Wendy Kim Viviers

Wendy Viviers, PT, DPT, MPhil, PhD-C, hails from South Africa where she earned a Sports Physiotherapy Specialization degree from the University of Cape Town and ran a successful multidisciplinary clinic focused on the management of Masters athletes at the local and international level for several years. In the U.S., she is a board-certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist and Curriculum Coordinator at Southern California University of Health Sciences DPT Phoenix Metro program. As a PhD in Exercise Science Candidate and a national Co-Coordinator of the Sustained Athlete Fitness Exam (SAFE), Dr. Viviers is actively engaged in research that aims to quantify the parameters of successful aging using competitive Masters athletes as the blue-print. She is passionate about promoting high-intensity exercise in middle- and older-aged adults as means of sustaining the highest levels of physical fitness and quality of life with age.