Surgical Goals - Sports Injuries Podcast
Unique sports injuries podcast hosted by expert, specialist sports orthopaedic surgeon, Professor Gordon Mackay, and broadcaster Jennifer Reoch who asks the questions you all want answers to! Together they explore the world of sport, injuries, treatments, rehab, and recovery.
We have amazing guests who range from Olympians to weekend warriors in all sporting disciplines- from football to skiing, golf to rugby, we learn how they managed their injuries and recoveries and discover what impact this had on their sporting careers. But we also love to chat about their sporting careers and highlights.
In other episodes, experts in fields of sports medicine and rehab join us to discuss how advances in research, technology and treatments are helping athletes both avoid injury or accelerate recovery.
Conversations range from the light-hearted to the more serious and along the way it is hoped listeners pick up tips about how to deal with your own sports injuries, how to avoid injury, and just enjoy the general sports chat.
Episodes
43 episodes
The 'Heeling' Process: Olympic Runner Andrew Butchart's Road to Recovery
In this episode, we're thrilled to have Olympian Andy Butchart, a standout figure in the world of athletics, joining us on the podcast. Andy is renowned for his incredible achievements and unwavering passion for his sport. Fo...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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37:46
#Legoffgameon: Scotland's Amputee Football squad are Euros bound
We are thrilled to have two special guests with us for this new episode, Ashley Reid, the founder of the Amputee Football Association Scotland, and Iain Matthew, the association CEO . It was Ashley's vision and dedication that brought amputee f...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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59:03
From ICU to the Euros: Ethan Walker's inspiring story & incredible challenge
In this heart-stopping episode of Surgical Goals, we talk to the incredible Ethan Walker. A promising young footballer, Ethan's dreams had taken him from the east coast of Scotland to the US on a scholarship, where life was sweet for the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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26:26
Knee Deep: Insights from Top Sports Physio Adam Stokes on Knee Injury Prevention and Treatment
In our latest episode all about knee injuries, we are delighted to be joined once again by top sports physio Adam Stokes who has over a decade of experience at the forefront of care and treatment in elite, professional football clubs. Prof Mack...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:03:15
Smashing it: Badminton's Susan Egelstaff on beating knee injury & reaching Olympic dreams
Commonwealth medal-winning badminton player Susan Egelstaff had her sights firmly set on the London 2012 Olympics when disaster struck. Sitting in the GB No. 1 spot everything was on course to qualify when she suffered a terrible knee injury. I...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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50:51
Triumph over trails - with Charlie Aldridge, Cross Country Mountain Bike Champion
In our latest episode, we have the privilege of chatting with a young cross-country mountain bike champion who has the world at his wheels! Just 22, Charlie Aldridge first rode to victory in 2019 becoming Junior World Champion, and three years ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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43:02
From surgery to summit - Kirsty Mack's incredible Everest adventure
Prof Mackay nearly crashed his car when he tuned into Heart Radio and heard Jennifer chatting to a former patient, Kirsty Mack, about becoming only the 6th ever Scottish woman to climb Everest! The reason for his astonishment was that he and th...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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48:23
Richard Gough -all hail the king - talking to footballing giant and Ranger's talisman
Well, one thing's for sure Scotland could have done with a little of the magic of former Captain Richard Gough in their friendly against England recently. We however were lucky enough to welcome him to the podcast. Dominating football in the 90...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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57:50
ACL injury research - meet global expert, Professor Kate Webster
Women's football is full of talk about an ACL injury 'epidemic' - but is this really the case? To help us find answers we are delighted to welcome to the podcast, world-leading ACL injury research expert Professor Kate Webster who is Director o...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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43:52
Skyrunner - the peaks & pains of champion Angela Mudge
A brilliant chat with Angela Mudge who is surely one of our most incredible athletes. Her list of achievements as a Hill, Mountain and Skyrunner is extraordinary - she has won the Scottish Hill Running Championships sever...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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50:32
Football superstar Rachel Corsie: Beating ACL rupture & staying at the top of her game
Welcome to our latest episode in which we have the privilege of sitting down with the incredible Rachel Corsie, a true superstar in the world of Women's Football. She has been capped for Scotland over 140 times, beating the setback of an...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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50:57
Feet First- Dr Troy Watson - top US sports foot & ankle specialist
Fantastic to chat with top US foot and ankle doc Troy Watson. Sports injuries specialist, Troy is the foot and ankle consultant for among others, UNLV Athletics, UFC, the Las Vegas Raiders, the Golden Knights, and the Silver Knights....
