Muscle and tendon injuries, overuse injuries, hip and groin pain
Clinical Lead Musculo-Skeletal Clinical Assessment Service ABMU TrustProgramme Director AND Hon. Senior Lecturer Masters in SEM UWICHon. Senior Tutor Swansea University Medical School
British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine; Fellow of Faculty SEM; UK Association of Doctors in Sport; Member British Olympic Association Medical Committee; Sports Physician and Chief Medical Officer Football Association of Wales; Sports Physician, High Performance Unit, Sport Wales; Sports physician to Scarlets Rugby;
Dr Mark Ridgewell was born in Swansea and trained at St. Mary’s Hospital, London. He has worked in elite sport since 1992. He started work as a GP in 1991, and has worked at King’s Road Surgery, Mumbles ever since. He has worked at international level across a wide variety of sports included international rugby, football, cricket, hockey, netball, cycling, and gymnastics. He has attended 2 Commonwealth Games as Physician to Team Wales and spent 3 years as Chief Medical Officer with England and Wales Cricket Board. Almost half his working week is involves running clinics for elite sportsmen and women based in Wales. In June 2010,
Dr Ridgewell became the first doctor in Wales to be appointed to the GMS Specialist Register in Sport and Exercise Medicine. Over the last 20 years Dr Ridgewell has gained considerable experience on the management of sporting injuries, specialising in the non-surgical treatment of soft tissue injuries affecting muscles, tendons and ligaments, particularly in the exercising population. He constantly updates his learning via his teaching posts and has acted as a mentor for many junior doctors over the years.
I enjoy working with the exercising population and aim to give complete care of an individual, whatever their level of fitness and ability. I also have a great passion for teaching other doctors and allied professionals about SEM.
Personally, I enjoy spending what spare time I have with family and travelling as widely as I can.We enjoy walking and cycling. Sporting exercise is limited to gym work
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