Entering the world of physiotherapy at university I had little to no idea of what to expect. My first ever patient was a very sick man on a ventilator in intensive care. Not the elite sports star I was expecting when sending off my application to UCAS. Getting through that first placement and the next few years of university, opened my eyes to the different areas of expertise within physiotherapy.

Although I enjoyed the various aspects of physiotherapy, when I finished university, I knew sports injuries and performance was where I wanted to go.
I decided to skip the traditional route of going directly into rotations in the NHS and instead moved directly into musculoskeletal physio (general muscle, tendon, bone, ligament, nerve pain, and injuries). Working part-time seeing NHS patients and the rest of the time working in businesses such as Harrods, and the Financial times to provide support for their staff.

I then moved to working in a private practice alongside part-time work in professional rugby and semi-professional football. From private practice and sport, I moved back into the NHS to gain broader experience of more complex patients and began really focusing on the impact that injury and pain can have on a person, not only physically but psychologically and socially too.

After 18 months I decided I wanted to move back into the sports injury and performance sphere and was offered a position at one of London’s leading sports medicine clinics. Here I work with sports doctors, strength and conditioning coaches, nutritionists, podiatrists, and pilates instructors with the goal to provide elite sport level care to athletes and the general public.

On top of my work here I have created ACL rehab online, a fully virtual ACL rehabilitation and coaching service to provide a step by step plan on how to get back to exercise and sport for anyone who has experienced ACL injury.

AM

7:00 Check in with online client’s previous day’s exercises and give them feedback. 

8:00 Cycle to work

9:00-13:00 Mixture of new and follow up patients, variety of injuries with treatment sessions mostly in the clinics fully equipped gym or in the treatment room.

PM

13:00 – 14:30 Gym session/lunch/admin

14:30-19:00 More patients

19:00-20:00 cycle home

20:00-22:00 chill/eat

Work a mixture of long and short days sometimes starting at 07:00 and sometimes finishing at 20:00. On short days I might see ACL rehab online clients virtually or work for a local rugby club.