Sports Injury Clinic

Multidisciplinary Musculoskeletal and Sports Injury Clinic

A trio of highly experienced practitioners leads our Sports Injury Clinics. Dr. Mark Ridgewell, Consultant in Musculoskeletal and Sports & Exercise Medicine, whose expertise has been in demand across various sports including Lead Doctor to the High-Performance Unit at Sport Wales 2003-2020 (including 3 Commonwealth Games as Doctor to Team Wales). He is currently lead Doctor for all the LTA-run tennis tournaments around the UK, WTA Tournament Physician and has worked at the Wimbledon Championships. Previous roles include working in professional rugby, Team Doctor to Wales football and England Cricket. Secondly Ant Carter, a Specialist Physiotherapist with elite-level experience, including six years as Head of Rehabilitation at Ospreys Rugby, physiotherapist at 3 Commonwealth Games and managing athletes from a variety of high-level sports. Finally, Dr. Gavin Clague, one of Darcy Healthcare’s Consultant Radiologists who specialises in musculoskeletal diagnostics and intervention, whose interest in sports injuries has also seen him perform pitch side medical duties at regional rugby level.

How they work

Our philosophy is to provide a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach to optimise health, well-being, and human performance. Their process looks to diagnose the issue by utilising diagnostic scans where necessary, preferably all in the same appointment. By having an immediate discussion about appropriate imaging, the results of the imaging, and possible treatments you can start your recovery immediately. 

The team are affiliated with several specialists including highly respected orthopaedic surgeons, nutritionists, biomechanists and strength & conditioning coaches who they can refer to where necessary, often in more complex cases. Being keen sportsmen themselves, also enables the team to understand the needs of their patients with more demanding athletic schedules. 

Common Sports and Musculoskeletal Conditions that are diagnosed and managed:

• Spinal pain/sciatica 

• Shoulder pain including rotator cuff/AC joint injury/frozen shoulder

• Elbow and wrist pain including tennis or golfers elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome 

• Hamstring/calf injuries

• Ankle/knee ligament injury

• Achilles pain/tendinopathy

• Plantar fasciitis

• Stress fracture

• Fatigue affecting performance

• Shin splints and other stress injuries 

Services Offered:

• MDT collaborative assessment and diagnosis

• Imaging as required

• Rehabilitation/exercise programmes

• Graduated return to sports programmes

• Ultrasound guided injection treatments including, corticosteroid injection, PRP and prolotherapy. 

• Onward referral to specialist network 

• Performance Testing 

To book an initial consultation, please either email refer@darcyhealthcare.co.uk or complete the enquiry form below.