Allison Swan

Qualified from:

University of Northumbria at Newcastle, University of Western Australia, Perth

Past employment:

University Teaching Hospitals in the North West including MRI and The Royal Liverpool
Newcastle Falcons Football Rugby Club
Welsh Hockey Team Private Sports Clinics in The City and Central London
Womens’Tennis Association
Chelsea FC
Independently

Working background:

I have over 15 years experiences specialising in Musculoskeletal Sports Injuries and am one of the Hand specialists at Fitzrovia and Kensington.

I started out my career working in the NHS including Manchester Royal Infirmary and the The Royal Liverpool Hospital NHS Trust, working in all the major areas of medicine before I specialised in MSK. As well as working in the NHS, I worked part time in elite sport including the Premier league Newcastle Falcons Football Rugby Football and the Welsh Hockey Team.

I went overseas to do my MSc in Manual Therapy and Sports Rehabilitation at the University of Western Australia, Perth and worked at The Royal Perth Hospital. When returning to the UK, I decided to live and work in London. During that time, I have built a strong working relationship with the Leading Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Since being in London, I have worked for the Womens’ Tennis Association and Chelsea FC including the Womens’ First Team and Under 18’s Academy.

Your almost most-outstanding achievement:

Almost skiing a Couloir before having a skiing accident and still not quite achieved it. I think someone was trying to tell me something!

What would you cook if I came round for dinner?

Definitely lamb chops - I never seem to go wrong on those despite having limited cooking experience

Where should we go on holiday?

Where do I start ?? From Trekking in the Himalayas, to flying over Victoria Falls to Sailing around the Greek Islands, a little bit of Italy and finish off in St Tropez

If you could take one thing into space, what would it be:

The Bible with a family photograph inside

What’s the one thing you haven’t confessed to your parents?

That's impossible to answer - my mum has a way of finding out everything