Tom Goom is a physio who specialises in running injury and loves to run! He’s the creator of Running-physio.com a published researcher and international speaker, presenting his popular Running Repairs Course all over the world!”

Dr Jeremy Lewis is a Consultant Physiotherapist, Professor of Musculoskeletal Research, Sonographer and Independent Prescriber. He has been awarded a Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, which is the highest award the Society can bestow on one of its members. He has been acknowledged as one of the 5 most eminent clinicians in his profession (The UK Department of Health National AHP Clinical Expert Database). He assesses and treats patients with shoulder problems and performs ultrasound guided injections, if appropriate and required, as part of the treatment process. His main areas of clinical expertise are rotator cuff related shoulder pain (impingement syndrome / rotator cuff tendinopathy), shoulder pain syndromes and frozen shoulder.

Physiotherapy researcher Dr Mary O’Keeffe is the first UL graduate to receive the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship from the European Commission under Horizon 2020 and one of only 6 Irish researchers awarded a Global Fellowhsip this year. The award will enable Dr O’Keeffe to attend the George Institute for Global Health at University of Sydney, Australia, one of the top ten research institutions in the world for scientific impact. There, she will be hosted for two years by Professor Chris Maher who is the world leader in lower-back-pain research.

Sandy graduated from Pacific University (Oregon) in 1988 with a Master of Science in Physical Therapy and a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Des Moines University in December 2013. She has worked in multiple settings across the US with a neurologic and orthopedic emphasis including a focus in pelvic rehabilitation for pain and dysfunction. Sandy teaches and speaks internationally on the treatment of pelvic pain, and the application of pain science into clinical practice. Sandy’s clinical interest is chronic pain with a particular interest in complex pelvic pain disorders for men and women. Sandy is the co-host of Pain Science and Sensibility, a podcast on the application of research into the clinic.

Dr Joanne Kemp is a titled APA Sports Physiotherapist of 25+ years’ experience. She is a Research Fellow at the Latrobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, Latrobe University, Australia. Joanne has presented extensively on the management of hip pain and hip pathology in Australia and internationally. Her research is focused on hip pain including FAI and early onset hip OA in young and middle aged adults, and its impact on activity, function and quality of life. She is also focused on the long-term consequence of sports injury on joint health. She has a particular interest in non-surgical interventions that can slow the progression and reduce the symptoms associated with hip pain and hip OA.

Todd Hargrove is a Certified Feldenkrais practitioner, Certified Rolfer, and author. Todd graduated from Hamilton College in 1990 with a B.A. in Economics, and from the University of Washington School of Law in 1995 with a J.D. While working as an attorney, Todd developed chronic neck and back pain, but eliminated it through through self-education, lifestyle change and exercise. He quit the law in 2005 to become a manual and movement therapist, in order to help others in the way he helped himself. Since 2008, he has written a blog at BetterMovement.org, which focuses on applying a modern understanding of pain science and neuroscience to movement-based therapies. In 2014, he published A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving with More Skill and Less Pain.

Ben Cormack owns and runs Cor-Kinetic. He is a musculoskeletal therapist with a clinical background in sports therapy, rehabilitation, pain science & exercise stretching back 15 years. He specialises in a movement & exercise based approach with a strong education component and patient centred focus.
Ben is a popular international presenter who has delivered conferences presentations and courses all over the world.

Mick Hughes is a Physiotherapist & Exercise Physiologist with a very keen interest in ACL injury management and ACL injury prevention. He has previously worked within elite sporting teams such as the Collingwood Magpies Netball, Newcastle Jets U20s and NQ Cowboys U20s.

Associate Professor Steve Kamper is a research physiotherapist at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. He is also co-lead of the ‘Centre for Pain, Health and Lifestyle’ (https://www.centrephl.org), a practice-research partnership exploring the interaction between pain and health risk factors such as overweight, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol misuse and mental health. Other research interests include patient expectations and placebo effects, adolescent musculoskeletal pain, research methods.

Bart Dingenen (physical therapist, PhD) currently combines an academic postdoctoral position at University Hasselt (Belgium) with clinical work as a sport physical therapist in a private clinical practice (Motion to Balance, Genk). He is mainly interested in strategies to optimize prevention and rehabilitation of sports-related injuries of the lower extremity.

Christina Le is a physiotherapist (Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic) and PhD student (University of Alberta) from Edmonton, Canada. As a clinician, she primarily worked with athletes with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. This experience has motivated her to pursue research investigating quality of life in those with ACL injuries. Find her on Twitter as @yegphysio or online at www.yegphysiotherapy.com.

