Exercise Induced Leg Disorders in Sports

Prof Nat Padhiar works in the private sector at London Independent Hospital and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. During 1991-2011 he held the position of consultant podiatric surgeon at The Royal London Hospital and has been an integral teaching staff member at the Centre for Sports & Exercise Medicine for the past thirty-four years. He is an honorary clinical professor, internal examiner, course director for podiatric sports medicine, and module leader at the Centre for Sports & Exercise Medicine, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts, and The London Medical & Dental School, Queen Mary, London University.He has been part of the medical team of many sporting events like the Daily Telegraph/British Brain & Spine Foundation London Marathon Team 1999-2007, London Triathlon 2005, and more. At The London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, Nat was a part of the Medical Services for LOCOG during the planning stages and the clinical lead for podiatric sports medicine.Prof Nicola Maffulli is one of the most highly cited authors in Sports Medicine; Professor Maffulli is a consultant orthopaedic and sports injury surgeon. Nicola was the first full-time competitively appointed Lecturer in sports medicine at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Trained by the late Prof John King, the initiator of the Course in sports medicine in London, Nicola developed the research aspect of sports and exercise medicine not just from the orthopaedic side: basic sciences have always been in his mind and has contributed to the literature in sports physiology and the genetics of sports performance.He has published 12 books describing more than 50 new surgical techniques within the knee, foot and ankle, and sports surgery. He organized the medical services for the judo and wrestling tournaments 2012 Olympics.

• Anatomy of the leg.- Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome.- Tibial Stress Injury .- Medial Tibial.- Stress Syndrome.- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome.- Medical Myopathy.- Reduced Energy Deficiency Syndrome.- Nerve Entrapment Syndromes.- Accessory or low-lying muscle syndrome.- Muscle injuries.- Radiculopathy & Radicular leg pain.- Radiology - Imaging modalities.- Biomechanical & Functional Assessment.