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Peter Malliaras is a physiotherapist specializing in tendinopathy management and rehabilitation, consulting at Complete Sports Care (Hawthorn, Melbourne) and a research fellow at La Trobe University (Australia) and Queen Mary, University of London (UK). He completed his PhD in 2006, identifying novel risk factors for tendinopathy among athletes, and has since co-authored over 45 peer review tendinopathy publications. He spent five years in the UK undertaking post-doctoral research focusing on tendinopathy imaging and rehabilitation, and consulting to the general public and elite athletes with difficult and non-responsive lower limb tendinopathy. He has been consulted in the rehabilitation of elite football, rugby, netball, volleyball, basketball, track and field, skating and cricket athletes, as well as the Royal Ballet (London). Prior to consultant work, Peter worked at the Victorian Institute of Sport, toured nationally and internationally with football, track and field, volleyball, basketball and weight lifting, and has been an official team physiotherapist at a Commonwealth Games meet.