Career Experience

Present
• Lead Physiotherapist to the Northern Ireland Senior Men’s Soccer Team
• High Performance Sports Physiotherapist with the Irish Institute of Sport
• Private Practitioner at Naas Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic
• Assistant Trainer to Peter Maher (Racehorse Trainer)

Previous
• Team Northern Ireland Physiotherapist, Commonwealth Games (Glasgow 2014)
• Team Physiotherapist U21-19 Soccer Team, Irish Football Association
• Lead Physiotherapist, Sports Injury and Rehab Clinic, Queens University Belfast
• Lead Physiotherapist Team Ireland, World University Games (Bangkok 2007)
• Team GB Physiotherapist, European Youth Olympics (Italy 2006)
• Physiotherapist, English Institute of Sport, Manchester
• Academy Physiotherapist, Manchester United Football Club
• Senior Research Physiotherapist, Football Association, Lilleshall National Sports Centre
• Senior Academy Physiotherapist, Bristol City Football Club

Research
• First author of the following research projects published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine:
• The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football – an analysis of pre-season injuries
• The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football – an analysis of ankle sprains
• The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football – an analysis of hamstring injuries

Personal Interests
• Equestrian (Amateur jockey, ridden in various point to point and National Hunt races, completed Grand National course in the Aintree Foxhunters Race). Assistant trainer to Peter Maher, successes include the triple festival winning horse “Big Shu” (2013 Cheltenham Festival winner and 2014 English Grand National runner).
• Football (Strong interest in football sports medicine and in following the sport).