r Thomson MBBS, MSc Sports Med (Lond) MFSEM (UK), MRCGP, qualified from the Westminster & Charing Cross Medical School in 1985. He trained in Sports Medicine at the Academic Department of Sports Medicine, Royal London Hospital & Queen Mary’s College and gained a distinction in his Masters Degree in 2002. He works as a General Practitioner treating a wide variety of orthopaedic and sports injuries in his practice. He is also a GPwSI in Orthopaedics, and works with Mr Adrian Fairbank at the Soft Tissue Knee Clinic, St George’s Hospital. He acts as a Sports Physician to Esher Rugby Club and has an interest in injuries associated with soccer, rugby and running.