It has been a fortnight of whistle-stop tours, meeting with old friends, making acquaintance with new ones, learning lots & getting my hands dirty in North American sports physiotherapy settings. But it's been a busy year & over the last few days, I've treated myself to a...

I left Vancouver, somewhat subdued, at 5am this morning, drawing on the excitement of going to visit Sam Ramsden, the newly appointed Performance Director at the Seattle Seahawks. Sam was at the Seahawks when I last visited the franchise, in their old training facility back...

This weekend in Vancouver has been out of the top drawer. Yesterday, Jill Cook & Craig Purdam led a workshop on tendon load management, tendinopathy & management/rehabilitation strategies for tendinopathic presentations in the lower limb. Today, Bill Vicenzino, followed that...

After a long day of travelling from New York & arriving late into Vancouver, I woke on Thursday morning to a vivid reminder of how much I have missed living in this city & just what a magical place it really is. The soul & bustle of Cambie Street was energising as I grabbed a...

After an early start, I arrived at the Timex Performance Center on the scheduled treatment & recovery day. My good friend Byron (Hansen) met me at the door & immediately we set to work on addressing some of the acute injuries sustained in Thursday's comprehensive 36 - 7...

Since arriving in New York on Saturday afternoon, I've been enjoying one of my typical "holidays". The weekend was spent relaxing, catching up with friend, & former podiatric colleague, Toni Blackstock as we entertained her 3 year old daughter, Bella, near their home on Long...

Whilst I was enjoying my time at home over the weekend, I had the chance to catch up with friend & former colleague, Phil Anderton. Phil worked at the Scottish Rugby Union prior to my time there, before our paths crossed at Heart of Midlothian FC, where Phil worked as CEO...

The UK Athletics High Performance Centre in London is accommodated in the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, which is also a facility from which the English Institute of Sport provides training & support services to the fencing performance group. Their sports physiotherapist, Ed...

With a blink of an eye, the roar of 50,000 people (none louder than when Belgium's Borlee twins crossed the 400m line in first & second), the breaking of the 110m men's hurdles world record, a huge party with Shaggy & Usain taking turns on stage & some light-hearted late night...

As we come to this stage in the season, many of the athletes have packed away their spikes for the summer & are making the most of their successes on the glamorous party circuit, licking their wounds or getting their wounds repaired by the surgeons & sports physiotherapists...