Acupuncture,Sports Massage Therapy & Wellness clinic. Enjoy life without limitations now and in the future to ensure a full and independent life.
Honesty, Integrity and Empathy is what you will receive. Honesty - We tell you straight! If you are not pulling your weight, you will be told! We will then work out what is holding you back. Integrity - If your needs are beyond us, we work with you to find the right place. We don't just string you along! Empathy - We know what you are going through. Pain is a very individual thing; sometimes owned
, to the persons detriment. We work with you and encourage you to throw away the ownership of issues, in order to own your future.
27/04/2026
“I hate needles.”
That’s one of the most common concerns I hear.
One client came in feeling exactly that way.
What surprised them wasn’t just that the needles were gentle, it was that they weren’t left alone with their thoughts.
While the acupuncture did its work, we focused elsewhere.
Neck and shoulders release, gentle movement, energy work, but most importantly a distraction.
The body relaxed.
And the results followed.
24/04/2026
Most people I work with aren’t broken.
They’re busy, capable, and responsible.
They’ve built careers, raised families, quietly carried a lot of pressure.
They don’t want pain deciding what they can and can’t do.
But somewhere along the way, they’ve normalised the tension.
The tight shoulders.
The stiff back in the morning.
The calf that “just needs warming up.”
They’re functioning, getting through life, but they’re not moving freely.
Support doesn’t have to be a last resort.
It doesn’t have to come after months of frustration, medication, or being told “it’s just wear and tear.”
Early input often means:
Less compensation.
Less inflammation.
Less time spent managing symptoms.
Less disruption to your work and home life.
Prevention isn’t an indulgence.
It’s practical.
It’s understanding that small adjustments now prevent bigger problems later.
You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from expert support.
You just need to value your future self enough to act before your body forces you to.
22/04/2026
Pain has a habit of drawing attention to the loudest area.
But the loudest area isn’t always the starting point.
The body is clever.
It adapts, shifts load, and finds ways to keep you moving when something isn’t quite right.
That works for a while, until the compensation becomes the problem.
When pain keeps returning, it’s often a sign that something else has been quietly doing extra work in the background.
If one area keeps flaring up for you, what do you think your body might be compensating for?
Share below. You’ll probably find you’re not the only one.
20/04/2026
You don’t need to be seriously broken to benefit from support.
Early input often means less work, not more.
Less frustration, less time lost managing symptoms.
Prevention isn’t something you should overlook.
It’s essential.
17/04/2026
Cupping often looks more intense than it feels.
Used properly, it shouldn’t be painful.
And it doesn’t have to leave marks.
For some people, it allows a level of release they’ve struggled to achieve through other methods.
Again - not magic.
Just another way of helping the body let go.
15/04/2026
After my accident, I tried a lot of things.
Some helped, some didn’t.
The approaches I use now are the ones that genuinely changed how my own body felt and functioned.
That experience shaped how I work today, not theory alone, but lived experience.
Have you been through anything thats shaped how you operate today?
13/04/2026
Acupuncture doesn’t require belief to work.
It’s about how the nervous system, circulation, and tissue respond to specific input.
I use it because I’ve seen what it can unlock, especially when massage alone can’t quite reach the area that’s holding on.
It’s one tool among many.
Used thoughtfully, it can be incredibly effective.
09/04/2026
I’m not interested in doing more TO people.
I’m interested in doing what makes SENSE for how their body is coping right now.
Sometimes that’s hands-on work with sports massage.
Sometimes it’s acupuncture.
Sometimes it’s simply understanding what the body has been protecting.
07/04/2026
A sore knee doesn’t automatically mean a knee problem.
A tight back doesn’t always mean the spine is the issue.
The body adapts to keep you moving.
Pain is often where that adaptation becomes unsustainable.
Looking at the whole system usually tells a much clearer story than chasing symptoms one by one.
05/04/2026
People often ask what I actually do.
The honest answer is: it depends on the person in front of me.
Sports massage is one tool.
Acupuncture is another.
Cupping, movement, postural work, nutrition and understanding meridian pathways all add different pieces to the picture.
Pain rarely has one cause, so it rarely responds best to one method.
My job isn’t to force a technique.
