Mr Oli Williamson

Oli Williamson is a Physiotherapist with a specialist interest in lower limb sporting injuries. Alongside his private sports injury clinics in Wetherby, Harrogate and Manchester (http://oli.physio), he is employed as a senior physiotherapist for the English Institute of Sport (EIS), where he supports Olympic funded athletes with their rehabilitation and high performance needs. He has helped support athletes across the London 2012 / Rio 2016 / Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Games. In addition to his EIS role he was selected as part of the BOA (British Olympic Association) Team GB physiotherapy and performance services team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. Outside of his roles within the Olympic system he consults privately for elite running groups, professional golfers and Premier League / Championship football players well as holding a weekly specialist clinic at the Centre for Health and Human Performance in London (76 Harley St). Within his private clinic case load, Oli works closely with every day recreational fitness enthusiasts, golfers and local club level endurance athletes; including long distance road runners, middle to long distance track athletes, short (Olympic and sprint distance) and long course (70.3 / IM)) triathletes and cyclists. Expertise Assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of: • Lower limb tendinopathy (e.g. Achilles / Plantar Fasciitis / patella and hamstring) • Recurrent calf and hamstring strains • Runners knee (e.g anterior knee / patello-femoral joint pain) • Lower limb bone stress injury (e.g femoral / tibial / navicular bone stress) • Complex hip and groin injury • Acute lower limb soft tissue (muscle / tendon and ligamentous) management • Post operative lower limb and lumbar spine rehabilitation (Brostrum repair / ACL repair / Hip arthroscopy / discectomy) All consultations will use force plate assessment and dynometry where necessary to assess objective deficits, provide treatment plans and highlight recommendations for both athlete and referring SEM / Orthopeadic consultants. Performance Injury Prevention and Return to Training Services: • Injury risk profiling / screening utilising clinical and performance strength diagnostics (force plate / isokinetic dynometry (IKD) / gait assessment) to maximise run biomechanics • Once screened and profiled: Individualised pre-habilitiion and strength & conditioning (S&C) programmes with injury risk mitigation and performance in mind • Remote return to run / return to full training services. ie run programmes to help athletes transition back to full training (+/- collaboration with coaches if required).

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2015–2021
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universitat de Barcelona

2. 2021–2025
   Residency · Physiotherapy

   Universidad de Sevilla

3. 2025–2026
   Fellowship · Subspecialty training

   Mayo Clinic, US

1. 2025-09–2026-08
   Junior consultant

   Universitat de Barcelona Teaching Hospital — Physiotherapy

1. 1 Choose a slot
2. 2 Brief pre-consult form
3. 3 Consultation
4. 4 Follow-up note & plan

Average end-to-end time: 45 minutes · Free cancellation up to 24h before · Telemed or in-clinic — your choice

h-index: 20 · i10: 8

Selected publications

1. Outcomes of Physiotherapy in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Oli Williamson, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.2593/euroclin.2025.0 · cited by 77

2. European registry analysis of Physiotherapy outcomes

   Mr Oli Williamson, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.2349/euroclin.2024.1 · cited by 183

3. Outcomes of Physiotherapy in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Oli Williamson, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2023

   DOI: 10.6520/euroclin.2023.2 · cited by 33

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