Bath Rugby

Dr Julian Widdowson	Head of Sports and Medicine
Peter Lion	Lead Physiotherapist
Brent Taylor	Physiotherapist
Nathan Allwork	Academy Physiotherapist
Helen Shand	Massage Therapist & Medical Administrator
James Ross	Part-time Consultant Physiotherapist
Rachele Quested	Part-time Consultant Physiotherapist
Martin Sparkes	Registered Osteopath

 

DR JULIAN WIDDOWSON

MBBS BSc LMSSA MRCGP DCH DRCOG MSc Sports & Exercise Medicine, MFSEM

Julian qualified from University College London and then obtained an MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine from Bath University.

He is GP trained, working in musculo-skeletal medicine and has been working in sport medicine since 1994. He joined Bath Rugby in 2004 as Team Doctor, becoming Head of Sports Medicine in 2007.

Julian is also team doctor for the England Saxons team; he has worked at the Sports Medicine Clinic at the Royal United Hospital in Bath and is also a Tutor and Examiner for the MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine course at Bath University.

Other positions Julian has held include being the lead team doctor for the England 16 Group from 1999-2008 and the team doctor for the Wales Rugby League side from 2006-2008.

Julian also works in a private sports injury clinic in Bath.

PETER LION

Pete is an Australian physiotherapist who joined Bath Rugby in 2006. He crossed codes after previously spending 3 seasons with Reading Football Club.

He gained his qualifications at the University of Queensland in Brisbane and is currently undertaking his Masters degree in Sports Physiotherapy through La Trobe University in Melbourne.

Pete has previously worked with rugby league, football, and cricket in Australia as well as individual high profile international athletes as a consultant physiotherapist. He developed a strong musculo-skeletal background working in private sports medicine clinics both in the UK and Australia.

BRENT TAYLOR

After qualifying from Auckland in 1999, Brent gained his Masters in Sports Physiotherapy from the University of  Sydney in 2007. Whilst in Sydney he worked at a prestigious Sports Clinic and with Manly Warringahs Sea Eagles Rugby League club.
He has previously worked with athletes playing in National Basketball and Ultimate Frisbee teams in Australia and New Zealand. He is currently interested in pre-season screening programmes and the rehabilitation of ankle injuries.
In his spare time he enjoys participating in anything aquatic, especially kite surfing. Brent also enjoys playing competitive tennis.

 

 

NATHAN ALLWORK

Nathan has two degrees including one in Physiotherapy from Oxford Brookes University. He qualified as a physio five years ago and has worked with various rugby academies in the London and Surrey areas and has also worked with elite rowers.

Aside from working with rowers, Nathan also has a competitive background in the sport and he has won various national level competitions at senior lightweight level.

 

 

 

HELEN SHAND

Helen qualified as a Sports Massage Therapist in 1994, and moved to Bath to work for a company training therapists.  She also ran her own Sports Massage business, including working at the University of Bath with elite sports.  This led, in 1995, to Helen starting work with the Bath Rugby Medical team on a part-time basis as the game looked to turn professional.

In 1998, she joined the team full time, taking on the medical administration post alongside her sports massage responsibilities.  Helen is assisted by a number of massage therapists who work on a part time basis.

 

JAMES ROSS

James is an experienced musculoskeletal therapist practising a unique fusion of Physiotherapy and Osteopathy. His ‘3 degrees’ in Sports Science (University of Surrey), Physiotherapy (Brunel University) and Osteopathy (London School of Osteopathy) in combination with his acupuncture and Gunn IMS training mean that he can offer something special to his patients.

Following James’ physiotherapy training he worked in the NHS and also part-time at Chelsea Football Club where he stayed for 4 years. He then moved to Bristol in 2004 to work in private practice in a multi-disciplinary clinic treating the full spectrum of patients from elite athletes to complicated ‘chronic pain sufferers’.

James has worked at Gloucester cricket club and with various international sportsmen/women and now has a part-time role at Bath Rugby which he combines with his private work. By completing his Osteopathic training James is able to offer a holistic and comprehensive assessment and treatment ‘package’ to suit his patients needs.

RACHELE QUESTED

Rachele Quested graduated at the University of Queensland, completing some undergraduate research into postural screening in athletes alongside her degree.

She has developed a keen involvement in sports physiotherapy and has (almost) completed a Masters of Sports Physiotherapy through La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Her interests lie particularly in the rehabilitation and prevention of sports injury and she has completed the Body Control Pilates teacher program and developed this to the advanced level. Thus far she has worked with England Netball, the RoyalBalletSchooland the armed forces at their rehabilitation centre in Surreyand has travelled abroad with GB triathlon and disability swimming teams.