Richard Luddington – Expert Sports Therapist in Cambridge

MSc BSc (Hons) MSST

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The Leys Sports Complex

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Cambridge United Football Stadium

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2009: BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy

2014: MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine

Currently working with a diverse group of elite athletes

Lead Sports Therapist for Anglia Ruskin Basketball, Cambridge University Cross Country and Athletics teams


Richard Luddington

Richard graduated from London Metropolitan University with a BSc (Hons) in Sports Therapy in 2009. In 2014 he was awarded an MSc (Merit) in Sports and Exercise Medicine at The University of Nottingham, which is internationally recognised as a top sports medicine course. He has been treating sports injuries within Cambridge for 15 years and helped over 5000 individuals during this time.

Experience

Richard has worked across elite sport and performance settings, with experience spanning professional football, performing arts, international sport, and charity challenges.

Early in his career, Richard completed placements with Chelsea FC, Millwall FC, England Women’s Football, the Royal Ballet, and the England and Wales Cricket Board, gaining a broad foundation across elite sport and performance settings.

Since then, he has worked with a range of world-class athletes — including Olympians, Commonwealth Games competitors, and national teams in lacrosse, netball, and most recently, Skateboard GB.

His work has also taken him around the world — including France, Holland, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, South Africa, Australia, and the USA. In 2018, Richard was awarded a prestigious sports medicine scholarship to Duke University. There, he worked closely with world-leading sports medicine professionals, gaining valuable insight into multidisciplinary care at the highest level of collegiate and professional sport.

Richard has twice been called upon to support high-profile Sport Relief Challenges. In 2009, he provided hands-on care for Eddie Izzard during his legendary Marathon Man Challenge, where he completed 43 marathons in 51 days. In 2014, he worked closely with Jo Whiley, supporting her in the build up and throughout the gruelling 26-hour ‘Jo in a Box’ treadmill challenge. Richard was also invited as the live mystery guest on Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, as a sports injury specialist.

Since 2009, Richard has been part of the team at Cambridge United FC, working across all levels of the club.

Richard’s extensive and varied background fuels his passion for helping everyone, from weekend enthusiasts to elite competitors, recover stronger and perform at their highest level.

Presenting

Rich has been elected Chairman of the Society of Sports Therapists University and Colleges Liaison Group. This involves attending strategy meetings with the governing body and providing talks at universities to pass on experience and prepare them for life post-graduation. He has also presented his dissertation findings on core stability at the first Society of Sports Therapists Student Conference.

Sport

Richard competed for GB Bobskeleton in the Europa Cup Circuit. He trained and competed for 6 years regularly receiving world-class biomechanical screening, strength and conditioning, and coaching. This experience has helped him understand the pressures of undertaking sport at a high-level.

He recently joined the lockdown ‘lets take up running’ craze and is secretly enjoying it and recently ran a 10k every day in October raising money for Prostate Cancer UK.

Bobskeleton

To view availability and book an appointment with Rich, please follow the Book Online tab or the link below. At present, due to demand, appointments with Rich are getting booked up further in advance. To try to help this, his Wednesday evening appointments at the Cambridge United Football Stadium clinic only become available online on Sunday at 7pm the week before. This allows opportunities to see Rich at shorter notice. These are usually in high demand so make sure you check back at 7pm on Sunday. Otherwise please keep checking his availability or contact directly to see if any appointments have become available.


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