Dr Craig Sheridan

Profile

Dr Craig Sheridan is a Consultant in Musculoskeletal, Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) who practices private medicine in both the UK and Channel Islands. He has provided specialist care within NHS, military and professional sporting environments working regularly with Ipswich Town Football Club, The English Football Association, Henley Royal Regatta and Island Games. He has previously worked at military rehabilitation centres in Colchester and Honington to provide specialist sport and musculoskeletal injury care to military personnel and new recruits. As such, he has extensive experience in providing holistic assessments and management of work, military and sport-related injuries.

Dr Sheridan obtained his medical degree from Leicester-Warwick Medical School and master’s degree with distinction from Queen Mary University London. He undertook specialist SEM training in the East of England, working for Cambridge University NHS Foundation trust, Ipswich Hospital and within the Ministry of Defences state-of-the-art Defence and Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Stanford Hall.

Dr Sheridan has a particular interest in musculoskeletal ultrasound, which enables him to provide the best care possible for his patients, both in terms of his diagnostic approach and treatment recommendations. He is able to offer bedside diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound-guided injections to help determine the specific site of pain and so refine treatment. Patients most likely to benefit from an assessment with Dr Sheridan include those with acute, chronic or degenerative joint and soft tissue conditions, particularly when looking to avoid or not yet requiring surgery; those suffering with chronic pain; recreational or elite athletes requiring injury diagnosis or guidance on exercise rehabilitation; and the ‘industrial athlete’ who’s physical work requirements necessitate an efficient, accurate diagnosis alongside timely and effective treatment.

Specialist Interests:

Neck and back pain
Joint pain affecting the hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, wrist and elbow
Muscle, ligament and tendon pain
Osteoarthritis
Chronic pain
The impact of lifestyle, sleep, nutrition, posture, stress and mental health on musculoskeletal pain
Biomechanical and functional assessment
Exercise prescription
Regenerative medicine
Investigation and treatment of unexplained underperformance and fatigue
Football medicine and sports injuries

Treatments offered:

Diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound
Ultrasound-guided joint, soft tissue and tendon sheath corticosteroid injections
Ultrasound-guided hyaluronic acid (viscosupplementation / ‘joint lubricant’) jnjections to joints
Ultrasound-guided platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections to joint, soft tissue, tendon and tendon sheath
Ultrasound-guided shoulder hydrodistension/hydrodilatation / injection of frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
Ultrasound-guided high-volume injection or hydrodissection of tendon sheath
Barbotage for calcific tendonitis
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) of soft tissue and tendons
Arthrosamid injections for knee osteoarthritis

Areas of interest:

Shockwave treatment; Intra-articular Injection; Steroid Injections; Trigger Point Injections; Biomechanical Assessment; Adult Sport Injury Treatmen; PRP Injections; Arthrosamid; Sports Medicine; USS Guided Injections; Tendon and Ligament Injury Treatment; Tendinopathy; Diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound; Paediatric Sports Injury Treatment; Exercise prescription for chronic diseases