Services - Sports Medicine
Dr Niall Elliott
The Sports Medicine services offers:
- annual medical profiling
- injury and illness prevention
- treatment and rehabilitation
- physiotherapy
- podiatry
- massage
- sports medicine network links
Dr Niall Elliott has the role of Sports Medicine Co-ordinator for TFIS. Niall works from the TFIS offices 2 afternoons per month and also attends physio meetings to discuss any athlete issues or attends training sessions to make himself available to the athletes.
The TFIS Sports Medicine network pursues the needs of the athletes with enthusiasm and professionalism. All providers on the network meet quarterly to discuss any TFIS issues but also with an emphasis on education with workshops being held at each meeting either by those on the network or by outside medical specialists. The network also receives updates from Dr Brian Walker (Scottish Institute of Sport), reviews of annual BASEM and BASES conferences and discussions with TFIS S&C coaches. For details on BASEM conferences, please click here and then click on Calendar of Events.
Please click here to read an update on the Institutes position on supplements.
For Athlete Guidance notes on Injury Zone, please click here.
