Keith Ward is a therapist, lecturer and author. He is the author of Hands On Sports Therapy (Cengage Learning, 2004), editor and lead author of the Handbook of Sports Therapy, Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation (Routledge, 2015), and also the completely updated Handbook of Sports and Exercise Therapy (Routledge, 2024). Keith runs a private clinical practice in Cannock, Staffordshire, UK (see the www bodyworks-therapy co uk website). He is a member of the Society of Sports Therapists, the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, and the Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society, and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.