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Concussion Care at Meliora Medical. Additionally, he contributes to the UK Concussion Working Group. Dr Forsythe’s background is as a general practitioner with a special interest in adolescent health and sports medicine, having garnered extensive experience in elite sport.
The question of how and when to return a player after a hamstring injury is one that affects every medical and performance department in professional football. Today’s conversation aims to give listeners a framework grounded in the best available evidence, drawn directly from Paolo’s growing body of PhD research.Paolo is a physiotherapist currently as the Lead Rehabilitation Physiotherapist at Strasbourg in Ligue unh. Alongside his clinical work, he is completing a PhD at Middlesex University, where his research focuses on return-to-play decision-making following hamstring injuries in professional football. He has previously work at Chelsea, Brentford and Norwich.Paolo has rapidly established himself as a leading voice in this area, with publications in several reputable journals, as well as a widely read blog for the British Journal of Sports Medicine. He was recently co-author on a survey of RTP practice across five of Europe’s top leagues, published just a few weeks ago.
Dr Amarnani is a consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine and honorary rheumatology fellow. He is the president of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Rheumatology and Rehabilitation council, as well as serving as a medical advisor and trustee to the UK’s National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society. Dr Amarnani’s elite sporting experience extends from football (West Ham United) to cricket, tennis, ballet and beyond. He is also a widely published researcher interested in the interaction between exercise and rheumatological disease
Performance Association.Nick recently authored an article in the FMPA magazine discussing the evolving role of hyaluronic acid injections in joint health, particularly in footballers experiencing degenerative joint changes.More at: https://www.fmpa.co.uk/podcasts/nick_worth_podcast/
Dr Shafik is a sport and musculoskeletal medicine physician currently serving as a Club Doctor to Chelsea FC and as Clinical Lead for the NHS Musculoskeletal Interface Clinical Assessment Service in South London. He has previously worked at Crystal Palace and Millwall in elite sport, alongside his NHS roles in musculoskeletal medicine, general practice and emergency medicine. Of course, he is the FMPA’s Senior Editor!
Sports Medicine (SISM) Clinic in Castlebar Co Mayo, a centre that has become a hub for both elite athlete care and applied sports medicine research in Ireland. With a background in sports medicine and performance science, Martin has spent years working across high-performance environments in Gaelic games, rugby, and professional team sport, developing a particular focus on hamstring injury, recurrence, and return-to-play decision-making.Out of that work came the development of the Hamstring Risk and Injury Gauge, or HRIG – a hamstring-specific assessment and rehabilitation system designed to measure and train hamstring function in positions that closely reflect sprinting and real injury mechanisms. HRIG is now being used across elite football, rugby, athletics, and high-performance settings worldwide, supporting injury risk screening, readiness-to-train monitoring, and evidence-informed return-to-play.Topics covered: – Research underpinning HRIG– How isometric hamstring testing is changing the way we think about injury risk, rehabilitation, and performance. – How HRIG fits into the world of elite sport
Dr Nicky Keay is an exercise endocrinologist, author, researcher and dancer. Dr Keay is passionate about taking a personalised approach to hormone health with a view to optimising performance and recovery. She has a particular interest in relative energy deficiency in sport, or REDs, and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at University College London, as well as advisor to Scottish Ballet.
Dr. Kevin Cronin is a sonographer and lecturer at University College Dublin, where he leads the MSc Ultrasound programme. In 2023, he completed his PhD at UCD, which focused on using ultrasound to assess hamstring injuries in professional rugby players with Leinster Rugby. Kevin has published widely on hamstring injury and ultrasound in leading journals, exploring topics such as hamstring muscle architecture, the reliability of ultrasound imaging techniques, and novel approaches such as semi-automated image analysis. He has worked with elite athletes across rugby, Gaelic games, athletics, and professional football. He is co-director of a private ultrasound clinic based in Limerick city, Ireland called Insight Ultrasound.
