Chris Morgan

Lead Performance Physiotherapist at Liverpool Football Club & Director of Rehab 4 Performance

Liverpool, GB

About

Proven ability to lead Physio / Medical departments across multiple sporting organisations and equally comfortable providing experience and support to other leaders.

Physiotherapist specialised in elite professional Football (soccer) having supported teams in over 800 Games in a career spanning 21 years and 5 Premier league clubs (Leeds United Academy - 1 season, Manchester City Academy - 2 seasons, Liverpool FC - 14 seasons over 2 spells, Crystal Palace - 2 seasons, Arsenal - 2 seasons)

18th consecutive season working at 1st Team level in the Premier League.

With wide ranging experience from academy through to the first team at Premier League and Champions League level I have worked alongside 13 internationally renowned managers and their staff.

International experience with the English FA and have consulted internationally for MLS club LA Galaxy.

Broad but football specific experience in injury prevention, acute injury management (pitchside), rehabilitation and departmental management.

Promoter of multi-disciplinary High Performance Units and a strong believer in a strength based approach to athlete robustness and effective rehabilitation whilst using targeted Therapy techniques to maintain availability in the most physically demanding football (soccer) league in the world.

Published journal author (BJSM, Aspetar, Shoulder and Elbow, BJM Sport & Exercise Medicine) with a special interest in accelerated rehabilitation and the interaction of people and processes.

Ambitious to continue to improve and to work at the highest level in any elite environment in the world and proven longevity in the industry working at the very top of tier of Professional Football since 2005.

Proud supporter of The Christie cancer specialist hospital with £75,000 raised since 2011.

Co-founder and Director of Rehab 4 Performance in Liverpool. An elite level best in industry rehab, performance and education centre which was established to bring the best in expertise and facilities to the general public.

Ask me about

  • Sports
  • Soccer
  • Hamstring Injury
  • Knee
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
  • STATSports
  • professional sports
  • muscle injury
  • elite soccer
  • professional soccer

Work experience

  1. August 2020 – present

Liverpool Football Club

Lead Performance Physiotherapist

Senior member of the 1st team medical department and Lead Performance Physiotherapist.

Lead Physiotherapist for provision of match/game medical services, team management responsibility.

Communication lead to manager and coaching staff and primary on-field decision maker.

  1. August 2020 – present

Rehab 4 Performance

Director

Co-founder, owner and director.

Elite level rehab and performance facility created with the aim of bringing outstanding Physiotherapy and Rehab services to the general public, sub-elite athletes and elite athletes requiring support.

  1. July 2018 – August 2020

Arsenal F.C

Head of Physiotherapy

Head of Physiotherapy department.

Lead clinical decision maker in the diagnosis, prognosis and rehabilitation of all musculoskeletal injuries with the mens first team.

Joined the club at a moment of significant change and helped to build team and processes in a 2 year period of management and leadership.

Left for personal reasons to return to the northwest.

August 2016 – June 2018

Crystal Palace Football Club

Head of Physiotherapy

Initial consultant position in management of complex injuries.

Head Physio role with clear directive to improve injury and rehab pathways and processes alongside Head of Medical.

  1. September 2016 – November 2016

LA Galaxy

Consultant Physiotherapist

8 week contract to manage recurrent and complex hamstring injury ahead of MLS play offs.

July 2016 – November 2016

The Football Association

Physiotherapist (Itinerant)

Provision of Consultant based Physiotherapy services for international squads on an itinerant basis. Working primarily with the under-18s squad at international meet ups in the UK and abroad.

August 2016 – August 2016

Crystal Palace Football Club

Consultant Physiotherapist

Consulting to the Head of Medical services and Head of Physiotherapy in the management of complex injuries.

  1. September 2012 – June 2016

Liverpool Football Club

Head of Physiotherapy

Head of Physiotherapy at Liverpool FC with overall responsibility for therapy services at the club.

  1. January 2013 – May 2016

University of Liverpool

Honorary Lecturer

  1. July 2010 – August 2012

Liverpool Football Club

Injury Prevention Specialist

Head of team and individual injury prevention strategy and delivery.

  1. September 2007 – June 2010

Liverpool Football Club

Rehabilitation Physiotherapist

Clinical lead and delivery of rehabilitation with all medium to long term injured players. Pitch based rehabilitation and integration from treatment room to gym based strength and conditioning.

  1. January 2006 – August 2007

Liverpool Football Club

Under-21 Physiotherapist

Head Physiotherapist for the Under-21 squad with support for first team players and integration of medical care between the squads.

  1. May 2005 – January 2006

David Roberts Physiotherapy

Private Physiotherapist

Provision of private physiotherapy services to sub-elite sports people and general public.

  1. June 2004 – May 2005

Backpacking

Period of overseas travel.

  1. September 2002 – May 2004

Manchester City Football Club

Academy Physiotherapist

Academy Physiotherapist providing pitch side and clinic based treatments for all age groups below under-18 level.

  1. September 2002 – May 2004

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Physiotherapist

Rotational Musculoskeletal Senior Physiotherapist.

  1. September 2000 – August 2002

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Physiotherapist

August 2001 – May 2002

Leeds United Football Club

Academy Physiotherapist

Provision of pitch side and clinic based Physiotherapy services for all age groups up to under-15.

  1. September 1997 – August 2000

NHS

Student Physiotherapist

Undergraduate Physiotherapy student.

5 week placements undertaken into

  • Neurology
  • MSK out-patients
  • Amputees
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Paediatrics
  • Stroke Unit
  • Orthopaedics
  • Rheumatology

Education

  1. 2005 – 2010

The Manchester Metropolitan University

Master of Science (MSc), Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy

  1. 1997 – 2000

University of Bradford

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physiotherapy