Once an athlete and now preparing athletes for one of the biggest multi-sport events in the sporting calendar.
Sports Institute Physio Sinead Chambers is no novice when it comes to the Commonwealth Games as she prepares for her fifth games in a row.
Chambers has been to three Commonwealth Games as part of the TeamNI Badminton team in 2010, 2014 and 2018. Now Sinead is going into her second visit as a practitioner working with the Swimming team in Glasgow.
However, her day-to-day job also includes looking after the four gymnasts who will be taking part in the games, which includes current Olympic gold medalist Rhys McClenaghan.
Rhys underwent successful surgery on a shoulder injury in July 2025 which forced him to miss the 2025 World Championship and worked with Sinead to return to full fitness in March 2026 at a World Cup event in Azerbaijan.
The three time European and two time World Champion shared the difference Sinead made in his recovery: “I have been working with Sinead for a number of years now and she supplies us with the expertise on how to keep our body healthy and happy going into competitions.
“The year after the Olympics, I got shoulder surgery and have been rehabbing that ever since. Sinead played a big role in the rehab of that injury and got me back to a healthy place heading into the Commonwealth Games where we don’t have pain in the shoulder anymore.”
Find out more from fellow gymnasts Eamon Montgomery and Chester Enriquez in the video below.