Des is Director of Sport and Physical Wellbeing at the University of Galway in Ireland, where he leads the strategic development and management of the university’s sports programs and facilities. Prior to joining the University, he spent nine years as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Development at the Arsenal Football Club Academy. Prior to that, he was Head of Strength and Conditioning at Connacht Rugby and Fitness Education Manager at the Irish Rugby Football Union. Des also worked as a consultant for World Rugby, Brentford FC Academy, and the National Cricket Academy in India.
Dr Konrad Kozlowski is a recent graduate of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. He is also an athlete himself; he’s played tennis competitively since 5 years old and has competed in the NCAA Championships. He has a keen interest in sports medicine and was the lead author of the paper we will be discussing today on facial fractures in professional footballers.Peter Rosston is a PhD candidate in medicinal chemistry at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. His interests include clinical medicine and its intersection with sport. He is an avid fan and follower of football and played it in high school. He is the second author of the paper we will be discussing.
Dr Dan Fitzpatrick is a registrar in Sports and Exercise Medicine in the London Deanery and is based at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health. He has worked in elite football, rugby and marathon running. He has a particular interest in heat illness.
Dr Richard Porter currently works as a Specialty Doctor in Rheumatology and Acute Medicine within the Manchester Foundation Trust. Outside of his NHS work, he is a Sports Medicine Doctor for Return2Play and an Independent Match Day Doctor with Premier League Rugby. He also has roles with the England Para-football and Deaf Men’s Squads and is part of the examination panel for the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine. Richard recently authored a pivotal piece in the Football Medicine and Performance Association Magazine, shedding light on a topic that has flown under the radar for far too long: the prescribing trends and practices within elite football. In this episode, we’ll explore what the findings mean for footballers, medical teams, and the future of medication governance in elite sport.
• Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Dr Saul Konviser is a General Dentist with a special interest in Sports Dentistry based in London, working to promote oral health amongst the sporting community, having worked with a broad range of elite athletes across football, boxing, rugby and athletics.• He has a master’s degree in International Health Policy from the London School of Economics and also a BSc in Physiology and Pharmacology from the University of the West of England, Bristol.• Saul is no stranger to the podcast series, featuring back in 2022 when we explored the growing field of sports dentistry and the implications for oral health care on training and performance.
Interviewed by Dr Daire RooneyDave Fevre is a physiotherapist who has worked at the top level of English Football for the last three decades, notably with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Chelsea and Leicester. David has been at the forefront of sports injury rehabilitation, performance optimisation, and return-to-play protocols at the highest level.More recently, he is working as a freelance clinician and lecturer in physiotherapy and sports injury rehabilitation.He has consultancy roles with several European, Premiership, WSL, Championship and EFL football clubs and is on the teaching faculty for both the Football Association (FA) and Rugby Football League (RFL).
Steve is a pharmacist with a specialist expertise in medicines management within sport. He advises doctors and therapists working in sport to help achieve standards of good practice and regulatory compliance around medicines handling. He was a member of the Pharmacy Services Planning Group for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is a member of the Clinical Governance Committee for British Cycling.Steve is also the managing director for MedsOnTrack, a medication recording system used by a variety of elite sport teams globally.
Interviewed be Dr Eleanor Trezise• Dr Iñigo Sarriegui is the Men’s First Team doctor at Premier League football club Southampton FC. He is also the Chief Medical Officer for Wheelchair Fencing and has previously worked in elite cycling.• Ifan Jones is a medical student who recently completed his 3rd year of studies and he is currently working as an intern in Southampton FC’s Sports Medicine and Science department.
Dr Schulz is a physiotherapist and postdoctoral fellow at Western University and the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine centre in Canada. She conducts research focused on female athlete health across the lifespan. Her expertise lies in many areas related to this, including pregnancy and postpartum return to sport. She's also a keen sportswoman herself; she's a competitive cross country, track and field runner.Links -> https://www.fmpa.co.uk/podcasts/back-in-the-game-navigating-football-after-pregnancy/
Dr Fearghal Kerin is a physiotherapist who has worked at the highest level in both rugby and football, including roles with Leinster Rugby and more recently, Chelsea Football Club. Fearghal has built a reputation as one of the most respected practitioners in the rehabilitation of hamstring injuries within elite sport and is widely published in the area. In the last year, he has also completed a PhD from University College Dublin, where his research focused on hamstring injuries in professional rugby. Fearghal is the founder of Kerin Performance, a service providing tailored support and practical advice to teams and clinicians for complex rehabilitation cases.
