Sports Injury Clinics in London

Dr Kalpesh Parmar, Specialist Sports Doctor

“I find the sporting population a joy to work with as they are motivated and take sport and exercise seriously. Apart from the obvious benefits of regular exercise, it is rewarding to help not only the elite athlete but also the recreational weekend warrior to achieve their goals and get them back from injury.”

Kal has been involved in treating sports and musculoskeletal related injuries for over 7 years. Kal spent 5 years in Australia, including a year at the Australian Institute of Sport where he completed a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine, prior to commencing advanced training with the Australasian College of Sports Physicians. This training was interrupted when he relocated to the UK to take up the position as Club Doctor at a Premiership Football Club where he stayed for over 2 years before joining the team at Pure Sports Medicine. He has worked with sports from grass routes through to National Teams, having been on tour with the National Australian Men's and Women's Senior Hockey Teams as well as Australian National Football teams. Other clubs have included coverage for the Brumbies Rugby Union and Sydney Swans AFL reserve teams and the Sydney International Tennis tournament. Clinical interests include football related injury and injection therapy using ultrasound guidance.

I wanted to pursue a career in sports and exercise medicine ever since I was a junior doctor and attended a sports medicine course at Lilleshall National Sports centre in Shropshire. It proved harder than I thought to find the correct career progression and so I underwent basic surgical training, with an emphasis on orthopaedics, got the required qualifications and left for Australia to undertake specialist sports medicine training which has a clearly defined, well established training program. In 2006 I returned to the UK to work with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club as their Club Doctor. I worked at Spurs for two seasons before recently making the move to Pure where I consult at their Threadneedle St. Centre.

I find the sporting population a joy to work with as they are motivated and take sport and exercise seriously. Apart from the obvious benefits of regular exercise, it is rewarding to help not only the elite athlete but also the recreational weekend warrior to achieve their goals and get them back from injury.

I have worked with elite athletes for many years. They can be quite demanding and do not suffer fools gladly - so there is the added pressure to properly diagnose their problem, give them accurate rehabilitation advice, and return them to training and playing as quickly as possible. I also thoroughly enjoy seeing the recreational sports person and like to offer them the same level of professionalism that spills over from working within professional sport.

Away from work, I like to play as much sport as possible being a keen tennis player and golfer - when the weather is good - and also like to combine holidays with scuba diving.