DR JULIAN WIDDOWSON

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.

KEITH GRAHAM

Keith graduated from Cardiff University in 1994 and has worked primarily in musculoskeletal medicine in that time. Before joining Bath Rugby in December 2006 he worked in Accident and Emergency as a Frontline Practitioner for four years and spent a year as a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow.

He has worked part time in sport since 1996, and has worked for the Cardiff Phoenix Basketball Club, Crewe Alexandra FC Academy and five years working with Elite Boxers for the Amateur Boxing Association of England, and has attended two World University Games as a Team GB Headquarters Physio.

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.