Podcast Episodes
Podcast: ACL Research – we talk to global expert Professor Kate Webster
Women’s football is full of talk about an ACL injury ‘epidemic’ – but is this really the case? To help us find answers we were delighted to welcome to the podcast, world-leading ACL injury research expert Professor Kate Webster who is Director of the Sport, Exercise, and Research Focus Area at La Trobe University in…
Read MorePodcast: Football superstar Rachel Corsie on beating ACL rupture & staying at the top of her game
Catch our latest Surgical Goals podcast episode in which we have the privilege of sitting down with the incredible Rachel Corsie, a true superstar in the world of Women’s Football. She has been capped for Scotland over 140 times, beating the setback of an ACL rupture in 2012 to go on to triumph in teams…
Read MoreNew Podcast: Innovations in sports knee injury treatments
In our latest podcast episode, we look at what’s new in the fields of sports knee injury treatments and prevention. Prof Mackay recently attended the 8th joint Preservation Congress in Warsaw where some of the world’s finest knee surgeons, researchers, and rehab experts gathered to discuss new treatments and their findings. So for the latest…
Read MoreRangers’ Scott Wright – my ACL rupture and recovery
Watching Rangers winger Scott Wright today play his usual fast, attacking game you would never guess that in his Aberdeen FC days, he suffered every footballer’s nightmare – a ruptured ACL. Joining us in this episode alongside Scott is Adam Stokes who was club Physio at the time and played a huge role in Scott’s…
Read MoreTalking foot and ankle injuries & treatments with NY’s finest – Dr James McWilliam MD
It was fantastic to welcome New York’s finest, Dr James ‘Jim’ McWilliam foot and ankle surgeon to Scotland recently to our InternalBrace 10-year celebration. While he was here we took the opportunity to record a podcast episode in which we talked not only about his work in collaboration on the InternaBrace with Prof Mackay but…
Read MorePodcast: Judoka Sarah Adlington on winning gold and beating shoulder injuries
Sarah Adlington’s list of achievements is impressive – among them taking back-to-back golds in the Commonwealth Games in 2012 and 2022 (there was no judo in the 2018 games). She has also won the heavyweight British title no fewer than 6 times! As an impatient 5-year-old she watched her Dad and brother doing judo and…
Read MorePodcast: No easy catch – 3x Commonwealth gold winner – runner Kirsty Wade
Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Zola Budd, are all household names from the 80s, but we reckon Olympian Kirsty Wade (née McDermott) is right up there among them. She is one of the finest middle-distance runners the UK has ever produced and we were delighted to welcome her and Tony, her husband and former coach, to…
Read MorePodcast: Footballer Ifeoma Dieke – from Cumbernauld to international stardom & beating serious knee injury
It was fantastic to chat to pro-football superstar Ifeoma Dieke who has been capped 123 times for Scotland. Iffy’s is a remarkable journey – from playing as a schoolgirl on the pitches of Cumbernauld to taking a scholarship place in Miami and becoming the first black woman to captain Scotland. Then in 2012 she was…
Read MoreGoalkeeper Lauren Perry on loving penalty shootouts and beating ACL rupture – podcast
We had the pleasure of welcoming goalkeeper Lauren Perry to the Surgical Goals Podcast Lauren played for Linfield Ladies Football Club and then in her first international aged just 16 for the Northern Ireland National Team Now 21, her career has gone from strength to strength. Prof Mackay first met Lauren when she ruptured her…
Read MoreKnife in the fast lane with Bill Ribbans sports surgeon to the stars
When Prof Mackay’s great friend and mentor Professor Bill Ribbans was in Scotland recently at our 10-year InternalBrace celebration we took the chance to record an episode with him for our Surgical Goals podcast. Over his 40-year career, Bill has operated on some of the world’s best-known sports stars and he has recently encapsulated his…
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