Burnley defender Michael Duff has praised the club's physiotherapy team for his rapid recovery from serious injury.

Duff has not played since suffering cruciate ligament damage in the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace - a game in which he scored - on September 29th last year.

However, less than six months later the Northern Ireland international is fit and able to play again, a feat that he attributes in part to the hard work of Burnley physios Andy Mitchell and Claire Judd.

Duff told the club's official website: "I think I'm quite a positive person and the people I surrounded myself with, like my family and friends, have been good.

"Mitch and Claire, the physios have been fantastic too.

"Mitch is as good as you'll get anywhere and we're lucky to have him.

"He's a hands on physio and everything you do he does.

"There are days when you don't want to train and when you think you can't do any more you look to your side and he's doing it with you.

"I've known Mitch for a long time, he was at Cheltenham with me, and I can't really speak highly enough of him."

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