Podcasts

CHALLENGES AND PITFALLS OF MEDICAL NOTE KEEPING IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL

By: Dr Ronnie Banerjee

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…
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Heart Conditions and Sudden Cardiac Death in Elite Footballers 

By: Professor Aneil Malhotra

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…
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THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

By: Mike Davison

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…
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WELLBEING AND CHALLENGES OF A PLAYING AND COACHING CAREER

By: Steven Reid

Dr Andrew Shafik interviews Steven Reid. Steven 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…
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IV Nutrition / Drips Use and the Risks

By: PROFESSOR CHARLIE PEDLAR

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…
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A challenge for health and mentality

By: Ahmed Hegazy

Mohamed Abou Elela interviews Ahmed Hegazy Ahmed Hegazy, is an Egyptian international with over 100 caps for 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…
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Menstrual Cycle Dysfunction and RED-S in Football

By: Katie Stanislas

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…
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Rehabilitation and return to sport after ACL reconstruction

By: Dr Matthew Buckthorpe

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…
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200th England Game as an Osteopath

By: Carl Todd

Dr Carl 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. Links: https://thecarltoddclinic.com/ https://www.drcarltodd.com/ Instagram: @carltoddclinics…
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Performance nutrition and behaviour change

By: 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…
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Energy availability status of professional female football players

By: 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…
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Oral health and performance in football

By: DR SAUL KONVISER

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…
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What is Player Care?

By: 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…
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Hip and Groin Rehabilitation

By: ENDA KING

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…
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Importance of Sleep for Elite Footballers

By: 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. Sleep2Perform website: https://www.sleep2perform.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-west-1baa972/ Twitter: Anna S.V. West @AnnaSVWest https://twitter.com/annasvwest?lang=en…
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Diagnosis of concussion in sport: Saliva as an objective marker

By: 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…
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GETTING THIS PRESEASON RIGHT

By: REST VS REPS

Much has been made of the fitness issues that have plagued the footballing world for the last year. Stunted calendars, disrupted schedules and a lack of a proper preseason underpinned the quality and consistency of player performance in 2020/21. In what will be a return to normality for scheduling, how…
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The Psychology of Success

By: PAUL MCVEIGH – EXPERT IN ELITE PERFORMANCE

For over 25 years, Paul McVeigh has been an elite performer in two of the most competitive industries on the planet; elite sport and performance psychology. As a Premier League and International football player for Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City and Northern Ireland, Paul competed with and against the best players…
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Why is there a lack of women working in men’s football?

By: 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. …
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BRINGING WELL-BEING INTO THE PERFORMANCE PICTURE

By: 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…
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WHO HAS THE LAST WORD?

By: Dr Zaf Iqbal (Head of Medical – Crystal Palace FC), Dr Imtiaz Ahmad (Head of Medical – QPR FC), David Fevre (Fevre Consultancy, formerly Manchester United FC & Blackburn Rovers FC) Chaired by Dr Andrew Shafik (Junior Doctor, BJSM Reviewer, Editorial Board Member at FMPA)

Manager, Doctor, Physio, Performance Manager, Nutritionist, Player. Nowadays, all are involved in the maintenance and tuning of a high performance athletic machine. But who has priority in decision making? And who should? Have decision making structures been updated to take account of the new realities of dealing with elite sportsmen…
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