About James Kirkpatrick

My name is James Kirkpatrick, I am a Sports Therapist (BSc, MSc, MSST, FHEA teaching Fellow) and Clinical Director at The Recovery Room. I was formally a programme leader on a Sports Therapy degree programme through the University of Chichester and taught at the University of Winchester. More recently I have returned to being a full time MSK clinician at The Recovery Room in November 2024. 

My passion for teaching, and improving the health and well-being of others, is the reason why I love my job. My clinical experience has developed from my hobbies of tennis, surfing and trail running. In February I went on my first ski holiday and my daughter, pictured above, gave me some lessons 🙂

I am an avid trail runner and enjoy running distances from half marathons to ultra marathons (38 miles), very very slowly! 

My clinical areas of interest include; chronic overuse injury- especially running injuries and treating chronic pain. I am provide shockwave therapy in my clinic for chronic tendinopathy alongside bespoke rehabilitation for relevant to your sport and lifestyle needs. 

Tennis was my main sport growing up and I qualified as an LTA level 4 coach and have experience of teaching all age and abilities in Romsey, Southampton and Salisbury. During this time, my main interest was teaching people the correct biomechanics to reduce the risk of injury. By helping people suffer less injury, I went on to complete an MSc in Sports Therapy from London Metropolitan University in 2012 to complement my BSc in Sports Science from Southampton University in 2004. In 2024 I completed the PGCert in Teaching and Learning in HE through The University of Winchester where I worked as a Senior Lecturer in Sports Therapy. 

Although I treat all types of injuries, running injuries and lower limb problems are my main areas of interest.

I want to help you move better and feel better regardless of your lifestyle or sporting needs.

I look forward to seeing you!!

James