
Dr Harjinder Singh
Sports Medicine in Leicester and Stafford
Professional statement
Dr Harjinder Singh is a well-respected, internationally recognised sport and exercise medicine consultant from Leicester and is often asked to give second opinions in challenging cases in professional sport. At an national and international level, he has worked with:
- The FA; Leicester City FC; Wolverhampton Wanderers FC; Nottingham Forest FC
- World-Class Boxing Heavyweight, Dillian Whyte
- The England and Wales Cricket Board; Leicestershire County Cricket Club; Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB)
- Leicester Tigers
As well, Dr Singh has successfully treated thousands of NHS patients over the years at Leicester General Hospital, where he is very popular with patients and immensely respected by his peers alike.
Dr Singh is passionate about working with science that provides all-natural sources of healing rather than just medicating the symptoms. He is highly sought after in the UK for the optimisation of non-surgical treatments for musculoskeletal conditions, sports injuries that include the use of regenerative medicine. That is the use of your own body tissues at the cellular level to promote natural growth, repair and healing to damaged muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and bones. He is part of the leadership team at Pinnacle that is using advanced results-driven treatment plans adopting a multidisciplinary clinician-led team approach, achieving fast recovery rates, improved performance, better movement and pain-free living.
Being trained in the use of ultrasound-guided injections with many years of experience at the top level means he has achieved successful outcomes with treatments of:
Refractory tendinopathies, osteoarthritis, sports injuries with novel therapies such as extracorporeal shockwave therapy, autologous blood injections or dry needling, Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, hyaluronic acid injections, prolotherapy injections in peripheral joints and soon, stem cell injections.
Amongst Dr Singh’s other experience:
- An approved practitioner that treats members of the Talented athlete scholarship scheme (TASS) and the Professional Footballers Association (PFA).
- Medical advisor to PGMOL, Professional game match officials limited.
- Educator for the FA’s pitchside immediate care.
- Educator at AECC, University College Bournemouth.
- Educator for Arthrex on ultrasound guided PRP injections.
- Previous involvement in NHS sports medicine training, nationally and locally.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four young children as well as playing golf and cricket. He takes a keen interest in cultural and social issues and has been actively involved in charity work within the local community.
Clinics

Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital
Leicester, Scraptoft Ln, Leicester LE5 1HY,Medical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 32 years of experience
- Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine, Pinnacle Global Health
Subspecialties
- Slipped Disc
- Low back pain
Professional memberships
- British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
- The British Medical Association (BMA)
Education
- BMed.Sci Second Class, Division 1, The University of Nottingham
- BM BS, The University of Nottingham
Positions in organisations
- Chief Medical Officer of Leicestershire County Cricket Club
- Medical Officer at Leicester City Football Club
Publications and conferences
- Wheeler, P., C. Dudson, R. Calver, D. Goodall, K. Gregory, H. Singh and K. Boyd (2021). "Three sessions of radial-Extra-Corporeal Shockwave Therapy (rESWT) gives no additional benefit over “minimal-dose” rESWT for patients with chronic greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS), a double-blinded randomised controlled trial." Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine Volume Publish Ahead of Print (20th Jan 2021).
- Wheeler, P., C. Dudson, K. Gregory, H. Singh and K. Boyd (2021). "Autologous blood injections give no additional benefits over dry-needling injections for patients with chronic plantar fasciitis: a double-blinded randomised controlled trial." Submitted for consideration to Foot & Ankle International submitted - 6th July 2021.
Prizes and awards
- Fellow of the Faculty of Sports Exercise Medicine
- Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
Languages spoken
- English
- Urdu