Activate Sports Therapy

23/12/2025

Sports therapy here isn’t about fixing something once.

It’s about keeping training predictable over time.

15/10/2025

Front squat vs Back squat

Front squats make your quads, hamstrings, glutes and back muscles work harder than back squats with less weight needed. Logically this will be in part due to the nature of balancing the weight in the front of your shoulder and having a more vertical spine position.

Studies show during 1 rep max lifts your muscles work harder during the front squat than the back squat. Meaning you can get the same if not better training stimulus with less load.

Less load on the bar, means less force through your body. This has the potential to reduce the risk of you getting injured while training.

This being said, the back squat is an easier movement to learn for most people, especially with the weight pushing you into the bottom of the squat. Which is why it's a far more common lift seen in gyms across the world. It will allow you to put much more weight on the bar, more weight means more force generated so theoretically leading to more power/strength gains.

Both movements are very useful for everyone. Being able to train with less load and get good gains is massive for very active people as high load all the time isn't good for recovery. And maximal load with the back squat will allow you to produce more force with athletic performance. A combination will always yield the best result and will transfer into sports well.

08/10/2025

Taken from a recent injury session. People often think rest is the answer and it simply isn't. In a small percentage of cases some rest initially is necessary, but forost injuries that haven't required surgery, movement is infinitely better.

When you're in pain the body tells you to rest. In modern society there is no real reason to stop resting. We need to be challenging our bodies to move differently to 'normal' to get better after injury and prevent new injuries from happening.

03/10/2025

An injury assessment should evaluate you as a whole. It should assess your weaknesses, your specific needs and where you want to get back to.

Everyone is different and their rehab should reflect that. Does yours?

02/10/2025

24/09/2025

Reviews mean a lot on service based industries.

I can tell you how good I am, what I can do to help. I prefer to let others speak for me instead.

You'll find plenty more on my Google page

15/07/2025

Sports massage is a great addition to your normal training routine. Fitting it in when you start to slow down is great to get the most out of the session.

Typical training blocks have drop/recovery/rest weeks every 4-6 weeks. Booking your session for that week will give you the best chance for maximal recovery before you continue training hard.

09/06/2025

What if I told you, lifting heavy is one of the best ways to prevent injury.

If your muscles are strong, you can produce more force; run faster, jump higher or hit harder.

If you can produce more force you can tolerate absorbing more force.

More force through you typically means stronger bones. Stronger bones can absorb more force before breaking. Meaning you can; run faster, jump higher and hit harder for longer! Before getting injured.

05/06/2025

Not every injury is straight forward. Fixing the symptoms isn't always difficult, finding the root cause is much better long term but can be difficult to find.
I pride myself on being correct, 7 years into this and I've yet to be unable to help someone.

23/05/2025

Body composition testing is available at
Second slide is my results from today as an example of what you can learn.
Whilst not important for everyone it can help guide your training by giving you objective markers for decision making.