlete representing the Palmer Rugby Club, he developed an early interest in the management and optimisation of sports performance.
Following graduation, Angelo established his first practice in Cape Town and, in 1997, was appointed as the sole chiropractor to the South Africa national rugby union team during the 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa. He later relocated to Italy, where he built a successful practice focused on sports performance and served as chiropractor to the Italian women’s national rugby union team.
Current Activity
Since moving to the UK in 2008, Angelo has been a faculty member at the Health Sciences University. He teaches across a range of disciplines, including adjustive techniques and clinical diagnosis, and serves as a Clinical Tutor. He was instrumental in the development of the SPRiNT (Sport Injuries Intern Team) programme and co-designed the MSc in Advanced Professional Practice (Sports Injuries and Rehabilitation, later renamed Functional Musculoskeletal Health), for which he served as Programme Leader.
Angelo continues to lecture nationally and internationally and has a particular interest in functional musculoskeletal health and sports performance. He is currently a Consultant to AFC Bournemouth.
Areas of Interest
Angelo enthusiastically enjoys mentoring final-year placement student interns to develop evidence-informed psychomotor proficiency, hands-on techniques, and clinical judgment—drawing on clinical experience—to deliver safe, confident chiropractic adjustments in a clinical practice setting.
Qualifications 
Qualifications
- BSc
- DC
- MSc (Sports & Rehabilitation)
- PG Cert. (Med. Ed.)
- CCEP
- ICSSD
Membership
Membership
- British Chiropractic Association
- General Chiropractic Council
Research
Research
- Chiropractic effect on human strength via contextual dynamics
- Research emphasis concerning manual therapies (specifically chiropractic) their influence on perception, human performance (behaviour) and cognition in all sporting populations, with a specific interest in the professional adolescent population.
- Special interest in gait analysis incorporating effective analysis of the neuro-musculoskeletal system, and its reciprocal influences human’s agility, balance, coordination and stability.
Teaching
Teaching
- Clinical Tutor
Publications
Publications
Battiston, A., Nunn, N., Breeze, S., Harrison, J., 2025. History, risks, and early referral insights from three reported cases of Cervical Vascular Incidence: The importance of valid informed consent for cervical spine adjustments. October 2025.
Nunn, N., Breeze, S., Battiston, A., Harrison, J., 2025. Cervical Arterial Events and spinal manipulation: A scoping review of terminology and ratio risk. October 2025.
Battiston, A., Bento, M., Bowden, A., 2025. Resolution of lifelong gastrointestinal symptomatology in a 9-year-old female with the use of Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex and Bloodless Surgery techniques: A case report. March 2025.
Battiston, A., Nunn, N., Heritage, D., 2025. Comparing consecutive third-year Chiropractic Student cohorts: A successful evaluation of the Paired Junior Clinic programme. January 2025.
Battiston, A., Nunn, N., Heritage, D., 2024. 23.10.2024 Slide Two Supporting the Case for a Permanent JCP. Poster. November 2024.
Battiston, A., Nunn, N., Heritage, D., 2024. 23.10.2024 Slide One Survey Results. Poster. November 2024.
Nunn, N., Gregory, C., Battiston, A., Breeze, S., 2024. Cauda Equina Syndrome: Are final-year clinical student chiropractors and their supervisors recognising and implementing the correct referral pathways in the UK? Two case reports. Article. November 2024.
Nunn, N., Heritage, D., Battiston, A., 2024. 23.10.2024 BCA Live 2023 Original Poster. Poster. November 2024.
Ciuti, L., Battiston, A., 2019. Readiness For En Pointe Work in Young Ballet Dancers: Are There Proven Screening Tools and Training Protocols for a Population at Increased Risk of Injury? Poster. January 2019.
Crombie, I.K.J., Battiston, A.L.M., Turner, A., 2012. A cross-sectional real-time ultrasound study into the size differences in the semispinalis capitis muscles, comparing front five rugby union players and a control group. Clinical Chiropractic, 15 (3–4), 129–134.
Docherty, S., Battiston, A., Osborne, N., 2011. Effect of shoe orthotics on balance and posture in pain-free individuals: a randomised controlled pilot study. Manual Therapy (submitted for publication).
Battiston, A.L.M., 2010. Performance or Participation for Children – Where to Draw the Line? Clinical Chiropractic, 13 (1), 1–40.
Battiston, A., 2010. Workshop 2B.6: Injury prevention in children in recreational and sporting activities. Article. March 2010.
Contact details
- Email – angelo.battiston@hsu.ac.uk
- Phone – 01202 436343
