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Consultant Profile

Professor Cathy Speed

Name:
Professor Cathy Speed BMed Sci, BM BS, MA, Diploma in Sports Medicine (with distinction), PhD, FRCP
Fellow of the Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine (FFSEM) (Ireland) (United Kingdom)
Practising at:
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital
Specialties:
  • Rheumatology
    • Sports medicine
    • Sports injury
    • Soft tissue rheumatism
Special clinical interests:
Musculoskeletal injuries - sporting and non-sporting
Arthritis
Chronic pain
Hypermobility
Exercise

Research interests:
Musculoskeletal injuries
Diagnostic and interventional ultrasound
Injection therapies
Pain
Exercise prescription
Current NHS and /or university posts:
Consultant in Rheumatology, Sports & Exercise Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Lead Physician to the English Institute of Sport, Eastern Region
Physician to Middlesex CCC at the Lords Ground, London
Physician to British Badminton
Physician to English Ladies Golf Association
Medical Officer for the Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Cambridge
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
British Society for Rheumatology
Royal Society for Medicine
Regional Physician to the English Institute of Sport
American College of Sports Medicine
British Association of Sports Medicine
British Medical Acupuncture Society
 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
01223 266990
Private secretary telephone number:
01223 200595
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:
Professor Speed plays significant roles in the care of Olympic and other elite athletes across a wide spectrum, as indicated above. She has a special expertise in the management of sporting and non-sporting musculoskeletal injuries and chronic pain syndromes. She also has a specialist interest in arthritis and in exercise medicine. She applies advanced diagnostic techniques and in particular imaging and biomechanical assessments in evaluation of medical complaints. She utilises therapies including various injection therapies, extracorporeal shock wave therapy and forms of exercise and rehabilitation in managing problems. She also has a background in exercise physiology and has an exercise prescription clinic for the development of customised exercise and or training programmes to suit all types of individual, from the sedentary to the fit athlete. She works with a team of people who form a multidisciplinary team that is focussed in delivering the highest standards of care to patients.
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