No. You can book an assessment directly, no GP or consultant referral needed. Most people come to me straight off the back of an injury, a setback, or a rehab plan that's stalled, and we start from wherever you are.

We talk through your history, your sport, and what you're actually trying to get back to. Then I assess how you move, find the cause of the problem rather than just the symptom, and give you a clear plan not a vague "rest it and see." You'll leave knowing what's going on and what the road back looks like.

Both assess and treat injury, but they're trained differently. Physiotherapy is a broad profession, physios learn lots of different elements of rehab, from neurological to respiratory to cardiac, with musculoskeletal being just one part of it. An ST-accredited graduate sports therapist is a dedicated musculoskeletal (MSK) specialist focused entirely on injury, movement and getting athletes back to sport. So when it comes to load, contact and competition, that's the whole job, not one module of it. I work to performance, not just pain-free.

Not at all. "Athlete" is a mindset here, not an entry requirement. Loads of the people I work with don't play a sport at all they're everyday people who just want to move without pain, get stronger, or get back to walking the dog, lifting the kids, or training the way they used to. You get the same structured, personalised approach whether you're chasing a return to competition or simply want your body to stop holding you back. If getting better matters to you, you're my kind of client.

Yes and across both treatment and training, which is the point. I hold a BSc in Sports Therapy and an MSc in Strength & Conditioning, I'm a member of the Society of Sports Therapists (SST) and the UKSCA, and I'm a Level 3 qualified Personal Trainer. I'm also certified in dry needling and dry cupping, and ITMMIF-qualified for pitch-side first aid. In plain terms: I'm trained to treat the injury and rebuild you for sport the full journey, not half of it

It's a start, but for most athletes it's nowhere near enough to get back to sport safely. A few exercises and a physio check every six weeks won't rebuild the strength, control and confidence your knee, shoulder or ankle needs under real load. That gap between being discharged and actually competing again is exactly what I fill.

Returning to sport after an ACL reconstruction is typically a 9–12 month process (this is assuming it is solely ACL and you complete 100% of your sessions). But the timeline isn't the point readiness is. We progress based on strength and return-to-sport testing, not just the calendar, so you come back when your knee can genuinely handle it, not just when enough months have passed.

Usually, yes because a recurring niggle is rarely "just one of those things." It's a sign something underneath isn't coping with the load you're putting through it. We find what's actually driving it and build a plan you can run alongside training and games, so you're managing it properly instead of resting, returning, and re-tweaking it every few weeks.

No. Long-standing pain that's stopped you training is one of the most common things I see, and it's rarely as stuck as it feels. The usual problem is generic advice that never accounted for what you actually want to do. We start with a proper assessment and build from there, plenty of people who'd written themselves off are back training.

Yes. Online coaching gives you a fully personalised rehab or performance plan through an app exercise demos, progress tracking, and regular check-ins where I review your sessions and adjust as you go. It's the same thinking I use with international athletes, wherever you are in the world.

Two locations. Personal training and S&C run from JD Gyms, Ocotal Way, Swindon. The injury clinic sports therapy, massage and rehab, is at Blunsdon Fitness+, inside Blunsdon House Hotel. And online coaching, of course, runs from anywhere.

Yes. I provide ITMMIF-qualified pitch-side first aid and acute injury management for clubs, school teams and events. If your team needs reliable matchday cover, get in touch and we'll sort it.