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Sports Injury Success
Sometimes it takes a certain type of experience to spot a sports injury - that’s where the specialist sports team at Perform Little Aston really shine.
Dr Mark Gillett, Sports Medicine Exercise Consultant at Perform has been team doctor for West Bromwich Albion FC for 6 years- so he has seen virtually every injury competitive sport can do to an athlete’s body.
So when well-known Midlands amateur cricketer Michael Talbot attended Perform with a complex and rare leg injury that just didn’t seem to be improving, it was Dr Gillett who spotted the real problem.
Mike – an Australian who came to England to play cricket in the West Midlands before meeting bride-to-be Laura and deciding to set up home here – had been struggling with the injury for over six months before coming to Perform, based at Spire Little Aston Hospital.
“I had been having intensive physio for about six months but nothing seemed to be getting better,” explained Mike. “Then someone told me about Perform and I met with
physiotherapist Neil Simms who realised it wasn’t an ‘ordinary’ injury and introduced me to Dr Gillett.”
“Mike had sustained a severe injury- both hamstrings on the inside of his leg were severed. In fact it’s as bad a hamstring injury as I’ve seen in my twenty plus years of emergency and sports medicine. Luckily, we were able to recommend a specialist surgeon from our national network”, explained Dr Gillet.
Dr Mark Gillett
“Mark used a variety of scans to accurately diagnose my injury- a complex hamstring tear. Basically he said surgery would offer the best chance of successful recovery and it wasn’t until that had taken place that physio would be a real help.”
The Perform Rapid Access Clinic provides assessment for a wide range of musculoskeletal injuries. Led by Sports Medicine Exercise Consultant Dr Mark Gillett and supported by the sports injury team, patients will receive a diagnosis and initial injury management plan.
If the injury requires further investigation, there is full access to on-site X-ray, MRI and ultrasound diagnostics as well as a host of specialist consultants should surgery be an option.
Mike, who has played for Wednesbury CC, Lichfield CC, Penkridge CC, Cannock CC, and, as club captain, with Tamworth CC has undergone successful surgery and is now taking part in an intensive rehab course with the team at Perform who accurately diagnosed his injury. “Playing sport again is obviously something I would love to do.”
“The people at Perform have given me confidence and positivity
towards returning to a 'normal life' again and, with their ongoing support, I am working hard to achieve my goals.”
Fast, accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. We’ll get you moving again- whether you are insured or paying for yourself.
For more information call: 0121 580 7131
birmingham@spireperform.com www.spireperform.com/birmingham
Michael Talbot / 36
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