Playing the field

Dr Ralph Mitchell
ByDr Ralph Mitchell
Published17 February 2017
A passion for rugby led Dr Ralph Mitchell to a coveted position at Wasps RFC. He explains what it takes to carve out a career in sports medicine.

Concussion is our most common injury, but we are expected to deal with anything from a cardiac arrest to a broken leg or just a cut eyebrow!

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Dr Ralph Mitchell

Ralph is a GP partner in Hinckley, Leicestershire and is also a specialty doctor in sports and exercise medicine in Leicester. He is one of the team doctors for Wasps rugby team and the England U20s counties team. He has also worked as part of the medical team for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Playing the field