About Josh Ricketts
Sports Therapist & Strength and Conditioning Coach. Bridging the gap between injury rehab and athletic performance.
People don't just get injured in a tackle. They get injured by the stuff no one trained them for. The load, the fatigue, the niggle they pushed through.
Around 70% of injuries across sport happen through non-contact, preventable mechanisms. That's true for elite athletes, Sunday league players, and people just training in the gym to feel good. That gap between getting hurt and getting properly back is the whole reason Josh Ricketts Coaching exists.
The MissionRETURN YOU BETTER THAN BEFORE
Too many people get discharged with a sheet of exercises and no real plan. The mission is simple: not just to get you out of pain, but to return you to sport, the things you love and to performing better than before the injury.
Josh's approach goes after the underlying cause, builds resilient bodies, and develops long-term performance instead of short-term fixes. Treat the problem, rebuild the athlete, keep them in the game.
BOTH SIDES OF THE JOB
Plenty of professionals can do one or the other. Josh does both which is the point.
QUALIFIED TO TREAT AND TO TRAIN
BSc Sports Therapy
A graduate sports therapist is a dedicated musculoskeletal (MSK) specialist. Where physiotherapy spans many areas of rehab, sports therapy is focused entirely on injury, movement and return to sport.SST & UKSCA member
Member of the Society of Sports Therapists and the UK Strength & Conditioning Association.
MSc Strength & Conditioning
The performance side. Building you back stronger, faster and more durable than before.
Level 3 PT & clinical certs
Level 3 Personal Trainer, certified in dry needling and dry cupping, and ITMMIF-qualified for pitch-side first aid.
In plain terms: Josh is trained to fix the injury and rebuild you for sport, the full journey, not half of it.
PROVEN RESULTS
Over the past six years, Josh has worked with thousands of athletes and active people through injury rehab and performance development. Recent results include athletes qualifying for World Championship competition, players going from missing local selection to representing their country, athletes returning to international sport after major surgery, people rebuilding after spinal surgery, and over-30s hitting personal-best lifts after ACL reconstruction.
The need is real: around 30% of athletes re-tear their ACL after surgery, and over 60% never feel quite the same. Usually from failed rehab, no support, and no plan. Through structured rehab, progressive strength work and proper return-to-sport testing, Josh works to cut that risk and rebuild people the right way.
SIX YEARS, THOUSANDS OF ATHLETES
For athletes and everyone else
Josh has worked across elite and everyday sport: NFL International Pathway athletes, professional rugby players, Olympians and national-level competitors, and club athletes across dozens of sports.
But you don't have to be an athlete to belong here. "Athlete" is a mindset, not an entry requirement. Just as many clients simply want to move without pain, get stronger, and get back to training the way they used to. Whether you're chasing a return to competition or chasing your kids round the garden, you get the same structured, personalised approach.
THE PHILOSOPHY
REHAB AND PERFORMANCE ARE ONE THING
Whether you're coming back from injury, preparing for competition, or just want to train without pain, every programme is built around your goals, your lifestyle and what your body actually needs to do.
"My goal is to rebuild you properly. Not just get you out of pain, get you back fitter, faster, stronger, and performing at your best."
MAKE THE CHANGE
Whether you're an athlete returning to play or someone who just wants to train without pain, the next step is the same.