Mr Rob Walsh

Senior Lecturer for Sport Rehabilitation

Rob Walsh

  • School Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department London Sports Institute

  • Location London

Research activities

Currently exploring acute effects of flywheel training on acceleration

Performance profiling in elite snowboard 

Return to play protocol  


Current Teaching

Rob has a passion for the application of theorical knowledge into practice. 

Programmes Taught and Contributed to:

MSc Sport Rehabilitation and Soft Tissue Therapy:

MSc Sport Rehabilitation and Return to Play:

Modules:

Client Assessment and Anatomy

Soft Tissue Therapy & Pathology

Therapeutic Skills

Rehabilitation and Programming

Placement

Diagnostic in Sport Performance 

Manual Therapy & Restorative Input

Rehabilitation and Return to Performance

Wellness and Recovery

Personal Development & Reflective Practice


Biography

Rob has been in the industry for over 25 years working across the fields of strenght and conditioning,  physical therapy; corporate fitness, higher education, youth development; adaptive sport and elite sports performance.

Having completed two Olympic cycles (2015-2022) as the Head of Physical Performance for the Netherlands Olympic Ski, Snowboard and Skeleton Bobsleigh programme, he has returned to Middlesex University  as the Programme Leader for the suite of MSc Sport Rehabilitation Programmes.

Prior to the Olympics Rob lead the long term athlete development programme (LTAD) at the prestigious Harrow school. Here he was responsible for the physical development and performance of 800 boys across a myriad of sports which produced some outstanding successful professional athlete

Holding an undergraduate degree in Sport Rehabilitation and MSc in Performance Enhancement & Injury Prevention and he is one the earliest graduates to obtain British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT) accreditation. 

Rob is a noted speaker and consults to a number of elite teams and organisations 

Outside of work he has a keen interest in extreme sport and travels regularly to participate in back country snowboard expeditions to remote parts of the world.

Publications

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