Heather Binnington is Director and Clinical Physiotherapist at Agilitas Physio & Sports Massage.  Heather is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council and is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.  She combines this with Head of Sport & Exercise Medicine at the University of Edinburgh Sport department, leading Edinburgh Sports Clinic (formerly FASIC), and a clinical role as Advanced Practice Physiotherapist with a background in sports physiotherapy and orthopaedic medicine having qualified from Queen Margaret University in 1999, completing a post-graduate diploma in Orthopaedic Medicine and studying MSc programme in Sports Physiotherapy at University of Bath.  She has worked in orthopaedic, musculo-skeletal and specialist sport roles within the NHS, club and SRU age-grade rugby before moving to private practice, gaining clinic experience and leading the medical services f

or the University's high performance sport programme.  Heather also worked as lead physiotherapist with Scottish Hockey, for the Scotland Men's Hockey team from 2014-2019, supporting their international programme and promotion back to European Championships.  Her clinical interest lies in evidence-based and data driven injury prevention, rehabilitation and return to sport