Andy Thomas
Life Stories
I have come across many impressive and inspirational people in my time in medical technology education and sales. I have always had the goal to run an interview series with these people, to find out more about them personally and what led them to the career they ended up in. I am genuinely looking forward to each of these! I hope you find it interesting too.
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Andy Thomas
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Jun 10, 2026
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Episodes
Life Stories... With Dr Scott Drawer 05.09.2023 57:57
Dr Scott Drawer became Director of Sport at Millfield School in September 2018, responsible for all matters relating to sport and its development within the school. After 20 years’ experience of high performance sport in a variety of roles, most recently as Head of the Team Sky Performance Hub, where he brought together some of the elite thinkers in sport to look at new breakthroughs and explore h...
Life Stories... With Jamie Thompson 29.08.2023 48:08
Jamie is a registered Osteopath and the director of OsteoEsprit. He is currently a consultant Osteopath at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and Lords Cricket Ground , and as of June 2020 Jamie has taken a role as a consultant at the leading Sports Medicine clinic Isokinetic on Harley Street, London. He has worked in various TV shows providing treatment to athletes including The Greatest Danc...
Life Stories... With Dr Ik Ogbonmwan 23.08.2023 48:07
Dr IK Ogbonmwan is dual certified as a Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) and a General Practitioner (GP) based in Manchester. He completed his higher specialist training in Manchester – working in NHS trusts including Manchester Foundation Trust and Wrightington Orthopaedic Hospital. Elite sports experience was gained at the UK Sports Institute, British Cycling, GB Taekwondo, GB Para...
Life Stories... With Dr Amelia Arundale 15.08.2023 45:13
Amelia (Amy) Arundale, PT, PhD, DPT is a physiotherapist and researcher. She is currently a physiotherapist at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center in Thalgau, Austria. Previous posts include being a physiotherapist and biomechanist at the Brooklyn Nets. Amy's research centers around knee injury prevention, optimised rehabilitation strategies, and return to performance. She frequently teach...
Life Stories... With Joe Hinnigan 09.08.2023 51:35
Joe is a physiotherapist at Everton football club working full time time with the senior squad. He qualified from the University of Teesside in 2003 and after 10 years in the NHS and working with Man U and Everton academy squads moved into full time professional football a few years ago. Joe has a masters degree in football rehabilitation and has extensive experience in the diagnosis and managemen...
Life Stories... With Toby Ryan 01.08.2023 26:57
Toby obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from the University of Wales, Cardiff between 2003 and 2006. Toby then obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy from Oxford Brookes University between 2006 and 2009. Finally, he obtained a Master's Degree in Musculoskeletal Sciences from the University of Oxford between 2014 and 2015. Toby joined as a Territor...
Life Stories...With Dr Alastair Jones 27.07.2023 53:35
Dr Alastair Jones is a Sports Medicine and Musculoskeletal Physician as well as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine. Alastair qualified in Medicine from the University of Sheffield in 2003. He obtained Fellowship to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in 2011 and Membership to the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine in 2019. He also achieved a Post-Graduate Diploma in Sports and Exercise Me...
Life Stories... With Gareth Ziyambi 11.07.2023 54:28
Gareth qualified in 1997 in his native Zimbabwe and established a successful practice there as well as working with a number of sports including Davis Cup Tennis, Cricket, Hockey and Athletics before moving to the UK in 2004. He worked extensively in the elite sport sector most notably with British Diving since 2006 during which he was the Head Physiotherapist for 6 years. He also works with Energ...
Life Stories... With Dave Rennie 05.07.2023 1:06:20
Dave is currently Head of Medical at Bristol City FC. He spent over 20 years leading the medical department at Leicester City FC, including during the Premier League winning season. He initially studied sports science, before going on to do do physiotherapy, working in the NHS and private practice before moving in to elite sport. He gives a great insight in to the ups and downs of working in profe...
Life Stories... With Ben Saldivar 26.06.2023 47:40
Ben is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist and founder of ACL Rehab Online. ACL Rehab Online focuses on delivering gold standard ACL care to athletes worldwide through a unique blend of virtual appointments, app based support and asynchronous feedback. Their mission is to continue helping athletes worldwide return to peak performance after ACL injury.
Life Stories... With Chris Jenkins 20.06.2023 1:19:05
Chris is a highly-experienced Sports and Musculoskeletal Specialist Physiotherapist, who has spent the last 20+ years working in Elite Sport, International Rugby, Private Practice, Military Rehabilitation and the NHS. He has a post-graduate Masters Degree in Advanced Physiotherapy from Kings College London 2009 , having completed my Undergraduate Physiotherapy degree at the University of Wales Col...
Life Stories... With Richard Husseiny 13.06.2023 1:14:57
For over 16 years, Richard Husseiny worked as a performance coach in high performance sport, with some of the best organisations and athletes in the world – from Great Britain and China. This included supporting teams in preparation for two Summer Olympic Games – London 2012 and Rio 2016 – and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. In 2015 he gave end of life care to his mother. This experience...