Mariana Wingood is a full time clinician and part-time educator. She is an active member of the Vermont Falls Coalition, Gerontology Society of America, and Academy of Geriatrics. Mariana’s focus is on fall prevention and exercise perscription for older adults. She has presented at a state, national conferences, and international level.

Sarah Haag is a physiotherapist and co-owner of Entropy Physiotherapy and Wellness in Chicago. At Entropy, Sarah specializes in women’s and men’s health, and on treating the spine and pelvis. She received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy and Masters of Science in Women’s Health from Rosalind Franklin University in 2008. In 2009 she was awarded a Board Certification as a specialist in women’s health (WCS). While not a researcher, she enjoys hanging out with researchers to shorten the gap between research and clinical application.

Dr. Jarod Hall, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS is a physical therapist in Fort Worth, TX. His clinical focus is orthopedics and therapeutic neuroscience education. Jarod is a board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Jarod is also an adjunct instructor at the UNTHSC DPT program in the orthopedics, pain sciences, and manual therapy curricula. Dr. Hall presents continuing education at the local, state, national level and is an internationally recognized evidence based blogger.

Travis Pollen is a personal trainer and PhD student in Rehabilitation Sciences at Drexel University. He holds a master’s degree in Biomechanics and Movement Science from the University of Delaware. His research interests focus on core stability, movement screening, and injury risk assessment in athletes. In addition to his scholarly activities, he maintains a blog at www.FitnessPollenator.com.

Sam is a physiotherapist working in full time elite sport, having worked in multiple team based sports in the UK and the USA. He is a published author of theoretical models for rehabilitation as well as a contributing author in Clinical Sports Medicine 5th Ed. Sam shares his thoughts on clinical reasoning in physiotherapy and strength & conditioning via his blog post plinthsandplatforms.wordpress.com and lectures in the UK.

Simon is the founder and CEO of Smertevidenskab (pain science) which is a company that focuses on teaching contemporary pain science to healthcare professionals and treating people with chronic pain. He’s currently undertaking a Masters by Research degree under Professor Lorimer Moseley. Simon is part of the Body in Mind research group and is on the board of executive officers in The Critical Physiotherapy Network.

Carlo Wood MPT, PhD, APA Sports & MSK Physio, OCS, DNSET is an instructor for Neurodynamic Solutions and owner of a cash only clinic specializing in sports injuries (sportsandorthophysio.net). He is a manuscript reviewer for JOSPT, invited speaker to Orthopaedic conferences worldwide and also part of the US Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine Volunteer program.

Adam has worked in full time football at both Reading FC and Millwall FC, he originally joined Brighton & Hove Albion FC as Head Academy Physiotherapist. After performing in this role for two and a half years, he progressed to take up his current role as First Team Performance Physiotherapist. This job involves devising injury prevention protocols for the whole squad and individuals. The role has led him to take an interest in injury prevention literature, and more specifically hamstring injury prevention literature.

Tom Walters is an orthopedic physical therapist and undergraduate kinesiology professor in Santa Barbara, California. He is currently completing a Doctor of Science (ScD) in rehabilitation science at Texas Tech University where he is studying the effects of clinician language on physical performance in subjects with low back pain.

 

Nicol van Dyk is a physiotherapist and clinical reasearcher at the Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital in Doha, Qatar. He graduated with a BSc in Physiotherapy from Stellenbosch University in 2005, and completed his MSc in Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy in 2010.  Having worked in a number of different sporting environments, including cricket, rugby, and football, he worked as sports physiotherapist at the Sport Science Institute of South Africa before moving to Qatar in 2013. He currently occupies a role within the Aspetar injury prevention programme (ASPREV), while continuing clinical care of athletes. Nicol is an associate editor and editorial board member of British journal of sports medicine (BJSM), and enthusiastic about the role of social media in the dissemination of scientific evidence and research knowledge. As a clinical researcher with a special interest in muscle injuries and injury prevention, he has great appreciation for integrated healthcare and evidence based medicine. He completed his PhD at Ghent University, Belgium in April 2018 having investigated risk factors for hamstring injuries in professional football players.

Sam is the owner of The Strength Therapist & Co-owner of Citizen Athletics. He works with primarily strength athletes and people pursing their fitness dreams. Additionally he focuses on educating clinicians and the public at large on health literacy.