DYLAN McGeouch hopes he is finally over his injury worries - with a little help from a mystery London medical expert. The Hibs midfielder has been dogged by groin issues in the last few seasons but is feeling fit again after taking up a recommendation from Scotland midfielder Robert Snodgrass. He is undergoing a new physio and stretching routine as he enters the final year of his current contract at Easter Road and so far the regime appears to be paying dividends.

“So far, it’s been good,” he said. “I’ve been fit and I’ve started the first few games. I hope that’s me over the injury issues. I went to see a guy in London at the start of the season and got a bit of treatment down there and it seems to be working. I’m feeling good and feeling fit so hopefully I can maintain that and keep doing the things the specialist and physios have told me to do and hopefully make sure I’m up for selection every week.

“It’s nothing major that I’ve been doing,” he added, “just wee things I’ve been working on, a few different techniques for soft tissue work that have been working so far.

“Robert Snodgrass had a few problems with his knee and he recommended the guy and told me to go and speak to him. So I got in touch with him, went to see him and it was probably the best thing I’ve done. Since I’ve seen him, he’s got me feeling good, as Robert told me he would. I’m working with the Hibs physio as well and he knows the different techniques to use, and it seems to be paying off. The specialist has worked with a few top players but he’s quite a quiet guy and he’s not one for publicising himself.

“The contract is not something I’m thinking about. Staying injury-free and getting a good run of games is the priority and then everything will take care of itself after that.

McGeouch goes way back with his club manager Neil Lennon - the Northern Irishman turned up out of the blue at his door in Milton to persuade him to rejoin Celtic from Rangers as a youngster - and Saturday’s match with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park brings him into close contact with another echo of his past life in in-form Michael O’Halloran, just named Premiership player of the month for September. McGeouch was coached by O’Halloran’s father, also Michael, during his time in the Celtic youth ranks.

“Michael is a few years older than me but I remember him being there at youth level and his dad was there as well,” said McGeouch, speaking at the launch of the Match Attacx sticker range at Hampden. “He used to coach me when I was younger so I obviously know Michael well over the years and it is good to see him doing well. Michael was tipped to do good things, went down the road for a few years to develop then came back up the road.

“Obviously I have been watching the highlights of the games, and his goals, he has been doing really well,” he added. “He is obviously a player we will have our eye on but we have enough in our squad to go there and trouble St Johnstone and hopefully get the three points. We need to go to places like McDiarmid Park and put a marker down.”