Professor Rob Galloway is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Royal Sussex County Hospital, Honorary Clinical Professor at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, as well as Medical Advisor and Lead Crowd Doctor for Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. For several years he was also Medical Director for the Brighton Marathon.
Chris is the founder of the Diabetes Football Community, a project that provides guidance, support and advice about football for people with diabetes. He was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 1999 and has a special interest in using his own experiences to help others with the condition. Despite the complexities that come with a diabetes diagnosis, Chris became a Wales Futsal International in 2016. He is also an honorary fellow at the University of Worcester.Chris is hoping to use this podcast to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes in football, especially as Diabetes Awareness Month begins on November 1 and leads up to World Diabetes Day on November 14.
Dr Bryan Heiderscheit is the Frederick Gaenslen Professor in Orthopedics and Vice-Chair of Research for the Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation. He is the founding Director of the UW Health Runners’ Clinic; Director of Badger Athletic Performance with UW Athletics; and Co-director of the UW Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory.His research is aimed at understanding and enhancing the clinical management of musculoskeletal conditions, with particular focus on sports-related injuries. Matt Brown is the Director of Business Development at Springbok Analytics. He has been involved with severalearly-stage startups in the sports and health tech space where he has developed and executed go-to-market and growth strategies.Springbok Analytics specializes in providing advanced, AI-driven muscle analysis. It offers a platform that delivers precise, 3D muscle volume measurements using MRI images. The technology is revolutionising the areas of injury prevention, performance optimization, recovery monitoring and rehabilitation strategies across elite sports, and is now being used by many of the top professional football clubs.
Professor Haddad interviewed by Dr Eleanor Trezise - Professor of Orthopaedic and Sports Surgery and Divisional Clinical Director of Surgical Specialties at UCLH, and Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) at University College London. Medical Director of Orthopaedics, HCA UK. Editor in Chief, Bone and Joint Journal (formerly JBJS-Br).
Andy Barr is an established leader in the field of high-performance sport with over 25 years of experience working with elite professional sports teams and athletes. As well as working in professional football with Bolton, Southampton, Man City as well as his current role as a consultant for Chelsea FC, he has had the unique experience of working within the NBA as Director of Performance and Rehabilitation at the NY Knicks.Andy is also the founder of Quantum Performance, a sports medical and performance consultancy company, specializing in rehab, sports science and biomechanical analysis. Quantum Performance uses state-of-the-art modalities to deliver data-driven insights that help athletes reduce injury risk and maximize performance.
Chris is a highly experienced Extended Scope Physiotherapist, Osteopath & MSK Sonographer.He is the current SMUG Faculty Lead, and has taught ultrasound both nationally and internationally on a variety of courses and conferences, at universities and professional sports clubs. He teaches diagnostic ultrasound as visiting lecturer at University College London (UCL) and Canterbury University. He has worked for the English Institute of Sport (EIS), British Athletics, Tottenham FC and worked at the London Olympics.He is passionate about integrating ultrasound into practice and feels it is an invaluable tool in the diagnosis and management of MSK conditions
Eddie CraghillDr Eddie Craghill is a GP with a special interest in sports medicine. Alongside his NHS GP partnership, he is a Performance Support Medical Officer at Professional Game Match Officials Limited and Medical Director at Cragford Medical. Eddie was previously the Women’s Team Doctor at Manchester United and Lead Academy Doctor at Burnley FC. He studied medicine at the University of Liverpool before completing his GP training, and then undertaking a Master’s in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Bath. Eddie has a post-graduate certificate in Medical Ultrasound.
