Jimmy has been involved in high performance sports medicine since 1995 and has assisted many high level athletes ranging from swimming, running, soccer, paddling, surfing, tennis, rugby and cricket to motocross, badminton and squash.   The Discovery Sharks Peak Performance and Medical Centre and the medical care programme that is provided there is the result of many years of work and experience in the field of sports medicine and is rated one of the best in the rugby world.

The Centre for Sports Medicine Umhlanga (CSMU) and the Sharks Academy Medical Centre are also both world class facilities and provides a high level sports medicine and rehabilitation programme to sporting individuals as well as the public in general.  Within these two facilities Jimmy is assisted by an experienced and passionate team of Biokineticists:  Dennis Jackson and  Lynette Roberts, both at the CSMU, and Nicky Irvine (seasoned paddler and multi-Duzi finisher) , Tracey Calverley and Stephanie Elson at The Sharks Academy Medical Centre (located inside the Kings Park Virgin Active).  These two practices have one central focus area:   “The reduction of exercise related injuries in the exercising population and the effective rehabilitation of injuries in active individuals”.  This goal is achieved through a multi-disciplinary team that includes physiotherapists and sports physicians and other specialists that forms part of their sports medicine referral network.

Their approach to injuries is fourfold: 
1.   To help prevent the athlete’s first injury;
2.   Once an injury’s happened, to recognize the different injury types and their causative factors;
3.   To identify an injured body part’s incorrect, activity specific patterns as it relates to anatomical structure and function;
4.   To provide an activity programme that  aims at correcting abnormal patterns and to restore/optimize function.   

The practice prides itself in providing a service that is cutting edge.  It is achieving this by making sure that all practitioners attend workshops, conferences and courses in the field of sports medicine and physical rehabilitation.                                                  

Sporting achievements:
1988-1994:          Jimmy competed in track & field athletics and road running
1994-2001:          After retiring from competitive running, he became involved in coaching as a part time interest and went on to coach several successful national level middle and long distance athletes.    

Professional career:
1991:     -Obtained an Hons. degree in Biokinetics from University of North-West, Potchefstroom
2001:     -Obtained Masters Diploma in Sports Medicine at University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban 
1994:     -Established a successful Durban based sports injury rehabilitation practice and later went on to help establish Durban’s first multi-disciplinary sports medicine facility, the Kings Park Sports Medicine Centre.  
1999:     -Helped establish The Sharks’ first dedicated medical and injury rehabilitation facility where he helped implement injury prevention, rehabilitation and return to play protocols.  He has worked as a rehabilitation specialist with The Sharks since 1999.
2008:     -Helped establish The Sharks’ new Discovery Peak Performance and Medical Centre.
-Assisted The Sharks Academy with the establishment and delivery of a dedicated medical and injury rehabilitation programme for junior-contracted  rugby players.    
- Helped establish the Centre for Sports Medicine Umhlanga (CSMU) in the newly built Netcare Umhlanga Hospital Medical Centre.

-              Registered with the South African Association for Biokinetics
-              Registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa
-              Member of and accredited by SASMA (South African Sports Medicine Association)
-              Member of FIMS (International Federation of Sports Medicine)

Family:     Married to Amanda for the past 14 years

Other Interests:   Keeping fit; Photography; Wild Life