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- Face-to-face consultations
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About me
Dr Noel Pollock is a Consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), on Tottenham Court Road, and Chiswick Medical Centre and Associate Professor at UCL.
Noel graduated with Honours in Medicine from Queen’s University Belfast and completed an MSc with Distinction in Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) at Bath University in 2006. He was one of the first cohort of 8 specialist SEM trainees in the UK.
He was team doctor for the British Track and Field team for 15 years between 2006 and 2021 and has attended numerous Olympic, Paralympic, World and European championships. He was also a sports medicine lead doctor in the Athletics Stadium at the London 2012 Olympics. Noel led the British Athletics medical team as Chief Medical Officer between 2016 and 2021 and was UKA Chief Medical Advisor with a governance and oversight remit between 2021 and 2023.
Noel joined the ISEH and Chiswick Medical Centre in January 2021 as a Consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine and provides clinical services for all patients with musculoskeletal pain or injury.
He has published work in the areas of muscle injury classification and rehabilitation, female athlete health, elite athlete health management, bone stress injury and Achilles tendinopathy.
Noel is a former endurance runner and won national titles and international honours for Northern Ireland in cross country, 5k and 1500m. With his competitive athletics days behind him, he now cycles regularly and plays football at the weekend.
Areas of interest
Achilles tendon; Overuse injuries; Rugby injuries; Running injuries; Stress fractures; Tendon; Tendonitis; Tendonopathy; Tennis elbow; Thigh disorders; Shin splints; Sports injuries; Hip disorders; Musculoskeletal medicine; Soft tissue injections; Musculoskeletal ultrasound; Muscle disorders; Ankle pain; Buttock pain; Elbow pain; Football injuries; Groin disorders; Knee pain; Joint injection; Orthopaedics; Back pain; Exercise Induced Asthma; Iron deficiency; Female Athlete Triad; Osteoarthritis
Medical secretaries
About me
External resources
Research interests
Achilles Tendinopathy
Hamstring Injury
Muscle Injury classification
Vitamin D Deficiency
Injuries in Track and Field
Iron Deficiency
Personal interests
Running, football and cycling
Publications
Details available here
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Noel_Pollock
Book Chapters:
Return to Sport After Hamstring Injuries
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Hamstring Injury
Muscle Injury Classification and Grading Systems
March 2020
In book: Prevention and Rehabilitation of Hamstring Injuries
Publications
Br J Sports Med 2020 Oct;54(19):1157-1161.
Cardiorespiratory considerations for return-to-play in elite athletes after COVID-19 infection: a practical guide for sport and exercise medicine physicians
Hamstring rehabilitation in elite track and field athletes: applying the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification in clinical practice.
Br J Sports Med. 2019 Dec;53(23):1464-1473.
Eccentric hamstring strength in elite track and field athletes on the British Athletics world class performance program.
Phys Ther Sport. 2020 May;43:217-223.
An 8-year Analysis of Magnesium Status in Elite International Track & Field Athletes.
J Am Coll Nutr. 2020 Jul;39(5):443-449.
The single-leg Roman chair hold is more effective than the Nordic hamstring curl in improving hamstring strength-endurance in Gaelic footballers with previous hamstring injury
J Strength Cond Res. 2018 Mar 6
Return to play in Elite Sport: a shared decision making process
Br J Sports Med. 2017 Mar;51(5):419-420.
Time to return to full training is delayed and recurrence rate is higher in intratendinous ('c') acute hamstring injury in elite track and field athletes: clinical application of the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification
BJSM 2016 Mar;50(5):305-10.
Plantaris excision in the treatment of non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy in elite athletes.
2015 Dec;49(23):1532-4
British athletics muscle injury classification: a reliability study for a new grading system.
Clin Radiol. 2015
British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system. Br J Sports Med. 2014
Plantaris injuries in elite UK track and field athletes over a 4-year period: a retrospective cohort study KSSTA 2014 Nov
Effect of Intravenous Iron on Aerobic Capacity and Iron Metabolism in Elite Athletes. Med Sci Sports Exerc.2014
Plantaris excision in the treatment of non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy in elite athletes. Br J Sports Med. 2014
Pre 2014 publications and book chapters available in above link
My private practice
Practice hours
Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings
- 2nd Floor170 Tottenham Court RoadLONDONW1T 7HA
- Monday
- 09:00
- 16:00
- 020 3282 7288
- 2nd Floor170 Tottenham Court RoadLONDONW1T 7HA
- Wednesday
- 09:00
- 16:00
- 020 3282 7288
- 2nd Floor170 Tottenham Court RoadLONDONW1T 7HA
- Thursday
- 13:00
- 20:00
- 07540 965812
- Bond House347-353 Chiswick High RoadLondonW4 4HS
- Tuesday
- 09:00
- 16:00
- 07540 965812
- Bond House347-353 Chiswick High RoadLondonW4 4HS
- Friday
- 09:00
- 13:00
- 020 3282 7288
Post treatment communication
Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs
in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies
guidelines.
In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the
following contact details
londonsportsmedicine@gmail.com
0203 2827288 or A&E out of hours