Jonathan Smith is the Managing Director of Swellaway Ltd and ProMOTION Fitness. A business professional with an MBA from Lancaster University that has run numerous businesses with technical products including global brands like HILTI, BASF, VELCRO over the last 36yrs. Since joining Swellaway Ltd in Sept 2022, Jonathan has led the business to set up international distribution partners to launch and sell ProMOTION EV1 across more than 20 countries. A passionate believer of research-based product technologies like ProMOTION EV1 as an important tool for FMPA members to consider for their toolkits.Dr. Olivia Greenhalgh, currently a Senior Research Associate at MMU, carried out her PhD on developing cryotherapy protocols for knee injury management, using theProMOTION EV1 device. Olivia was previously the Technical Specialist and Knowledge Transfer Associate at Swellaway Ltd, where her role involved developing an evidence base to support the targeted cooling approach. In recognition of the successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership project, Olivia was presented a ‘Future Leader’ award at the 2021 ‘KTP Best of the Best’ awards and was shortlisted for ‘Knowledge Transfer/Exchange of the Year 2022’ at the Times Higher Education Awards.
Mr Andy Williams is a knee surgeon who has worked with many professional athletes, including Premier League football players and Premiership rugby players. He completed his medical training at King’s College Hospital in London before completing orthopaedic training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, after which he undertook a fellowship in Australia where he gained some of his first experiences in sports-related surgery. His expertise now lies in sports-related knee injuries and knee ligament issues. He undertakes approximately 100 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions every year. 90% of his work is with professional athletes. He is also a prize-winning researcher of knee-related issues.
Martin Buchheit has over two decades of experience in professional sports (PSG, Olympique de Lyon, Lille OSC, Aspire Academy and Consultancies including City Football Group), Martin is committed to performance and medical excellence. He works full-time or freelance, collaborating with top European clubs, bridging the gap between sports science knowledge and practical application. Martin is an author of >250 scientific papers and 2 best-selling books, and he mentors practitioners and speak on high performance, leadership, and EGO management for various organizations.
Bram Swinnen is a strength and conditioning coach with more than 20 years’ experience in professional sport. He has trained eight Olympic Medallists and various World Champions. He has also worked with the football team FC Anzhi. During this time he trained many elite players. He has a master’s degree in kinesiology and a master’s in physical therapy. He has also authored a book, Strength Training for Soccer
PROFESSOR CHARLIE PEDLARWith kind permission of the Football Medicine & Performance Association
Johnnie Lowery is an author and keen football fan, following England and Sutton United home and away. His first book, Six Added Minutes, was written whilst he was at University and published in November 2019. As well as being an author, Lowery has a keen interest in mental health, based on his own experiences as a teenager.His second book, Match Fit, is inspired by a desire to ensure mental health does not remain a taboo subject in society, and more specifically, football.
Derek Wright is currently Head Physiotherapist at Al Ain FC in Saudi Arabia. Derek was previous Head Physiotherapist at Newcastle United, having spent a long and illustrious career at the club spanning 38 years. Derek also previously worked at Fulham FC. His first job was at Northumberland Miner’s Rehabilitation Centre and he discusses in this podcast his career and also some of the key components and principles of physiotherapy that have stuck with him as well as some of the changes over his time in football.
Dr Joanne Parsons and Dr Sheree BekkerDr Joanne Parsons is a Physiotherapist and Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Dr Sheree Bekker is an Associate Professor in Injury Prevention at the University of Bath in the UK. They have published a review in the British Journal of Sports Medicine on anterior cruciate ligament injuries that discusses gendered influences on injury rates in girls and women.
Professor Christa Jansevan Rensburg interviewed by Eleanor Trezise
Professor Christa Janse van Rensburg is a Consultant Rheumatologist, experienced Sports Physician and the Head of the Section Sports Medicine at the University of Pretoria where she oversees the teaching of sport and exercise medicine doctors and conducts research. Notably, she was the team doctor for the South Africa National Olympic Team to the Athens 2004 Olympics and was the medical venue officer for the Loftus Stadium in South Africa during the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2009 and FIFA World Cup in 2010. She was recently appointed the Chair of the Medical Advisory Panel for World Netball. She has investigated the effects of travelling on athletes and in 2020 published a systematic review on this topic in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. She is also a project partner and supervisor of the Drake Football Study, a project which is tracking the mental and physical health of 170 footballers over a 10-year period.
