I first started working with Sports Teams in August 2014, which sparked my interest in Sport and Exercise medicine. Initially starting with rugby and American football, I have since gone on to work with those competing in horse racing, motocross, competitive bodybuilding, weightlifting, powerlifting and marathon running.
For several years, I created and volunteered in a clinic screening and advising on those using image and performance enhancing drugs (IPED); the use of which has been increasing in recent years. This is something I forged as an area of special interest for me. I have attended and advised at Public Health Wales expert information gathering events, and been pleased to have had input in the consensus guidelines on how best to serve this population.
I went on to advise the Secure Environments doctors, working with the police and the prison population, delivered teaching on this in schools, NHS hospitals and GP practices. I was approached by the military to deliver IPED teaching to their clinicians, and delivered this to a busy auditorium in London in 2018.