Medical Director
Dr Miguel Reis e Silva
Specialist in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine and in Sports Medicine, with Pain Medicine from the Portuguese Medical Association, dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal pain. He is Medical Director of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, where he has been part of the medical department since 2017, and founder and Medical Director of Clínica Myalgia, in Lisbon and Almada. With two master's degrees — in musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound-guided intervention, and in pain research and treatment — he is known for procedimentos guiados por imagem — such as injections of Hyaluronic acid, o PRP and peripheral nerve blocks — often combined with physiotherapy, movement analysis and biomechanical correction, to treat the cause of pain and not just the symptom.
A former international orienteering and mountain-running athlete, and doctor to the Portuguese national trail-running team, he brings his experience of elite sport to the care of anyone in pain — from elite athletes to people who simply want to move freely again.
Dr Miguel Reis e Silva
Specialist in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine and in Sports Medicine by the Portuguese Medical Association (licence no. 52856)
Pain Medicine by the Portuguese Medical Association.
Professional experience:
Medical Department, Health & Performance Department, Sport Lisboa e Benfica (since 2017).
Medical Director (since 2024).
Lead Physician of Women’s Football (since 2018).
Pain Unit, Hospital CUF Tejo (2019-2024)
Pain Unit, Hospital Garcia de Orta (2018-2024)
Movement Analysis Laboratory, Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação de Alcoitão (2019-2024).
Doctor to the Portuguese national trail-running team (since 2015).
Postgraduate degrees:
Master's degree no. 3 - Master próprio en Investigacion y Tratamiento especializado del dolor - Universitat de Valencia (2019)
Master's degree no. 2 - II Master en Ecografia Musculoesqueletica y Intervencionismo Ecoguiado - CEU San Pablo Andalucia (2016)
Master's degree no. 1 - Integrated Master's in Medicine - Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (2011).
Postgraduate diploma in Sports Medicine - Portuguese Society of Sports Medicine (2013).
Medical teaching experience
Main scientific publications
Artigo: - Sport and exercise medicine around the world: global challenges for a unique healthcare discipline”, BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2023;9:e001603. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001603".
Artigo: - “Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player”, Cureus. 2023 Jun; 15(6): e41139. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41139
Artigo: - “State of the art of knee and hip osteoarthritis treatment”, DOR. 2020;27(1):34-40. doi: 10.24875/DOR.M20000006.
Artigo: - “Velocity Determinants in Spastic Patients after Stroke-A Gait Analysis Study”, Neurology International, 2020 Nov 6;12(3):48-54. doi: 10.3390/neurolint12030011.
Artigo: - “Iliopsoas Muscle Impingement: A New Etiology for Ilioinguinal / Iliohypogastric Neuropathic Pain?”, Portuguese Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol33; N1, 2021.
Article: - “Intra-articular viscosuplementation in Knee osteoarthritis: a retrospective study of a Physical and Rehabilitation Department.”, Portuguese Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol30; N1, 2018.
Article: - “Suprascapular Nerve Block in Chronic Shoulder Pain: A Review” Portuguese Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol30; N3, 2018
Artigo: - “Viscossuplementação intra-articular” do Livro “Mesoterapia”, Edição Lidel, ISBN: 978-989-752-211-6, 2016.
Artigo: - “Lombalgia, um diagnóstico diferencial raro”, Revista Arquivos de Medicina, 2015;29[2]:36-38.
Faculty on postgraduate medical courses
Faculty on several courses organised by bodies such as the European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, the Portuguese Society of Sports Medicine and NOVA Medical School, Lisbon.
Sporting record
Hyrox
Hyrox PRO single men PB - 1:05:56 (Mechelen, 2026)
Hyrox PRO doubles men PB - 55’37 (Barcelona, 2026)
Hyrox World Championships - PRO doubles men, 28th AG - Stockholm, 2026
Mountain running
26th, World Skyrunning Championships, France - 2014
27º World Skyrunning Championships (42k) - 2016
21st, Marathon du Mont Blanc (42k), France - 2016
32nd, Marathon du Mont Blanc (42k), Chamonix, France - 2015
9th, Marató Pirineu (42k), Bagà, Spain - 2015
1º Rialp Matxicots (42k), Espanha - 2013
1º AXTrail Lousã (42k) - 2013
1º Travessa La Massana (21k), Andorra - 2012
1º AXTrail Lousã (2012 - 30km; 2016 - 21km)
1º Trail Estrela Taurus (27km) - 2017
Orienteering
World Orienteering Championships (2013 - Finland; 2012 - Switzerland; 2011 - France)
European Orienteering Championships (2012 - Sweden; 2010 - Bulgaria)
9th, World Ranking Event Sprint, Park World Tour, China - 2012
1st, National Long Distance Championship - 2015
1st, National Sprint and Overall Championship - 2014
1st, National Middle Distance Championship - 2011
1st, National University Championship - 2011
1st, National Sprint Championship - 2010
1st, Iberian Sprint Championship - 2010
1st, National Sprint and Middle Distance Championship - 2009
2nd, National Sprint Championship - 2011 and 2013
Other
Guide runner for Paralympic athlete Jorge Pina in the Paralympic Games marathon, China - 2008
30th, European Triathlon Championships (AG 25-29) - 2016
6th, Grande Prémio de Natal (10k - 31'37) - 2015
14º S.Silvestre Amadora (10k - 32'19) - 2015
Corrida do Tejo (10k - 31'59) - 2012