Dr Andrew Shafik, Senior Editor at the FMPA is joined by Callum Walsh.
Callum is currently Head of Performance at Alanyaspor and has worked in multiple aspects of performance from Strength and Conditioning, GPS, Rehabilitation roles to head up Performance and Medical departments.
Callum has over 15 year’s experience that spans across experiences in Premier League & Championship as well as Leagues abroad including Brazilian Serie A , Turkish Super Lig as well as Experience at Aspire Academy and Senior and Age Group International Experience.
Dr Ronnie Banerjee is the current head doctor for Hull City, alongside his roles at GB Taekwondo, Leeds Rhinos and Jamaica rugby league.In this podcast we discuss how a groundbreaking legal case of non-medical disclosure between teams led to research in to the challenges and pitfalls of medical notekeeping in football and his solution.
Professor Aneil Malhotra is a consultant cardiologist and an expert in sports cardiology. He is the lead cardiologist for multiple elite sports teams including Manchester City, Leeds United and Burnley. He also works with Manchester United, the England national football teams and British Cycling. He studied medicine at the University of Cambridge and has also spent time at MIT and Harvard. He completed a PhD in inherited heart diseases and sports cardiology at St George’s, University of London and is now based in Manchester undertaking a large programme of work around the athlete’s heart at Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University. He has over one hundred peer-reviewed publications and has co-authored and contributed to books in cardiology and medicine.
Mike has been part of the international Sports Medicine and Performance community for over 20 years. A former Strategy & Business Architecture Consultant with Accenture, his professional path diverted into the Sports and Health industries whilst undertaking his MBA at Oxford University.Since 2002 he has actively worked to professionalise and raise standards within Performance and Medical departments in sport globally, through the recruitment of diverse talent, the building of global knowledge networks and practically working with organisations on their people, systems and processes.His passion is to connect people and implement world leading ideas. He is also academically published in the field of injury epidemiology and prevention of injuries, and is a Board Member of the Football Research Group that conducts injury and performance analysis studies for UEFA.He is currently the Head of International for Isokinetic Medical Group, and an organisational design and professional development consultant for Brooklyn Nets, Houston Texans and Red Bull Performance.
Stephen ReidSteven began his playing career at Millwall FC before a move to the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers. He then went on to play 5 more seasons in the Premier league with WBA and Burnley.Steven’s coaching career began at Reading FC with Steve Clarke helping them to a playoff final before moving on to Crystal Palace FC alongside Roy Hodgson. He then helped the Scotland National Team to their first tournament in 22 years at the 2021 EUROS. Steven left his role to concentrate on club duties at Nottingham Forest helping them return to the Premier League after 23 years. After promotion Steven decided to pursue a different career in Wellbeing, Confidence and Leadership coaching alongside Counselling studies.
FMPA Education Team Member Eleanor Trezise interviews Professor Charlie Pedlar. Professor Pedlar is a Professor of Applied Sports and Exercise Science at St Mary’s University, an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health at UCL, and Chief Science and Research Officer at Orreco. He has previously had roles at the British Olympic Association and English Institute of Sport. He currently works with professional athletes from a variety of sports including basketball, ice hockey and football.
Ahmed Hegazy, is an Egyptian international with over 100 capsfor the national team, who has also played at the top level in the Egyptian league, Serie A Italian league, English Premier League and Championship. Ahmed now plays in the Saudi Super League and is enjoying good form with his team.Ahmed has valuable experience at international level. He played at the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, twice at the U21 World Cup and the FIFA Arab Cup, which was held last year at the same time in the football season as the 2022 World Cup. So, Ahmed will be able to tell us about his experience playing a FIFA tournament during the season...
Dave Tenney
In the first of 3 Qatar 2022 themed pods we chat with Austin FC’s High Performance Director, Dave Tenney, about strategies that help footballers competing in hot conditions.
KATIE STANISLAS Menstrual Cycle Dysfunction and RED-S in Football Katie Stanislas is a physiotherapist and hydrotherapist working at Isokinetic Medical Group, one of FIFA’s Centres of Medical Excellence. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Nottingham. She has a keen interest in and has conducted research into menstrual cycle dysfunction in athletes, including relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S).
