I’m not normally a fan of the FIFA World Cup. Over the years, the product has rarely matched the hype & the cynical actions of players that regularly blights the domestic game, has seemed to reach epidemic proportions when the international show piece takes centre stage...

Following on from my meetings in Paris, I flew down to Barcelona & switching sports to soccer, spent a day watching training at FC Barcelona. Accompanied by both a player (Brett Crompton) & a coach (Mikel Touzón) I worked with in Thailand, we spent time with the U19 (recently...

After last week's trip to visit Byron (Hansen) & the team at the Giants, this week it was time to see how American football players trained in the collegiate system. A few weeks ago I had been in contact with Jason Galluci, the Director of Conditioning at Princeton University...

Following yesterday's English Premier League game between Everton & Tottenham, the concussion debate returned with a vengeance. With the game in its closing stages, Spurs' goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris collided with Everton striker Romelu Lukaku as they both went for the ball...

Whilst elbow deep in organising the inaugural Asian Sports Emergency Medicine Conference, I have been somewhat immersed in the field of sporting concussions & those publishing the research. It was, therefore, rather timely that I received an email from my Pittsburgh colleague...

Following on from last week's blog, it is perhaps not surprising that the NFL vs Retired Players case that was settled after mediation last Thursday, has brought the debate regarding post-concussive syndrome & chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to the fore...

The big news of the week in the sports medicine world has to be the settlement between the NFL & the thousands of retired American football players to end their litigation in relation to the consolidated concussion-related claims. The settlement will see the NFL & NFL...

Following some long discussions with colleagues both in Asia & back home in the UK, I have decided that it is a feasible option to organise a sports trauma management course in this part of the World. It will take a lot of planning, hard work, financial support & backing from...

Throughout my career as a physiotherapist immersed in elite sport, I have worked in several contact sports where head trauma is commonplace, including rugby, American football, lacrosse & football. Others of the sports in which I have been involved, demonstrate a less common...

As part of the advisory role I have found myself in during my stay in Thailand, one of the tasks I identified in the first week was the need to put in place guidelines for the management of concussion. Along with the two physiotherapy interns that have joined me from the UK...