Therapy Staff

Shane Kelly (Head of Physical Therapy)

Role:

• Line manage the British Athletics therapy team.
• Set the therapy aspect of the 2020 Medical and Therapy strategy.
• Manage the NPI therapy clinic.
• Manage a caseload of WCP athletes.
• Responsible for therapy related injury surveillance, profiling and monitoring across the programme.

Gemma Jefferson (Lead physiotherapist for the Paralympic programme)

Role:

• Clinical delivery to NPI based athletes.
• Linking in with remote athletes and remote practitioners to assist with return to training / managing injury.
• Develop strategies to minimise injury risk in athlete groups.
• Lead the Paralympic therapy team at major camps / competitions.
• Travel to other training centres and venues when needed to support athletes training away from the NPI.

Gemma qualified from University of Birmingham in 2004, and then spent 3 years working in the NHS and then in New Zealand. She has spent the last 8 years working in elite sport, with the last 5 years specialising in Paralympic sport.

Alex O’Gorman (Lead Endurance Physiotherapist – Maternity Cover)

Role:

• Providing therapy support to endurance athletes on the WCP.
• Physiotherapy support on camp and at competitions.
• Therapy profiling and monitoring for the endurance programme.

Alex studied Physiotherapy (BSc (Hons)) at Manchester Metropolitan University, gaining a MSc in Strength and Conditioning (University of Salford). He previously worked in NHS orthopaedic rehabilitation and in a private musculoskeletal practice for seven years in Greater Manchester and with international athletes.