Dr Matthew Buckthorpe is an educator, applied researcher and practitioner focusing on sports injury rehabilitation, prevention, and performance coaching. He has worked as a sport injury rehabilitation specialist and R&D specialist with the Isokinetic Medical Group. He has recently transitioned to academia, now as a senior lecturer in Strength and conditioning and physiology at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
Dr Todd is a registered osteopath, lecturer, published author and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. Academic qualifications includes, a PhD in orthopaedics and clinical science, Masters degree in sport injury medicine and an Honours degree in osteopathy.
His professional experience includes consultant osteopath to The Football Association since 2005, has provided osteopathic care for 200 international games, later this year he’ll be attending his fifth FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022 and has previously attended FIFA World Cup tournaments, Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018; UEFA European Championships Poland & Ukraine 2012; France 2016; Euro 2020. Consultant Osteopath to Chelsea Football Club since 2008 and for Athletics since 2019, specifically providing trackside support for Dina Asher-Smith.
Other consultancy roles includes Team GB male and female Basketball at the London 2012 Olympics, British Athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and many other clubs including; Real Madrid, IFK Gothenburg, Manchester United FC, Manchester City FC, Liverpool FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Portsmouth FC, West Bromich Albion FC, and Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
His clinical experience with both elite and amateur level athletes has led to Carl developing his own unique style of integrating osteopathy and corrective exercise rehabilitation, encompassing bio-psychosocial, biomechanical, and functional rehabilitation for patient management and re-education. His unique areas of interest are spine, hip and groin rehabilitation pre and post surgery and specifically injury prevention. Carl lectures regularly at medical conferences both nationally and internationally on the subject of sports injury management and rehabilitation, and has designed and delivers his own CPD courses on Functional integrated approaches to managing the athlete.
DR AVINASH CHANDRAN Athlete Health Through the Lifespan – Insights from Epidemiological Perspectives on Women’s Soccer Athletes Dr Chandran joined the Datalys Center in January 2020 as the Director of the NCAA Injury Surveillance Program. Prior to joining the Datalys Center, Dr. Chandran was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he concurrently worked within the Matthew-Gfeller Sport-Related TBI Research Center, the Center for Study of Retired Athletes, and the Injury Prevention Research Center. Dr. Chandran is a quantitative Epidemiologist, and his research interests are, broadly, in athlete health over the lifespan.
Links:
https://www.datalyscenter.org/index.php @DatalysCenter https://www.linkedin.com/company/datalys-center-for-sports-injury-research-and-prevention-inc/about/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34280278/
JAT publication: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jat/article/56/7/651/467938/Epidemiology-of-Injuries-in-National-Collegiate
JIIS publication (former women’s soccer athletes): https://journals.ku.edu/jis/article/view/14523
Dr Dan Martin
Dr Dan Martin is the Consultant Performance Nutritionist for Southampton FC’s First Team. Prior to joining Southampton, he worked with Huddersfield Town FC’s First Team. He also currently works with the Haas Formula 1 Team, The Professional Jockeys Association and the English Institute of Sport. He completed both his PhD in performance nutrition and behaviour change and post-doctoral research at Liverpool John Moores University, where he's now a research supervisor for PhD students alongside his applied roles.
Links: • Twitter: @nutritiondan • Instagram: @nutritiondanm
Dr Laura Bowen is Lead Sport Scientist for Southampton FC Women & Girls and in the past worked as a Sport Scientist with Southampton’s men’s First Team. She also works as a Consultant at FIFA. She has done a PhD on workloads and injury risk in Premier League Football and has a bachelor’s degree in Sports and Exercise Sciences, both of these from the University of Birmingham.
