With over 16 years of experience, I have had the privilege of treating a diverse range of individuals including elite athletes, students, scholars, and hardworking individuals from various backgrounds. As the First team Rugby Physio for the Ikey Tigers since 2008, I have been a part of the team's Varsity Cup Championship wins in 2011 and 2014, as well as their World University World Cup victories in 2015 and 2019. Prior to that, I served as the Head Physiotherapist for Rondebosch Boys High School from 2008 to 2016. Currently, I am the proud owner of The Sports Rehab Centre and a Lecturer at SPT. My passion for helping people reach their full potential drives my commitment to providing the highest quality care and expertise in the field of sports rehabilitation.

I believe that sport, irrespective of the level of participation, is a universal language providing medicine for both the heart and soul. Consequently, I consider myself privileged to call my profession, a passion. My career as a physiotherapist began at the High Performance Centre, Pretoria where I had the honour of working with numerous elite athletes and national teams (amongst others SA Netball, SA Rowing, SA Men’s and Women’s Hockey, Cricket SA National Academy), culminating in an appointment as the team physiotherapist for Cricket SA Women’s (2008-2012) and u19 Men’s (2010-2014) teams respectively. These opportunities have lead to some incredible career highlights, including representing the SA medical team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India and winning the 2014 u19 Men’s ODI Cricket World Cup. Further, these highlights inspired me to complete an MSc Physiotherapy (2012) and PhD (Exercise Science) (2019) at UCT, where my research has largely focused on biomechanics, injury risk profiling, injury prevention and rehabilitation of the shoulder, specifically in elite swimmers and cricketers. Currently, I run an established neuromusculoskeletal practice (Optimal Physio: Megan Dutton Physiotherapy Inc) where my primary clinical focus is identifying the biomechanical insufficiencies which contribute to injury, as well as injury prevention.

Dr Mary Ann Dove is a leading authority on the role of coaches and parents in encouraging athletes to achieve their own potential in sport. Her focus is on creating person-centric sporting environments through developing emotional intelligence, leadership and communication skills in coaches and educating parents in the challenges of the sporting landscape. She is a regular educator, speaker, writer and consultant at schools, clubs, sporting federations and conferences. Although she has worked from developmental to the elite levels across a wide variety of sports, her particular expertise is in cricket and field hockey. Other experience includes talent development, transformation challenges, team effectiveness, mental performance coaching, player development and welfare, and team management. Mary Ann has a PhD from the University of Cape Town where her research resulted in a socio-ecological framework of cricket talent development in diverse societies. In addition, she has executive coaching and psychology qualifications as well as facilitation, lecturing and coaching experience. She is still a very active, but less competitive sportswoman including running, tennis and in 2009 successfully summited Mt Kilimanjaro. And in her spare time she is a mother to her grown-up son and daughter.