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Nicholas Thomas Leonard Southorn was born in Leicester on the 15th August 1981 and the third child of Stephen John Southorn and Janet Southorn (nee Nicholls). He is usually known as 'Nick' or 'Leo'.

Nick attended Old Mill Primary School, Thomas Estley Community College and, rather unfortunately, Countesthorpe College before admitting defeat and taking a series of meaningless manual jobs before joining the Royal Army Medical Corps (British Army).

He then returned to study in Burton Upon Trent having met his inspirational best friend (and now wife) Kate. With the exception of a brief hiatus during his deployment to Iraq during the war of 2003, Nick has remained in academia ever since. In 2005 he attended Manchester Metropolitan University to read B.Sc. (Honours) Physiotherapy, then in 2009 The University of Leicester School of Medicine to study M.Sc. pain management. Nick also began his Ph.D. (Medicine) at the University of Nottingham.

During these degrees, Nick has developed a strong clinical career as a Pain Specialist Physiotherapist and author of various academic publications and books published by Elsevier Science.

He lives with Kate and his two sons, Moses and Isaac, in rural Derby Dales and enjoys surfing, reading classical and theological literature, playing and listening to music, and spending time with the family.