In football, medical teams often handle acute injuries effectively, but what about the persistent, recurring pains that can hinder a player’s long-term performance?
This webinar delves into the challenges of managing ongoing niggles, chronic discomfort, and recurring injuries that keep players on the massage table for weeks on end.
Mark Leather, an experienced Head Physiotherapist in elite sport and Richmond Stace, a chronic pain specialist join together to discuss this important topic.
Join us as we explore:
- How to choose and integrate specialists to address persistent pain
- Communicating the need for additional support with managers and coaches
- Creating a safe environment for players to report ongoing issues
- Pain coaching: What it is and how it can help players with chronic symptoms
- The importance of seamless communication between medical, coaching, and performance teams
This session is a must-attend for medical professionals, coaches, and performance staff looking to enhance collaboration and improve player welfare. Learn how to build a comprehensive, supportive approach that ensures long-term player health and success on the pitch.
Guest speakers
Mark Leather qualified as a physiotherapist in 1983 where he spent 4 years in the NHS before moving into professional football. He spent over 10 years in the FA Premier League including 6 years as the Head Physiotherapist for Liverpool FC whilst he dedicated over 20 years working as a Head physiotherapist for Sunderland FC, Preston North End, Burnley, Brighton and more recently, as Head of Performance and Medicine at Bolton Wanderers Football Club.
Away from professional football, Mark has also worked as the Head Physiotherapist at Wigan Warriors RLFC and worked at the Commonwealth Games in 1986 and the World University Games 2007. He was formerly the Physiotherapist for the England Futsal Team, lectured for the Football Association and has acted as a Consultant Physiotherapist for IPRS a leading company in injury treatment and prevention services.
Following a previous successful spell in higher education at Edge Hill University, Mark is now the course leader on the MSc Football Science & Rehabilitation and MSc Football Medical Leadership & Performance at UCLan. Alongside this, he is the Director at Mark Leather Physiotherapy Ltd and a guest columnist for the Daily Mail newspaper commenting on sport-related injuries.
Richmond Stace is committed to helping people suffering chronic pain that comes from his education, learnings and experiences in healthcare over the past 30 years.
Richmond has a unique multidisciplinary background in nursing, physiotherapy, pain neuroscience, sport rehabilitation, sports and exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, strengths based coaching, positive psychology, compassion focused therapy and motivational interviewing.
Over the years, Richmond has worked in the NHS, sport, the corporate world and private sector. Each have brought valuable lessons, yet none as much as those learned by working with individual people.
Richmond’s focus is on helping patients understand, manage and overcome your pain to live your best life.