ISEH consultant Dr Rick Seah studied medicine at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, King’s College London, graduating in 1999. He obtained a Master’s degree in Sport & Exercise Medicine (with distinction) from University College London in 2005. He is an accredited specialist and consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM), having completed the London Deanery 4-year run-through higher specialty training rotation and subsequently working an extra year as a senior registrar.
Specialist registrar (SpR) training posts have included the Royal London, University College, St Mary's, Charing Cross and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals. He also obtained expertise in musculoskeletal rehabilitation whilst training at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court. He has been a Fellow of the UK Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine- FFSEM(UK)- since 2011. He is a previous recipient of the UKADIS Malcolm Read Scholarship Award in Sport & Exercise Medicine.
In addition to all sporting and musculoskeletal injuries, Rick also has a special interest in persistent musculoskeletal pain not directly related to trauma (sometimes referred to as ‘myofascial pain’), ‘tennis elbow’, shoulder impingement, ‘frozen shoulder’, plantar fasciopathy, leg pain and both Achilles and patellar tendon injuries.
He utilises various treatment modalities such as extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) and injection therapies (examples include corticosteroid, viscosupplementation, PRP, trigger point and hydrodistension procedures) as part of a multidisciplinary approach to treating patients.
Rick also works as a specialist sports medicine and musculoskeletal physician at Pure Sports Medicine clinic in London. Until recently, Rick was a sports physician at the English Institute of Sport (EIS). In this role, he worked as the team doctor for British Fencing and the chief medical officer for GB Wheelchair Tennis. He was also a medical officer for British Canoe Slalom and worked as a sports medicine doctor at the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games.
Read Rick's insight into common fencing injuries