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Sports & Family Medicine Doctor in Dubai | UPANDRUNNING

MEET BEN NIXON

Physiotherapist
Elite football experience, VALD precision, and a genuine passion for getting people back to their best

Ben graduated with a degree in Physiotherapy and has spent his career working at the highest levels of professional sport and private practice. His football career has taken him through the English Football League and Premier League, working as physiotherapist at Stoke City FC and Port Vale FC, as well as contributing to the England Football Associations physiotherapy provision during international tournaments, experience that few clinicians at any level can match.

Working at the sharp end of elite football demands a particular kind of clinical rigour. Every day at a professional club, the same question applies: how do we get this athlete back, fully, safely, and as fast as possible? That mindset, built over years of managing injuries in high-pressure environments, shapes everything Ben does in a clinical setting.

At UPANDRUNNING, Ben specializes in lower limb musculoskeletal injuries and is one of the clinics lead practitioners for VALD performance testing, an objective, data-driven assessment system that measures strength, power, force production and movement asymmetries with the precision used by elite sporting organizations worldwide. Whether he is managing a complex hamstring injury, guiding a post-operative knee rehabilitation, or using VALD data to build a return-to-sport program that is grounded in numbers rather than guesswork, Ben brings an elite standard of care to every patient
who walks through the door.

Expertise

Common conditions that Ben treats

Lower Limb & Hip

Shoulder & Upper Limb

Spine

Children & Young Athletes (10+)

TREATMENT TECHNIQUES & METHODS

Evidence-based rehabilitation, driven by data.

VALD Performance Testing

Ben uses VALD's full suite of technology to produce objective data on strength, power, force production and left-right asymmetry. This removes guesswork from rehabilitation decisions, replacing'feels ready' with 'the numbers say ready'. For post-operative patients, return-to-sport athletes, and anyone wanting a performance baseline, this is the gold standard.

Exercise Prescription & Progressive Loading

Individualized rehabilitation programs built around objective testing data and the specific demands of each patients sport or activity. Progressive loading protocols designed to restore full capacity, not just absence of pain.

Manual Therapy

Joint mobilization, soft tissue techniques and hands-on assessment, applied where clinically indicated to restore movement and support rehabilitation.

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