Life Stories... With Ben Ashworth 06.06.2023 56:38
Ben is a dual qualified shoulder specialist who has over 20 years of experience working with athletes as a physio and strength coach in a wide range of performance environments. Ben helped to develop the shoulder assessment and research pathway at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (London, UK), and is now delighted to join the team of specialists. Ben has worked in elite rugby at London...
Life Stories... Dr Zaf Iqbal 30.05.2023 1:08:44
Dr Iqbal is a Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine, who has been involved in a variety of Sports and Exercise Medicine settings in the NHS and private sector since 2005. His main work over the last 17 years has been in Professional Football having worked in various leagues in England and within the English FA setup. He also has been managing and advising International athletes from a variety...
Life Stories... With Kelvin Giles 24.05.2023 1:16:15
A former UK National and Olympic Track & Field Coach, Kelvin spent 30 years in Australia’s high performance sport environment. He was Head T&F Coach at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra and Head of the Athletic Development department at the Queensland Academy of Sport in Brisbane. He spent 6 years at the helm of the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League team as Director of Performance...
Life Stories... With Dr Andy Franklyn-Miller 16.05.2023 1:12:09
Dr. Franklyn-Miller, a highly accomplished physician and with expertise in physiology, clinical design, and science communication. He has a Ph. D. in Biomechanics and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for 16 years. Dr. Franklyn-Miller has extensive experience in working with high-profile sports teams and elite performers and has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers. He is an editor...
Life Stories... With Dr Pippa Bennett 05.05.2023 43:43
Pippa has worked in elite sport for 20 years; as Chief Medical Officer for England Women‘s Football, British Gymnastics and latterly with the British Equestrian Federation. She has supported athletes and staff at multiple Olympic, Commonwealth and World University Games and most recently with ParalympicsGB in Tokyo. She will continue her role with the Football Association as medical lead for women...
Life Stories... With Dr Nigel Jones 02.05.2023 56:14
Dr Nigel Jones MB ChB MSc DipSEM DipOccMed FFSEM. Nigel is a Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine who currently works as Chief Medical Officer for British Cycling. He previously worked as England Rugby Senior Team Doctor. Other positions have included Liverpool Football Club, The English Institute of Sport and Gloucester Rugby. Nigel also has an interest in combat sports and has many boxing/M...
Life Stories... With Ric Moylan 26.04.2023 51:19
Ric is a Performance Coach and mentor and has done so for over 20 years. Ric has coached 8 World Champion & Olympic athletes, as well as european and british champion individuals and teams across a variety of sports. Ric has worked with the Special Forces, the RAF, the Police Force, the league managers association and many more. He has a large database of widely recognised corporate clients an...
Life Stories... With Andy Stanbury 19.04.2023 1:15:36
Andy gained BSc (Hons) in Sport and PE from Cardiff Metropolitan University before pursuing a career in Soft Tissue Therapy (STT), qualifying as a Level 4 Sport and Remedial Massage Therapist in 2003. Andy has spent 16 years working as a therapist in High Performance Sport, holding positions as Senior STT and Technical Lead at the English Institute of Sport, working across multiple Olympic and Par...
Life Stories... With Anthony Burns 12.04.2023 59:49
Anthony is a Leeds based Chartered Physiotherapist currently working as a Senior Physiotherapist in the private sector, alongside building ecovery – which is an award winning, digital, clinical signposting service that he has co-founded with Mr Simon Boyle who is an experienced orthopaedic shoulder surgeon based in West Yorkshire. Ant qualified from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2007 achie...
Life Stories... With Alex O'Gorman 05.04.2023 58:04
Alex has been a physiotherapist for over 15 years with experience in elite athletics and cycling. Alex has worked with British Athletics for nearly 10 years with 2 of those years as Lead Endurance Physiotherapist. More recently Alex has been the Lead Rehabilitation Physiotherapist for INEOS Grenadiers, the multiple Tour De France winning cycling team, overseeing their off-bike work and rehabilitat...
Life Stories... With Matt Radcliffe 29.03.2023 57:48
Matthew is the co-founder of Radcliffe Group having teamed up with younger brother Mark. He is also personal physiotherapist to various elite professional athletes and one of the most experienced and well-respected injury prevention specialists to emerge from the English Premier League. He has been successfully implementing his philosophy at the highest level for over 20 years. Like many young boy...
Life Stories... With Jon Fearn 22.03.2023 1:21:36
Jon has had a remarkable 25-year career working in elite football with some of the world’s top athletes. Over 13 years at Chelsea FC he was part of the 1st team staff that won the Champions League twice, Premier League three times, and numerous trophies. Prior to this he spent 9 years at Reading FC and 4 years at West Ham Utd. Whilst at Reading FC he developed a medical department that saw the clu...
Life Stories... With Dr George Bownes 22.03.2023 54:02
Dr George Bownes has a wide range of Sport and Musculoskeletal Medicine experience having worked in a range of Military, NHS and Elite High Performance Sporting environments. Dr Bownes has previously worked within Premiership Football and the English Institute of Sport working with Team GB Olympic Athletes and currently works as Club Doctor at Harlequins Rugby Club and a Tournament Physician at Th...
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