DR NICKY KEAY
Nicky is a world-renowned Sport Endocrine Specialist; She currently has roles as an honorary clinical lecturer in Medicine at University College London and a Research Fellow in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University. Nicky has gained extensive clinical and research experience in both Endocrinology and Sport and Dance Medicine involving elite athletes, professional ballet dancers and young aspiring athletes
She has a particular interest in menstrual cycle hormone monitoring, and has conducted research into the energy availability status of professional female football players as well as writing the Health4Performance BASEM educational resource on relative energy deficiency in sport
Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Saul is a General Dentist with a special interest in the area of Sports Dentistry, working to promote oral health amongst the sporting community. He qualified with his Dental degree from Kings College London Dental Institute but has previously completed a bachelor’s degree in Physiology & Pharmacology from Bristol, University of the West of England, and a master’s degree in International Health Policy from the London School of Economics.
Saul has a special interest in sports dentistry and has worked with a number of players across English league clubs as well as other sportspeople in order to optimise their oral health
HUGO SCHECKTER – FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE PLAYER CARE GROUP
Hugo started The Player Care Group after leaving West Ham United FC, where he was Head of Player Care from 2018 to the end of 2020. He was brought in by the Hammers to create the Player Care department from scratch, inheriting a difficult situation and turning it into a smoothly functioning department with an effective staff who possessed complementary skills. Prior to that, Hugo was at Southampton FC as their first Player/Team Liaison Officer, setting up their Player Care offering and helping to make Southampton FC a springboard for some of the world’s best footballing talent.
ENDA KING PhD MSc combines his roles as a sports physiotherapist, strength and conditioning coach, researcher, and educator through his work with individual athletes and elite teams across a spectrum of sports and disciplines. Currently, he is Head of Performance Rehabilitation with Sports Surgery Clinic, Dublin, Ireland and traveling internationally to work with athletes and professional clubs. He currently lives in Ireland with his wife Michelle and their 3 children Eleanor, Ethan and Iarlaith.
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ANNA WEST
Anna West is a Sleep, Recovery and Well-Being Specialist working with Brentford FC and Founder of Sleep2Perform, a high-performance consultancy who specialise in sleep and recovery.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-west-1baa972/ Twitter: Anna S.V. West @AnnaSVWest https://twitter.com/annasvwest?lang=en
DR PATRICK O’HALLORAN – SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE REGISTRAR
Dr Patrick O’Halloran is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar in the West Midlands. He is the current matchday Doctor with Worcester Warriors as well as the England Women’s Rugby Pathway Doctor. Patrick is also a member of the NICE Head Injury Guideline update committee. As part of his work on head injuries, Patrick has been involved in development of the groundbreaking saliva diagnostic test of concussion as a Senior Medical Advisor with Marker Diagnostics UK Ltd
Paul specialises in implementing the mental tools required to elevate the performance of leaders and teams from organisations across the world; especially financial services, technology, and the professional services industry. He has recently worked with PWC, Grant Thornton, Aviva, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Nat West, Microsoft, Cisco and many more.
The insights that Paul shares are even more applicable today in our remote and virtual workplaces, which help empower individuals to understand that our mindset and thinking habits unlock the required behaviours that are necessary for elite performance.
Paul shares his psychological framework from growing up in war torn Belfast, Ireland alongside the strategies he implemented performing under the intense scrutiny of 75,000 fans across the world. He is also an established broadcaster on TV and radio with BBC, Sky Sports, BT Sport and is a published author of the ironically entitled book ‘The Stupid Footballer is Dead’.
The insights Paul shared as a Sport Psychologist for two Premier League clubs, Crystal Palace and Norwich City, he has helped a number of players compete in, what is considered, the most prestigious and ruthless sports league in the world.
RACHEL DAVIS, HEAD OF MEDICAL, HARROGATE TOWN FC
Rachel Davis has a BSc Degree in Sport and Exercise Therapy and an MSc in Physiotherapy from Leeds Beckett University. She started her career in non-league football working for Wakefield FC and Harrogate Railway FC before securing a position within the Leeds United FC Academy, working with the U9-U16.
Working with a first team was always her ambition so in 2014 she applied and was successful for the first team physiotherapy role at Harrogate Town AFC, who were then in the National League North. Alongside working part time with Harrogate she worked as a Physiotherapist at Henshaws College, doing hydrotherapy and rebound therapy for students with cerebral palsy and other physical and learning disabilities.
