After arriving in Seoul on Monday morning for our Asian Champions League game tonight, the Buriram United team has spent valuable time recovering from the effects of the long travel & subsequent sleep disturbance.
As energy levels began to return, we trained last night at...
In case you hadn't realised from my lack of blog activity (the longest stretch without updating my site), I have had an incredibly busy last few weeks. Where to start & how to put all my adventures in one post is a challenge I know I will not be able to meet. So in an...
A week in & warm weather training is going well. Coach Brookes & Tom Shaw have made us very welcome, whilst training has been characterised by a real energy, thanks in part to working alongside the local track athletes, Atlanta Braves baseball team & Tom's American football...
Finally, the season for spring warm weather training camps has arrived & with it, the excuse to escape the onslaught of the icy March that the UK is currently experiencing. After touching down in Orlando (via a rather tedious stop over spent queuing around Miami airport), my...
This month has seen the publication of the Consensus Statement of Concussion in Sport, taken from the panel discussion at the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport, held in Zurich last year.
Some of the findings my surprise many players, clinicians & parents...
With the London Marathon now looming large on the horizon, the number of amateur runners I am seeing in my private clinic are increasing & it's no surprise that given the factors that contribute to tendinopathy, injuries of this nature are the most common presentation...
Throughout my career as a sports physiotherapist, I have been extremely privileged to work with some truly inspiring individuals & wonderful characters. In my current role, working with British Athletics (until recently UK Athletics), one person that fits that description...
Back in the 1980's, a researcher called Bob Goldman asked a group of elite athletes the following question:
"There is a pill in front of you. It is a performance enhancing drug, that is illegal but also 100% undetectable. If you take it, you will be guaranteed success in...
Last week's blog regarding the NFL Players' Association members confidence in their team medical staff prompted a great deal of interest & debate. Of those athletic trainers & physiotherapists who took the time to comment & have been exposed to such environments (be them...
There's no doubt that the event grabbing the majority of the American headlines at the weekend was Superbowl XLVII, which was contested between the San Francisco 49ers & the eventual victors, the Baltimore Ravens.
The game was the tenth Super Bowl hosted by the city of New...
I am a dynamic, innovative & experienced Chartered Physiotherapist, having worked in elite sport since 1998. I have additional qualifications in exercise physiology, strength & conditioning & sports massage.