Dr Matthew Foxton is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at OneWelbeck Digestive Health and has specialist expertise in general hepatology, liver cirrhosis and its complications, fatty liver disease, hepatocellular carcinoma, alcoholic liver disease, gastroenterology, and endoscopy.

Dr Matt Brown is a friendly and conscientious pain specialist with a wealth of experience in managing the most challenging and complex pain cases. His NHS practice is at The Royal Marsden Hospital where he is the head of the pain medicine department and runs pain and acupuncture clinics. Matt also conducts novel research into pain at the Institute of Cancer Research. Matt takes a holistic and caring approach and uses a variety of techniques to reduce pain and improve functional levels and quality of life. His down-to-earth and accessible manner generates excellent results and positive patient feedback

Dr Matthew Hind is a Respiratory Physician at OneWelbeck Lung Health, and at the Royal Brompton Hospital and honorary scientist at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College.

Dr Matteo Lancioni is a Consultant Cardiologist at OneWelbeck with a special interest in valve disease and cardiac imaging.

Mastocytosis is a rare disease of the skin in where mast cells gather in body tissues, such as the skin, internal organs and bones.

Dr Lorenzo Masci is a Sports and Exercise Medicine physician based at OneWelbeck orthopaedics. Sports and Exercise Medicine physicians take a holistic approach to diagnosing and managing any musculoskeletal condition.

We use injections in sports medicine to reduce pain. Drugs injected include cortisone, hyaluronic acid and platelet-rich plasma (PRP). In most cases, we perform these injections without direct vision. We use landmark-guidance where we direct the needle based on our knowledge of the position of bone, tendons and joints. Recently, doctors are using imaging such as ultrasound-guided injections. Image guidance allows us to see the needle directed to the target.

Calf strains are a common acute soft tissue injury seen by sport doctors. Most calf strains occur in the inside of the large calf muscle called the medial gastrocnemius. We see calf muscle tears usually in middle-aged active patients in sports such as running, football and tennis. In fact, calf muscle tears are so common in tennis players that we refer to these calf injuries as ‘tennis leg’.

I see many patients with tendonitis – tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, Achilles tendonitis, patellar tendonitis, hip tendonitis, foot tendonitis and wrist and hand tendonitis. Managing tendonitis is always difficult, partly because we don’t completely understand tendonitis. Partly, also, because our treatments are not great. I wrote a blog explaining how to manage tendonitis. Exercise is the best medicine for patients with tendonitis, but some cases are resistant to exercise and require other treatments.

A stress fracture is usually the result of repetitive trauma to bone. Excess forces on the bone leads to microtauma, bone swelling and eventual fracture. Unlike fractures due to high velocity such as after a fall, stress fractures occur over some time. So how do you diagnose stress fracture and what is the treatment?