David is a successful and experienced chartered physiotherapist with clinical, consultation, pitch side and research experience in diverse settings. He has significant sports medicine practice with high-performance culture, professional athlete and non-athlete populations using evidence-based methods, accompanied by strong international research ties in industry and academia.
He has worked with Isokinetic Medical Group in Harley St., London – and in professional soccer, rugby, and private practice. He was the European Head of Medical Care and Performance Services for the Brooklyn Nets and the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. He held a research position in Royal College Surgeons Ireland and is currently a faculty member and external lecturer for Florida International University (USA). He provides performance and medical support to the Houston Texans in terms of L&D, and was a senior physiotherapist for Team Maccabi GB at the Maccabiah Games in Israel 2022. He has had articles published in peer-reviewed sports medicine publications, presented at international conferences and is an editor for the upcoming Elsevier book titled “The Essential Skills for Physiotherapists: a personal and professional development framework”, based on The Learning Physiotherapist.
David is the founder and director of Hauora Ltd., a performance wellbeing partner that works in business and pro sport. David co-founded Hauora, because he was always interested in the whole person too from a well-being perspective, rather than just the presenting physical injury. David has a well-developed cross-cultural awareness based on extensive travel, as well as a lifelong passion for learning and development. David has learned from his extensive experience with Isokinetic Medical Group on Harley Street in London, Dublin and the USA on how to help build and develop wellbeing strategies in a high-performing business and/ or sporting environment.
He is the founder and co-host of the podcast ‘Sleep Eat Perform Repeat’, which focuses on high performance. David writes regularly and has had opinion articles published in The Times (UK) and The Limerick Leader. David is an alumnus of Common Purpose, and is passionate about all things high performance, flow science, learning and ongoing development. He is currently studying to be a peak performance coach with the Flow Research Collective.
He is happily married and has two children. David, born in Limerick, lives in Dublin, Ireland – and is an advocate for Down Syndrome.
