Dr Ricky Shamji

• Fellowship of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine
• British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine

Dr Shamji is passionate about musculoskeletal and sports medicine. He uses point of care ultrasound on a daily basis to enhance the understanding and management plan. He uses imaging to help guide injection treatments, including novel therapies, used to help support treatment of osteoarthritis, cartilage, tendon, ligament and muscle injuries.

He has a special interest in the detailed diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options of all muscle injuries and presented and published peer review research on hamstring injury. He has strong experience in managing overload injuries related to sport especially in the groin region and bone stress.

• Image Guided Joint injections
• Steroid, PRP, Viscosupplementation
• Soft tissue injections
• Rehab advice
• Sports injury treatment
• Sports Medicine consultations

• Football
• Music
• Running

• Dr Shamji is a Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine in the Centre for Musculoskeletal Medicine at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
• He has held some senior positions in High Performance Teams
• He is a fellow of the UK Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine.
• He has led and managed a team of medical and rehabilitation experts as the Head of Medical Services at Aston Villa FC for several years.
• He has previously held positions as Chief Medical Officer at Walsall FC
• He has held medical officer roles at the English Institute of Sports which included looking after Paralympic athletes.
• He has worked at the London 2012 Olympics as a field of play team leader.
• He has treated military personnel as a Sport Physician at Cranwell Regional Rehabilitation Unit.
• With the support of Public Health England and Birmingham City Council, he received funding to create, design and lead on an initiative called ‘Prescription for Exercise’.
• It focused on helping clinicians deliver physical activity advice for inactive patients with, or at risk, of chronic disease. It was a Priority initiative scheme for Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group in 2013 to 2015 and was taken up by over 80 GP surgeries across the city.