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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26:04
Judoka James Austin and the giant knee injury
Brilliant to welcome Olympian and World Cup gold winner, Judoka James Austin to the podcast. Incredibly James has also won the British title in three different weight categories (we ask him how that is even possible!) James and Prof Mack...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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38:40
Knee Deep: Innovations and breakthroughs in treatment of sports knee injuries
In this episode we explore the latest breakthroughs and cutting-edge techniques for treating and preventing sports knee injuries. Having just attended a Sports Knee Congress where top surgeons, medics, and...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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41:12
Footballer Mark Hateley on his incredible career & beating a horror ankle injury
In his stellar football career, Mark Hateley played for some of the world's biggest clubs including A.C.Milan, Monaco, and Rangers as well as being capped 32 times for England. He also beat several injuries the worst of which was a catastrophic...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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55:05
Rangers' Scott Wright - my ACL rupture and recovery - along with Physio Adam Stokes
Watching Rangers winger Scott Wright today play his usual fast, attacking game you would never guess that in his Aberdeen FC days, he suffered every footballer's nightmare - a ruptured ACL. Joining us in this episode alongside Scot...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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49:05
Triathlon triumph - Lucy Crookston on beating patellar tendon injury
A tale of a remarkable recovery - talking to triathlete Lucy Crookston who beat the odds to compete in a World Triathlon Finals just 12 weeks after surgery on her torn patellar tendon.Originally a track specialist at 400...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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49:47
Top US Football Foot & Ankle Doc - Eric Giza MD
In the second of our short episodes talking to visiting sports surgeons from the US we chat to Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Chief of Foot & Ankle at UC Davis, California, Dr Eric Giza who also just happens to be a massive Asto...
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25:51
Talking foot and ankle injuries & treatments with NY's finest - Dr James McWilliam MD
In this episode our guest is top foot and ankle surgeon from New York, Dr James McWilliam MD. 'Jim' has been collaborating with Prof Mackay now for over 10 years now on the InternalBrace technique, so while he was over on a visit to the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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17:35
Judoka Sarah Adlington on winning gold and beating shoulder injuries
Sarah Adlington's list of achievements is impressive - among them taking back-to-back golds in the Commonwealth Games in 2012 and 2022 (there was no judo in the 2018 games). She has also won the heavyweight British title no fewer than 6 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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41:36
Ringside seat with boxer Jim Watt
Brilliant episode with former WBC lightweight world champion Jim Watt MBE. One of Scotland's most successful boxers, he also became known as the voice of the sport, spending 40 years commentating with ITV & Sky Sports. It was nearly ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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1:01:42
No easy catch - 3x Commonwealth gold winner - runner Kirsty Wade
Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Zola Budd, all household names from the 80s, but we reckon Olympian Kirsty Wade (née McDermott) is right up there among them. She is one of the finest middle-distance runners the UK has ever produced and we were del...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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57:17
Footballer Ifeoma Dieke - from Cumbernauld to International stardom & beating serious knee injury
Our guest this episode is pro-football superstar Ifeoma Dieke who has been capped 123 times for Scotland. Iffy's is a remarkable journey - from playing as a schoolgirl on the pitches of Cumbernauld to taking a scholarship place in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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49:22
From achilles rupture to Olympic glory in 7 months - John Jackson Team GB Bobsleigh
Here is a great plot for a sports adventure film - an athlete is training hard for winter Olympic glory - the games are a mere 7 months away. But then disaster strikes - he suffers a bad achilles rupture. His only chance of recover...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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40:29
From Frozen to Fractured - Shoulder Injuries Part 2
In part 2 of our shoulder injury podcast we cover everything from frozen to fractured shoulders, broken collarbones to impingement and arthritis.In part 2 of our look at shoulder problems we look at the collarbone and it...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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24:26