In 2017 Town turned full time and Rachel became Head Physiotherapist and Head of Medical for the club. Harrogate got promoted to the EFL in August 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic and becomes the only female Head Physiotherapist in the EFL.
SARAH MURRAY, SENIOR PSYCHOLOGIST, BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FC Sarah is currently women’s senior psychologist at Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club working with the first team in the WSL top tier. Having joined BHAFC in 2013 she was tasked with setting up performance psychology across the whole club, performance psychology is integrated fully from the bottom up and from the top down within both the women’s and men’s sections to ensure the mentality of players coming through is developed to positively impact on pitch performance during the season.
DR PAUL BALSOM, SPORTS SCIENTIST & UEFA PRO-QUALIFED COACH, LEICESTER CITY FC
Dr Paul Balsom is a sports scientist and UEFA pro-qualified coach, with over 20 years of international experience at the highest level of FIFA and UEFA football match activities. He has been a member of the backroom staff at Leicester City since 2008 and King Power owned club OH Leuven in Belgium since 2017. He is also Performance Manager for the Swedish National Men’s team. Paul is Head of the UEFA Fitness for Football Advisory Group and has a special interest in how technology and data can be used to enhance performance
Paul is interviewed by Dr Andrew Shafik, a junior doctor in London, BJSM reviewer and Editorial Board Member at FMPA’s publication ‘football medicine & performance’.
Karen Carney is a retired footballer and ex-Olympian who played for Birmingham City/Arsenal/Chicago Red Stars/Chelsea/ over 100 caps for England and Team GB. Karen is a current commentator and pundit at the BBC and BT Sport where she provides expert analysis on various games. She is highly skilled in Sports Science and Sports Psychology and has an MSc focussed in Performance Psychology. She is also a Consultant to VISA helping develop the Second Half Programme. To top it all off, Karen received an MBE in 2017 for her services to football.
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Dr Will Abbott, Academy Performance Manager at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club.
Will is the Academy Performance Manager at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club having previously gained experience working as a strength & conditioning and sport science practitioner at the club. Will’s current role is to lead a team of S&C, sport science, nutrition and medical practitioners towards achieving a common objective. He also has a PhD in the monitoring and prescription of GPS training load in elite academy soccer athletes.
Dr Abbott is interviewed by Dr Andrew Shafik, a junior doctor in London, BJSM reviewer and Editorial Board Member at FMPA’s publication ‘football medicine & performance’.
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Dr Jonny Gordon is as an Emergency Medicine Consultant in Glasgow and is the first team doctor to the men’s Scotland national football squad. He has also been the first team doctor at Celtic FC and was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2007 Jonny founded the company SportPromote to provide education and equipment to health care professionals involved with emergency situations in sport. The course proved to be exceptionally popular and in 2012 he was selected by the UEFA Medical Committee to be Course Director for the first Football Doctor Education Programme Workshop run in Vienna. Jonny remains as a consultant to UEFA on emergency medicine matters and has also published 2 books on Sports Medicine.
Dr Jonathan Hanson, Sports Medicine Consultant
Dr Jonathan Hanson is a Sports Medicine Consultant with a background in emergency medicine. He worked as an emergency care advisor to the FA and worked on head injury systems and immediate care to the Mens team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Jonathan wrote the FA Area course which preceded the current ATMIF course.
Jonathan is currently team doctor at Glasgow Warriors Rugby and has extensive experience of working at the Beijing olympics and with the Scottish Rugby Union.
Jonathan is interviewed by Dr Andrew Shafik, Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Northern Deanery, BJSM reviewer and Editorial Board Member at FMPA’s publication ‘football medicine & performance.
Dr Liam Anderson, Head of Sports Science & Medicine, Crewe Alexandra FC
Interviewed by Dr Andrew Shafik, Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Northern Deanery, BJSM reviewer and Editorial Board Member at FMPA’s publication ‘football medicine & performance’.
Dr Gouttebarge is Chief Medical Officer at Fifpro
Interviewed by Dr Andrew Shafik, Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Northern Deanery, BJSM reviewer and Editorial Board Member at FMPA's publication 'football medicine & performance'