Seth O'Neill - Achilles Tendinopathy & Ruptures
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Seth O’Neill is the Director of Research, Deputy Head of School and Associate Professor at the University of Leicester. He holds a PhD on Achilles Tendinopathy and is one of the world’s most revered tendon specialists.
In this Sports MAP Masterclass, Seth combines his expertise as a physiotherapist with knowledge from his postgraduate and PhD studies, to deliver a comprehensive overview of Achilles tendon structure, imaging, assessment and rehabilitation strategies.
Key Learning Objectives
- Explore the ability of the Achilles tendon structure to change with loading
- How symptoms relate to structure and function
- Describe the best testing protocols for the Achilles tendon
- Understand rehabilitation principles and how these can be applied to different Achilles presentations
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Achilles Tendinopathy & Ruptures
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Seth O'Neill
Seth is a Physiotherapy Lecturer at the University of Leicester whilst also maintaining clinical work. He has a PhD on tendinopathy within this Seth has identified prevalence rates of tendinopathy in UK runners and developed a greater understanding of risk factors surrounding Achilles tendinopathy. His later work has completed a more in-depth analysis of how tendinopathy affects the Plantarflexors. This has focussed on how the strength and endurance is affected and which of the Plantarflexors is most involved. This work has highlighted the involvement of the Soleus muscle in human Achilles tendinopathy. This has led to the further work related to Calf injuries in sports. Whilst Seth’s focus is on the Lower limb he maintains a strong interest in all MSK conditions. Seth feels passionately about supporting Physiotherapists to undertake further research either as standalone projects or MRes’s or PhD’s. Seth is currently examining tendon structure and changes that occur during health and disease along with Biopsychosocial interventions for tendinopathy and LBP and developing an international database of calf injuries.