It’s to choose the right tool for how your body is coping and compensating.
02/04/2026
Most people I work with aren’t broken.
They’re busy people.
They’re extremely capable.
They don’t want pain to decide what they can and can’t do.
If you want to keep doing what you love without constantly managing symptoms, that conversation can happen before things unravel.
Support doesn't have to be a last resort.
It can be a smart move you make before pain starts to appear.
31/03/2026
We service cars we rely on.
We update phones we use daily.
But our bodies, we leave them for ages without checking in with them!
Maintenance for the body isn’t indulgent.
It’s logical.
Especially if your body supports your career, your family, and the life you enjoy.
Looking after it before pain forces the issue is one of the most practical decisions you can make.
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Ash Wellness & Performance Ltd was born out of a life changing moment; someone’s loss of concentration! I was involved in a road traffic collision, which would result in years of pain in many guises and the lack of communication between medical departments, the lack of joining the dots, whilst only focusing on the symptom within their expertise.
Having a background in health and fitness and being aware of what had changed since the collision, I became frustrated that the process pre and post surgical intervention seemed broken! I had experienced multiple traumas during the collision which caused a chain reaction in my body and, following the collision, there was a lack of expedited corrective treatment. This eventually led me to find my own treatment path. This helped me to realise that I could actually help others: taking out the stress, time and financial costs, that seemed to be preventing people from taking back their lives.
Prior to the collision, I was training for my first session in triathlon. I had committed to the big goal of an Ironman distance triathlon and sought expert coaching to ensure I would make my goal. This was not only a personal goal, but a way of setting an example for my children...My daughter and I should have been entering our first season together (she was 7, nearly 8 years old)! I wanted to show her how by persisting and working on the things in life that don’t come easy; your desires are possible. Unlike my daughter (who is a very strong swimmer), my effort was directed to swimming. I could only complete one length, before being unable to take on anymore water! This meant training for 45 - 60mins when waking and then biking to work. After work was gym/swim/run depending on the day. Losing 21lbs in just over a month helped with everyday life, not just training.
Unfortunately, a sound like a gun going off and the smell of burning (deployed air bags) stopped my development both at work, in my personal life and my goal to complete an Ironman competition.
At work, I fought for over three years to get out of the office and back to my real job! It was eventually decided by my employer, that my position could no longer be kept open, and, due to my physical limitations, we parted company. This was not only a loss of career and financial security, but the loss of a family. The people I worked with, day in day out, for eight years, knew each other extremely well and as families do, we had our ups and downs, but we were a tight family and now I was no longer a part of the team.
The parting with my employer, did not seem the right thing at the time, but it gave me the time to concentrate on finding my treatment path to enhance my daily life. I started with what I knew from my time as a Fitness Manager & Personal Trainer, I looked at my movement and what I could do. At the time I was looking at what I could not do, but this changed the deeper I got into my desire to develop my situation. I attended physical therapy sessions on a regular basis to keep things moving. I also needed to keep my head active and so I enrolled on a Sports Massage course. Due to my physical and emotional limitations, using a walking stick when out and about, I needed to be able to move around, not sit or stand for too long, so I hoped this may be starting point.
Starting with this course helped and I continued to complete the course and subsequent courses. The Sports Massage Therapy courses allowed me to develop personally and to understand how to improve physically. I was receiving constant, high quality treatment and developing my own philosophy and principles for treatments. A win, win situation. I now had studied with a fantastic team, gained amazing skills, allowing me to adapt treatments to self-administer and find the therapists that I require. but now I had found something that would allow me to develop my own treatment philosophy.
Through a chance meeting with another therapist, I discovered another modality of treatment. I did my research, booked on the course and it changed my life. I used the knowledge I had learned from my Sports Massage Therapy, fitness career and leaped head first into this new course (K.O.R.E Therapy), which has been developed from techniques and principles that have been used for thousands of years!
I stated it changed my life and yes, it really did! The combination of knowledge and treatments has allowed me to throw away my walking stick, improve my physical and emotional health and allow me to look better, move better, feel better; enjoy less pain and more quality family time. And yes... I can now help others with their pain and save them time by joining the dots through a whole person approach. No barriers, just helping the body to know what it should be doing.
