Meet our Team

Poora is Clinical Director of The Edgbaston Performance Clinic. He has over 20 years experience of working as an Osteopath in Elite Sport. He has special interests human performance, wellness and mindset in elite sport. He has worked extensively in an MDT environment with Sports Doctors, Physiotherapists, Sports Scientists, Psychologists, Strength & Conditioning coaches and Nutritionists.

He is the Lead Therapist for the PGA European Challenge Tour and works on the Race to Dubai Physio Unit with the World’s Elite Golfers travelling worldwide to Golf events.

He was the Lead Osteopath for British Athletics Team GB from 2013 to 2021 and was part of the Medical Team for Team GB at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 working extensively with the Women’s & Men’s Sprint programme.

He also has extensive experience of working in Premiership Football including:
Consultant Osteopath to Aston Villa Football Club 2018 to present
Consultant Osteopath to Everton Football Club 2021 to present
Consultant Osteopath to Birmingham City Football Club 2007 to present

It is from working in the Elite of Sport that Poora has gained the knowledge and understanding of what it takes to function at the peak of your performance and at the best you can be. This philosophy is the foundations of what The Edgbaston Performance Clinic are based on, bringing that knowledge and expertise to the public.

The Mantra of the clinic is:

"Life is a Performance, Perform at your best !"

Poora has for the last 20 years had a special relationship with Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club. Having treated and managed a whole range of Athletes from developmental to Elite Podium level, he was honoured by the club and was voted in as honorary Vice President of Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club, a position he has now held for 10 years.

Sangeeta graduated from the prestigious British School of Osteopathy in London with a Masters degree. She has a wealth of experience having first studied a combined BSc Hons degree in Human Biology and Sports & Exercise Science at Wolverhampton University.

Sangeeta has a great interest in sport related injuries, rehabilitation and treating expectant mothers. Most recently she was chosen to be on the medical support team for the British Athletics and Team GB endurance athletes in Kenya as they underwent altitude training to get ready for events leading up to the Olympics in Rio 2016.

She is lead Osteopath for Science of 8 Muay Thai Boxers and regularly treats the whole team. In addition to members of the Royal Ballet and Team GB athletes, 

Sangeeta has a great passion and aim to get her patients back to performing at their best or simply experiencing the quality of active life they desire.

She takes great pride and care in communicating effectively with all patients and providing them with knowledge about their injuries and pain so they can feel confident in their treatment and rehabilitation plans.

Amarjit Beghal graduated in 2012 from Surrey Institute of Osteopathic Medicine in Epsom. The treatments he practices are governed by Osteopathic principles. Amarjit believes that your body requires movement to heal itself. This leads on to the fundamental rule ‘structure governs function’ i.e. if the structure isn’t correct how do we expect to function.

Amarjit provides a holistic approach to all his treatments including a great passion of his, which is Nutrition. He applies his knowledge gained from a Diploma in Advanced Nutrition to compliment his treatments. He applies other treatments to enhance and speed up recovery, these modalities are; Medical Acupuncture, Kinesio Taping, and Fascial Abrasion Techniques.

Amarjit currently works alongside medical teams such as; PGA European Challenge Tour, Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham City Football Club, and British Athletic Team GB. In addition he provides treatment for the Athletics club, Birchfield Harriers.

His experiences are built from treating varied patients especially non-athletes. Therefore, no matter your age, he is able to help you.

Amarjit aims to further develop and enhance his knowledge with plans of completing several courses to aid his treatments further and to offer a wide variety of treatments.

Satveer graduated from The British School of Osteopathy, in London with an integrated Masters Degree in Osteopathy. Satveer treats in mainly a structural holistic way and has undertaken additional courses, such as Medical Acupuncture and Kinesiology taping to add to practice. He has gained a wide range of experience and interests, working with an array of patients from general maintenance and postural issues, to severely acute, sports injuries including national Strongwoman competitor and medical conditions (e.g. chronic fatigue syndrome).

Satveer believes that everyone can benefit from Osteopathic treatment which drives his desire to make Osteopathy more recognised not just in general but all medical platforms. This results in him being passionate and genuinely committed in providing effective, innovative and efficient treatments for his patients. Satveer takes great responsibility in continuing to learn and develop his skills in all areas to ensure this.

Satveer has keen interest in sport with being an avid cricket player since childhood, he also plays squash, practises yoga and enjoys the gym.

