Don Gatherer

A renowned research physiotherapist with over 40 years' experience, Don Gatherer enjoys an unrivalled reputation in sports and research physiotherapy. After playing rugby at International level for Singapore, Don has provided his physiotherapy services to the British Lions and England teams.

Away from rugby, Don was chief physiotherapist to the Great Britain Olympic Team including tending for Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe at the 1980 Moscow Games. He has also worked with footballers, F1 drivers, skiers, boxers, horse riders, rowers and field athletes providing conditioning and rehabilitation programmes and support.

After opening his own practice (Tudor House) in Aylesbury that has provided over 400 cervical case studies, Don has focussed on proprietary research, specialising in cervical (neck) and lumbar analysis through the use of design and development of objective data logging. Projects include G force tolerance, motor function testing and working closely with neurosurgeons to provide analysis as a diagnostic aid for surgical intervention decisions. Don believes that this knowledge offers benefits outside of sport and in 2010, he set up The Gatherer Partnership to provide the tools and skills for objective analysis in the sport, leisure, defence, public health care, insurance and other sectors.