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Dr Chris Bradshaw, Specialist Sports Doctor
"I actually studied medicine because I wanted to persue a career specifically in sports medicine, so I feel very fortunate that this dream has come to fruition."
Chris is a Sports Physician with over sixteen years’ experience in full-time sports medicine. In that time he has worked for the Richmond Football Club in Australia as Head Club Doctor for over twelve years, was the Team Doctor for the Australian Athletics Team for the four years up to and including the Sydney Olympic Games, and is currently the Fulham Football Club Team Doctor. He has published widely in the field of clinical sports medicine, and has worked on many different sports medicine committees. Chris has also presented papers at many international conferences, and is a key note speaker at the British Association of Sports Medicine (BASEM) congress in October. As a competitive athlete he was Australian champion in the decathlon, and represented Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
"I actually studied medicine because I wanted to pursue a career specifically in sports medicine, so I feel very fortunate that this dream has come to fruition. I have always loved and participated in many sports at different levels and thoroughly enjoy the team environment - so to work in sports medicine seemed to be a natural progression. Sports medicine is a very underdeveloped subspecialty of medicine, allowing for many clinical research opportunities. I find it fascinating and inspiring that we know all there is to know about the left anterior descending coronary artery, but have only just scraped the surface of understanding why athletes get shin pain.
I find working with athletes extremely rewarding, not only because of their obvious motivation to get well when injured, but because they tend to be the sort of people who pursue excellence in every facet of their lives. The attraction of working with elite athletes is that it allows us all to practise ‘cutting edge’ sports medicine which pushes the boundaries and aids the development of new theories, methods and knowledge. It is equally rewarding, however, to apply the principles developed and practised on elite athletes to benefit the recreational athlete and the non-athlete with musculoskeletal problems. Everyone has goals in their lives that they’d like to achieve, and not being able to work or exercise pain and injury free can be just as frustrating to the occasional jogger as any elite athlete.
Outside of my work I like to keep active and enjoy running and playing golf, and keeping in touch with the world of sport as a whole. I am fortunate to be supported by my very loving wife, and am revelling in the joys of raising our young daughter, Cassidy. I am inspired by the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of life, and as a supreme optimist, I attempt to remain open-minded about everything in my work and in life in general."