Simon Shepard
Chair, Medical Advisory Group, Lord's Ground
Simon Shepard is often described as a nuisance. He has worked at Lord’s cricket ground for the past 30 years, firstly as a physiotherapist, then head of player health, wellbeing and sports science, before overseeing organisation development and culture.
Alongside this work he has used data (heart rate variability) to unlock a greater understanding of the way individuals are dealing with the demands of daily life.
More recently, he has turned his attention to the brain; and he has started to look at how data can lead practitioners to glean a better understanding in the event of a concussion. This has also lead to some frank personal reflection, and a commitment to what can be done to help players not just get better but return to the performance levels required for success.
In 2021 he published The Battle for Balance, and as for the ‘nuisance’ bit, whilst he sometimes does get under peoples’ skin, more than anything his ideal day is to help you understand yourself better and allow you to get under yours!
Concussion: The Role of Rehabilitation and The Importance of Responsibility
The role of rehabilitation in the management of concussion is gathering pace. No longer simply a matter of counting to ‘x’ many days and adding in some exercise, this session will look at how multimodal assessment, clinical reasoning and a targeted approach to rehabilitation may be key for both the short term and long term health of a player and their performance. It will be frank and challenge people to consider how proactive they are in dealing with the condition.
Join us on Thursday 23rd May 2024 at Radisson Blu East Midlands Hotel, DE74 2TZ