Dr Bhavesh Kumar

• FFSEM
• BASEM

• Tendinopathy
• Diagnostic Ultrasound imaging
• Concussion
• Upper limb, lower limb and spinal musculoskeletal conditions causing pain.
• High performance Sport & Exercise Medicine
• Sports injuries
• Rugby and football injuries
• Chronic pain management
• Complex and reoccurring injuries
• Physical activity to optimise health in patients with chronic disease

• Soft tissue injections
• Joint injections
• PRP injections
• Prolotherapy
• Caudal Epidural injections
• Epidural injections
• Steroid injections
• Hydrodilation/high volume injections
• Hyaluronic acid injections
• Trigger point injections
• Medial branch block diagnostic injections
• Shockwave Ultrasound Therapy

Individual and team sports, running and used to enjoy rowing!

• Consultant Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician at the Institute of Sport Exercise & Health, University College London Hospitals
• Leadership of the National Tendinopathy Centre, Institute of Sport Exercise & Health London
• Chief Medical Officer at Reading Football Club, AFC Wimbledon, and previously with West Ham United and The English Football Association
• Consultant Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician for the European Tour Golf
• Consultant Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician for British Athletics
• Consultant Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician to the Ministry of Defence
• Sports Physician at the British Olympic Association and English Institute for Sport

Previously:

Sports Physician at the Olympic (London 2012) and Paralympic games (London 2012 and Rio 2016)

Sports Physician with Saracens Rugby

Locum Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine, Central London Community Health NHS Trust

• Sports Medicine Fellowship, Aspetar – Qatar Athlete Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital
• Medical Officer for the London marathon and triathlons
• Patron to the University College London undergraduate Sport & Exercise Medicine Society

Publications, lectures and teaching

Senior Lecturer and program leader for Postgraduate and Undergraduate degrees in Sports Medicine Exercise and Health at University College London

Visiting tutor and examiner of musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging at The University of Bournemouth

Member of faculty and examiner for the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging accreditation exams

Peer reviewer of research article submissions to medical journals for publication

Author of numerous articles related to Sport and Exercise Medicine and wider medical topics

Invited speaker at several International conferences