Dr Alex Nieper

I am a senior Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine and have worked with professional athletes since 2001. I was Club Doctor in the Football Premier League for 10 years, seven of these with Chelsea FC, thereafter I was Team Doctor for the English and Swiss National Football Teams. I have worked in the RFU Championship and Premiership, 5 years with UK Athletics, GB Basketball and GB Hockey and the English Institute of Sport Intensive Rehabilitation Unit. I attended European and World Championships and the Olympic Games.

I am a Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (UK) and continue to teach nationally and internationally within the Sports Medicine community. I was an Appraiser and Examiner for the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (UK) and have taught at The Centre for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Studies in Bournemouth.

My focus is to establish a firm injury diagnosis and to provide specific guidance during injury rehabilitation within a multidisciplinary network of sports physiotherapists, specialist sports Orthopaedic surgeon and allied health professionals. I use diagnostic and interventional ultrasound to accelerate injury recovery.

Special interests:

• Sports Injury Diagnosis & Rehabilitation
• Hip and Groin Pain
• Upper and Lower Limb Overuse Injuries
• Muscle, Tendon and Running related Injuries
• Management of General Musculoskeletal Problems
• Diagnostic and Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

I am recognised with all major UK Health Insurances i.e. AXA, Bupa, Aviva, WPA, Vitality etc.