Injuries & Conditions

Knee injuries are among the most common in sport and can significantly impact your ability to walk, run, and participate in activities you enjoy.

Common Conditions

• ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL injuries
• Meniscal tears (medial and lateral)
• Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee)
• Patellofemoral pain syndrome
• Patellar dislocations
• Cartilage injuries and osteochondral lesions
• ITB syndrome
• Osteoarthritis

Treatment Options

From conservative rehabilitation programs to injection therapies and coordination with orthopedic surgeons for surgical candidates. I guide you through the decision-making process and optimize your recovery.

Ankle and foot injuries can range from simple sprains to complex fractures requiring specialized management.

Common Conditions

• Ankle sprains (lateral ligament)
• Syndesmosis injuries (high ankle sprain)
• Achilles tendinopathy and ruptures
• Plantar fasciitis
• Stress fractures (metatarsal, navicular)
• Lisfranc injuries
• Osteochondral lesions of the talus
• Ankle instability
• Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
• Midfoot and forefoot injuries

Why Proper Management Matters

Inadequately treated ankle injuries can lead to chronic instability and recurrent problems. Early specialist assessment ensures appropriate treatment and reduces the risk of long-term complications.

The shoulder is one of the most mobile and complex joints in the body, making it vulnerable to a wide range of injuries in sport and daily life.

Common Conditions

• Rotator cuff tears (acute and chronic)
• Shoulder dislocations and instability
• AC joint injuries and separations
• Labral tears (SLAP lesions)
• Impingement syndrome
• Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
• Tendinopathy and bursitis

My Approach

Comprehensive assessment including detailed examination, imaging review, and diagnosis. Treatment options range from conservative rehabilitation to injection therapy and surgical referral when appropriate.

Concussion is a complex brain injury that requires specialist management to ensure safe recovery and return to activity.

Services Offered

• Acute concussion assessment and diagnosis
• Baseline screening for contact sport athletes
• Individualized recovery planning
• Return to learn protocols
• Return to sport clearance
• Management of persistent symptoms

Evidence-Based Care

I follow the latest international consensus guidelines on concussion management, ensuring each patient receives appropriate care based on their symptoms, history, and recovery trajectory.

Overuse injuries develop when training load exceeds the body's capacity to recover. They are common across all sports and activity levels, not just running.

Common Conditions

• Stress fractures (tibia, metatarsal, femur, navicular)
• Bone stress injuries
• Shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome)
• ITB syndrome
• Patellofemoral pain
• Compartment syndrome
• Achilles and patellar tendinopathy

Understanding Overuse Injuries

Management focuses on identifying contributing factors - training errors, biomechanics, bone health, and energy availability - and addressing each one systematically.

Tendon injuries are common in both athletes and active individuals, often resulting from overuse, training errors, or biomechanical factors.

Common Tendinopathies

• Achilles tendinopathy
• Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee)
• Rotator cuff tendinopathy
• Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
• Golfer's elbow (medial epicondylitis)
• Gluteal tendinopathy
• Hamstring tendinopathy

Treatment Approach

Evidence-based management combining load management, progressive exercise prescription, and advanced therapies including shockwave therapy and injection therapies when appropriate.

Muscle injuries are extremely common in sport, ranging from minor strains to complete tears requiring surgery.

Common Muscle Injuries

• Hamstring strains and tears
• Quadriceps strains and tears
• Calf strains and tears
• Groin strains (adductor injuries)
• Muscle contusions (cork/dead leg)
• Chronic muscle tears

Return to Play

Accurate diagnosis using imaging and clinical assessment, followed by structured rehabilitation and criteria-based return to sport protocols to minimize re-injury risk.

Lower back pain is extremely common and can significantly impact your quality of life, work capacity, and ability to participate in sport.

Conditions Treated

• Acute lower back pain & muscle spasm
• Chronic lower back pain
• Disc injuries & sciatica
• Neck pain & cervical conditions
• Thoracic & rib-related pain
• Facet joint pain
• Stress fractures (pars defects, spondylolysis)
• Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
• Muscular and ligamentous injuries

My Philosophy

Exercise and movement are the cornerstone of back pain management. I provide comprehensive assessment, clear diagnosis where possible, and evidence-based treatment focusing on getting you back to activity safely.

Hip and groin pain can be challenging to diagnose due to the complex anatomy and multiple potential pain sources in this region.

Common Conditions

• Hip impingement (FAI)
• Labral tears
• Athletic pubalgia (sports hernia)
• Adductor tendinopathy
• Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
• Hip flexor tendinopathy
• Osteoarthritis
• Stress fractures

Specialist Assessment

Comprehensive clinical examination combined with appropriate imaging to identify the source of pain and guide treatment. I work with physiotherapists and surgeons to provide coordinated care.

Upper limb injuries beyond the shoulder - from common overuse conditions like tennis elbow to acute fractures and ligament injuries of the wrist and hand.

Common Conditions

• Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
• Golfer's elbow (medial epicondylitis)
• Elbow instability and dislocations
• Wrist sprains and fractures (scaphoid, distal radius)
• TFCC injuries (wrist cartilage)
• Finger dislocations and ligament injuries
• De Quervain's tenosynovitis

Treatment

Conservative management including bracing, exercise prescription, and injection therapies. Surgical referral for fractures and complex ligament injuries where needed.

Specialist assessment and management for joint and soft tissue injuries across all body regions, including ligament tears, labral injuries, bursitis, cartilage damage, and joint instability.