After an early start, I arrived at the Timex Performance Center on the scheduled treatment & recovery day. My good friend Byron (Hansen) met me at the door & immediately we set to work on addressing some of the acute injuries sustained in Thursday's comprehensive 36 - 7...

Since arriving in New York on Saturday afternoon, I've been enjoying one of my typical "holidays". The weekend was spent relaxing, catching up with friend, & former podiatric colleague, Toni Blackstock as we entertained her 3 year old daughter, Bella, near their home on Long...

Whilst I was enjoying my time at home over the weekend, I had the chance to catch up with friend & former colleague, Phil Anderton. Phil worked at the Scottish Rugby Union prior to my time there, before our paths crossed at Heart of Midlothian FC, where Phil worked as CEO...

The UK Athletics High Performance Centre in London is accommodated in the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, which is also a facility from which the English Institute of Sport provides training & support services to the fencing performance group. Their sports physiotherapist, Ed...

With a blink of an eye, the roar of 50,000 people (none louder than when Belgium's Borlee twins crossed the 400m line in first & second), the breaking of the 110m men's hurdles world record, a huge party with Shaggy & Usain taking turns on stage & some light-hearted late night...

As we come to this stage in the season, many of the athletes have packed away their spikes for the summer & are making the most of their successes on the glamorous party circuit, licking their wounds or getting their wounds repaired by the surgeons & sports physiotherapists...

After another quick turnaround after the Birmingham Diamond League, I arrived into Zurich yesterday afternoon for the first of the two Diamond League finals, which takes place tonight.  Given the large number of athletic events, the meets (roughly) alternate which ones they...

Working as a sports physiotherapist, I often interact with the athletes whilst they are cramming snacks, meals & supplements into their mouths as they pass through the treatment areas on their way to or from their other sessions of the day, whether that be out on the track or...

Who said the Olympics signalled the end of the athletics action for the season? Right now I am in the middle of a globe-trotting track & field fest, currently repacking my bags after yesterday's Diamond League action in Lausanne, Switzerland, in preparation for travel to...

Well, after all the excitement of the Olympics, normal service had to resume sooner or later & the Diamond League road show gets back on track tonight in Stockholm, Sweden. Yesterday, 6 athletes put Team GB duties behind them & hopped on the plane to Scandinavia, amongst them...