Glasgow 2014 doctor on the legacy of Commonwealth Games

Jonathan Geddes: BBC News: 26 July 2026 Young athletes and children in Scotland should not be “hothoused” into focusing on just one sport, one of the country’s leading sports doctors has said. Prof Gordon Mackay served as the official doctor when the Commonwealth Games was held in Glasgow in 2014, and believes the 2026 edition…

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Venue Confirmed for the IBISG Global Consensus Meeting – July 2026

The Mackay Clinic is delighted to share that the Internal Brace International Study Group (IBISG) Global Consensus Meeting 2026 will be held at one of Glasgow’s most distinguished locations – the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. This historic College, founded in 1599, provides a remarkable setting for what promises to be a…

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A new surgical procedure to repair an ACL tear.

Article in Sportsmith by Tony Tompos: While you were at Aberdeen FC, a player suffered an ACL tear and you decided to explore the use of the Internal Brace. Can you tell us a little bit about that technique and how it differs from a traditional graft? Read online here

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Inspiring trustee visit to The Duncan Hospital, Bihar

Prof Mackay has been operating in a different theatre this week – as a trustee of our supported charity The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust he has been in India on a visit to The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, catching up on the progress of some of the projects and staff sponsorships that the charity funds.…

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Football injuries are the focus in Brazil

Professor Mackay was delighted to be invited to attend the Inaugural Team Physician’s Controversies Meeting in São Paulo, Brazil in September: ‘I had never been to South America, however, I was enticed by a superb Faculty, chaired by Dr Moises Cohen, surgeon to the Brazil national football team. I was amused to be described as…

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George’s marvellous Christmas tree

We had our very own special Christmas present in the shape of this fantastic Scottish Invention Christmas Tree! It was made by six-year-old George Deacon who is the son of nurse Julie who works with Professor Mackay, who was incredibly flattered to find that George has put his invention – the InternalBrace – on the…

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New anterior cruciate ligament surgery to repair skiing knee injuries

Published in The Telegraph, March 30, 2016 By Daryll Ball It all went horribly wrong last February at the annual magazine ski test in Kühtai, Austria. I was in the resort’s terrain park, went too slow on a 360 – a classic mistake I tell all my coaching students not to do – and landed cleanly…

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