Life Stories

Dave was physiotherapist during the glory years of both Wigan Warriors RLFC and Manchester United FC. He talks about how he got started in physio despite it not being his early passion, his 14 weeks away with the British Lions as well as how he really wanted to stay on at Wigan before the move to MUFC. Roy Keane recently spoke about how good Dave was during his ACL rehabilitation and Dave discusse...

Mark is a well known physio in the world of elite sport having worked for various football and rugby league clubs. In part one of our chat, Mark talks about how he got started in physiotherapy and made the transition in to elite sport. Mark and I were part of the team who assessed medical departments in Saudi Arabia in 2010, so I got to hear many stories of his time in sport. I did my best to get...

Sue is a world renowned physical therapist and certified athletic trainer. She holds the distinction of being the first female head athletic trainer in any of the four major sports in the United States and served as Head of Athletic Training and Sport Performance with US Soccer’s Men’s National Team. Sue talks about volunteering her services for 6 months (as the first person in the medical departm...

Nick has worked as a physiotherapist for many football teams, mainly the Premier League and Championship, but also including a stint in Abu Dhabi as head as sports medicine. I first met him at Bolton Wanderers FC, so it was really interesting to hear his perspective on what he came in to when he got the job at the famed 'sports science leader' medical department under Sam Allardyce. Nick also talk...

John Rogers is one of the best known and highly regarded Sport and Exercise Medicine consultants in the UK. He has and continues to work with top elite athletes, numerous private healthcare groups as well as maintaining his NHS clinic. I would have loved to have done this in person, especially as John lives round the corner from me, but it was great to hear more about his career and how he got sta...