Alastair Thrush

Alastair is a Chartered Physiotherapist having qualified with distinction from the MSc Rehabilitation Science (Physiotherapy) programme at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2003, following on from a first-class honours degree in Sport & Exercise Science from the University of Birmingham in 2000. He has worked as a Physiotherapist within a number of different organisations including the NHS, private practice and elite sport.

Alastair spent 10 years working full-time as a Physiotherapist in professional football with both Arsenal Football Club and more recently Charlton Athletic Football Club, where he served as Head of Medicine & Sports Science from 2016-2020, a period which included the triumphant League 1 Play-off Final win at Wembley in May 2019.

Alastair has also worked in private practice both here in Kent (PhysioActive, Pureform, Village Physiotherapy) and overseas in New Zealand and Australia (2005 – 2007). During this time he worked with a number of elite and amateur athletes from sports including rugby, cricket, swimming and triathlon. He was also part of the medical team at the 2012 London Olympic Games looking after the boxing competition at the ExCel Arena.

Alastair is a member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport & Exercise Medicine and has a special interest in sporting injuries of the knee and ankle, in particular ACL injuries, as well as an interest in tendon-related pathologies and adolescent long-term athletic development (LTAD).

ACL injuries

Post-operative orthopaedic rehabilitation

LTAD programmes