We’re going to take a ‘look under the hood’ with some of the best in the industry, and find out how both mind and body are being impacted by the global pandemic.
Our panel of experts will take a look at the medical advice on COVID-19, the physical impact on your body and how you can make sure you are ready to restart proper training again without increasing the risk of injury.
We’ll delve into how external stresses may mean you need to adjust your load as well as discover how we can learn to cope through a better understanding of ourselves, through the lock down.
Guests include;
Gordon Bosworth - Clinical Director, Physiotherapist & Consultant
Gordon spent his formative years in the Royal Air Force (1976–1992) as a member of the Physical Education Branch.
He has been the Senior Governing Body Physiotherapist to the British Bobsleigh and Bob-Skeleton Team (1996–2006, including four years as Performance Director) and was a member of the Great Britain teams at the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan (1998), Salt Lake City, USA (2002), and Torino, Italy (2006).
Gordon was Medical Lead for the Canadian Speed Skating Team at the Vancouver Olympic Games (2010) and Chief Physiotherapist to UK Athletics/British Athletics at the London Olympic Games (2012).
Gordon has been a Consultant to several professional football teams, including Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool, Wigan Athletic, Derby County, QPR and Sunderland.
Gordon currently acts as a Consultant to London Irish RFC, as well as to several track and field athletes
Dr. Mark Bellamy PhD, Cpsychol, AFBPsS - Performance Psychologist.
Mark has worked in sports for over thirty years, initially as an exercise physiologist, strength and conditioning and coaching squash, and for the previous eighteen years as a performance psychologist.
After initially completing a BSc in Psychology at Birmingham University in the 1980’s, his work took him into more physical aspects of sport. However after being involved in a serious car accident in my late 20’s, I was no longer able to follow this line of work and decided to continue my studies and work more within Sport and Performance Psychology.
Mark completed a PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University and during that time also qualified as a Sport Psychologist. I have worked in that area now for many years as well as maintaining my links with physical performance through advising in this area and through the development of equipment linked to the transfer of training into performance, working with athletes from many sports from development though to elite performers and Olympic medallists and world champions.
Doctor Nicola Keay BA, MA (Cantab), MB, BChir, MRCP - Sports and Dance Endocrinologist
Nicky was awarded a BA in Medical Tripos and medical qualifications MB, BChir from Cambridge University and after passing post graduate medical examinations to become a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), she gained extensive clinical and research experience in Endocrinology and Sport/Dance and Exercise Medicine involving elite athletes, professional ballet dancers and young aspiring athletes.
As a Research Fellow at St Thomas’ Hospital she was part of the international medical team working to develop a test to detect athletes doping with growth hormone, supported by the International Olympic Committee.
My other research studies investigated the effects of training and nutrition on the Endocrine system, body composition and bone mineral density, supported by medical research awards.
Simon Wegerif - Inventor, HRV & recovery expert & MD at myithlete.com
Simon is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and HRV & recovery expert.
He was previously an executive with Philips Electronics in the UK and Silicon Valley.
Simon is a competitive cyclist and has also completed a number of triathlons including Ironman distance.
He created ithlete, the leading, scientifically founded HRV app in 2009 after identifying an opportunity for using HRV in his own training. He is considered an expert on the topic, having read over 1500 papers. Simon frequently consults with health & fitness industry experts, and on biomedical and cardio-respiratory vital signs.
Dr. James Brown - Sports Medicine Doctor
James has worked in professional Sports since 1996. Starting out as a club Doctor in Rugby League - following his Father’s footsteps ( Ex GB International player ) - and Team Doctor for Yorkshire County Cricket with Vaughan and Gough Sidebottom and one Darren Lehmann.
He then moved codes to England Rugby Union and spent 3 seasons with them through the six nations and World Cup.
After this James concentrated on his hospital career, building up clinical technical expertise, with time in training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
Finishing his Sports Medicine training in 2007 James took up a specialist post in Leeds working at Chapel Allerton Hospital increasing my skills in diagnostic ultrasound us guided procedures and spinal work.
In 2012 he joined British Triathlon and has looked after the Brownlee Brothers and a host of Olympic Triathletes ever since.
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