PhD, MSc, SENr

• Registered sport and exercise nutritionist on the UK Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr High Performance)
• Doctorate in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition
• Masters Degree in Sports Physiology and Nutrition
• Professional member of the American College of Sports Medicine
• UK Anti-Doping Advisor
• Associate member of the British Dietetics Association (BDA) and their sports nutrition specialist group
• International Society of Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) accredited

Scott Robinson is our Nutritional consultant for the Edgbaston Performance Clinic and has worked with us for the past 3 years managing some of our professional sports clients and executives. He has a wealth of knowledge that he brings to patient care to help patients of all backgrounds reach their performance goals.

Scott is the director of “Scott Robinson Performance Nutrition Ltd” which is a leading specialist consultancy for performance nutrition, exercise physiology, wellness and weight-management. They share the same philosophy and beliefs as The Edgbaston Performance Clinic and advocate the education of understanding how you eat, train and think to produce optimal results.

Scott operates out of a his own Human Performance Lab in Lutterworth, Leicestershire where he combines state-of-the art performance and nutrition consulting to optimise health, well-being and performance. They use gold-standard laboratory equipment and methods to accurately assess performance, metabolism, health, stress hormones and other bio-markers; ensuring all results are turned around in the shortest time possible. Exercise and nutritional data can then be translated into simple plans to fit a busy lifestyle and provide structure and motivation to help you achieve your individual goals.

Matt Roberts is our psychological performance coach. His unique understanding of the mind means that conversations truly have the potential to transform.

As an ex International high Jumper his career started slowly, at 19 he had a pb of a mere 1.95m. Recognising the need to exploit every potential margin of gain he searched for the perfect mindset over his 15 year career. his career best was 2.26m, making the top 20 UK All time list and just 3cm short of what won Olympic Silver 2 years later.

However In the year that followed his best Matt ruptured a disc in his neck, leading to surgery and its replacement. An injury that would end many careers, Matt started from scratch - eventually clearing 2.25m before retirement. His persistence and resilience were realised through the discovery of a new understanding of psychology. This lead to training in America with Pransky & Associates and in the UK with David Key.

Matt works to educate on how our psychological system really works, directing his clients to their source of flow and peak performance.

Dr Ketkar has many years of experience as a musculoskeletal doctor in the NHS and the private sector. He has worked in an MDT setup for many years. He works at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham and for East Lancashire Hospitals.

Dr Ketkar has extensive experience working with recreational and elite athletes and the general public suffering with pain from a musculoskeletal origin. He has a special interest in spinal rehabilitation and fluoroscopic x-ray and ultrasound guided injection treatments including prolotherapy.

Dr Chakraverty is Head of Performance and Medicine at Premiership Football Club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has extensive experience in Premiership football and the highest level of elite international sport. He was the Lead Performance Doctor with the England Men's Football Team September 2016-March 2020, including World Cup 2018, British Athletics from 2009-16, including London Olympics and Paralympics and was the Chief Medical Officer for Rio Olympic Cycle 2013-2016.

His medical experience includes Musculoskeletal and Spinal specialist 1999-2008 at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. He trained as General Practitioner 1986-94, in osteopathic medicine at the London College of Osteopathic Medicine 1995-97. He thrives working within a multidisciplinary team. He believes understanding the load:capacity relationship, optimising movement and building robustness are fundamental to athletes in optimizing performance and minimizing the risk of injury. He has special interest in management of musculoskeletal dysfunction (pre-injury state) for the low back and pelvis.

Karen is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist with a depth of experience – in psychology, in business and in life. She works with Private Individuals, Couples, and with Individuals and Groups in a Business Environment.

She has helped people resolve a wide range of problems – big and small - that had not just held them back from achieving their goals and fulfilling their potential, and being happy; but often caused considerable distress. For example:

Work Related Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Issues, Phobias, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), Confidence and Self Esteem, Physical Health Problems, Weight, Addictive Behaviours.

Making the right changes offers a solution to our problems; and psychological insights can help us in both our personal and professional relationships and activities. Karen helps you explore the changes you need to make, and discover how you can put these changes into action to lead a more satisfying life.

On a personal level, Karen instigated changes in her own life when she was no longer fulfilled by how she was spending her days. After graduating in 1979, she worked and travelled internationally for two years, gaining experience of ‘blue’ as well as ‘white’ collar work. She returned to the UK to build her career, and gained in-depth business experience in blue-chip corporate environments: Direct Sales; Technical Sales; Marketing and Business Development; culminating in starting up and running her own company - which is still going strong today.
Since re-qualifying as a Psychologist, she has worked both in the NHS and latterly in private practice - including consultancy work for the UK Home Office and West Midlands Police. Karen is trained in a range of approaches, but is best described as an ‘integrative’ practitioner; which means she can tailor her approach to fit the needs of individual clients, rather than trying to fit ‘square pegs into round holes’.

Her mantra for her approach is : I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I do have a lot of information and experience that can help you find your answers.