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This informality is also reflected in the fact that only six of the 58 doctors surveyed had a written job description. Clearly, most football clubs are dependent on the goodwill of their doctors and do not offer the rates of pay that doctors would normally expect for their professional services.

He deals with all sorts of injuries—from fractures and anterior cruciate ligament tears to degenerative injuries such as osteochondral knee problems—which have ended some promising careers.While the new Reds recruit will travel with the squad for their warm weather training camp in Dubai before the Premier League resumes late next month, Power won't officially start his duties until he has completed his notice period in early 2023. In big clubs like Manchester United, there are always other players available to play in place of the injured ones,” says Mike.

There are not that many full time sports medicine doctors about,” says Mike, who has been full time club doctor with Manchester United for nearly five years now. To maintain knowledge regarding current best practices and contribute to the development of the medical team in regards innovative. He's only been appointed this season and up until this season I would always religiously go in every week and see everybody who was injured, but that was a different physio and he wasn't as well qualified so I was happier seeing absolutely everybody and making sure everything was going along. Wolverhampton Wanderers have had behind the scenes work going on to ensure players have the best support available in the 2021/22 Premier League campaign. Our thoughts remain with him and his family this evening, and we hope that he makes a full and speedy recovery.These organisations have further information about being a sport and exercise medicine doctor, particularly as your career progresses. There are always going to be people there for elite athletes but there are never going to be that many jobs available for everyone who wants to do it.

After this interview, the interviewer had a brief conversation with the club groundsman, who had been formally interviewed—a “jacket and tie job”, as he put it—by the club chairman. It is not unusual for managers, when changing clubs, to take some of their previous “backroom staff”, including the physiotherapist, to their new club. There was no formal job application and no interview; the job was offered and accepted over the phone. Pursuing the career path of a doctor involves years of intensive study and training; Medical students initially take an undergraduate course leading to a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery that can take five to six years.

The ideal candidate will hold an undergraduate physiotherapy/sports therapy degree as well as a valid, in date Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMiF) qualification. Most had no previous experience in sports medicine, and, for most club doctors, this is their one and only involvement in sports medicine. To lead the rehabilitation of all first team players, adhering to all professional standards and current best practices. One doctor recognised that the process by which most club doctors are appointed would not generally be regarded as good employment practice: “I … am in practice in this area, where the two senior partners had been attached to [the club] since the late 1960s, so it's nepotism.

Being a Sport Doctor involves the medical care of injury and illness in patients who take part or wish to undertake physical activity or Sport. Apart from this, I indulge in long hours of conversation with my friends (about football), drink (watching football), and sleep (dreaming about football).

However, we have since looked at extending this role to become much more, a role that looks at all aspects of the health protection of all our players throughout the club and we have been lucky enough to have found a great appointee, Michelle Rich who comes from an NHS background. Other than that, I work with a 360-degree digital marketing agency as the lead SEO Content Strategist. To assist in the development and implementation of best medical practice protocols, including the club's Emergency Action Plans. To assist the youth and foundation phase Physiotherapist in all medical/health related matters appertaining to all youth and foundation phase.