Performance & Recovery

Our bespoke rehab programmes are for athletes of all levels. We collaborate with athletes and their teams to put our content and knowledge into the context of their real life problems and injuries.

Measure your own shoulder mobility and performance from the comfort of your own home.

The Athletic Shoulder virtual assessment tool for use in your own time and in the comfort of your own surroundings. Use the assessment to fill out the data collection form and we’ll provide a report which measures your scores against the standards we’ve set over our years of experience.

Recover

Supporting you to achieve high performing, healthy shoulders for life. Athletic Shoulder’s bespoke rehabilitation programmes help you to return to a better level of performance after injury or surgery.

We work with our clients together in a gym environment, applying our expertise to solve their specific problems with targeted rehab programmes. We combine manual therapy, soft tissue release, acupuncture and manipulation where it can add value to clients’ recovery.

Perform

We are dedicated to creating positive change in your performance. We offer packages for screening and profiling that use our tried and tested Athletic Shoulder system to minimise injury risk and identify performance limitations.

We focus on strength work, conditioning, warm up and preparation routines and return to play planning, with bespoke programmes for every individual, based on their needs and the demands of their training and competition.

How do we work?

Why trust Athletic Shoulder?

Experience

Our practice builds upon decades of experience between our team, working at the very top of elite level sport with the highest performing of athletes.

Evidence-based

We’re thought leaders, working alongside the leading peers in our space and gaining their feedback to refine our practice based on learnings from the elite end of rehab and performance.

Actionable Insights

Our practice and programmes are packed with actionable insights that support recovery and performance, ensuring that we add value to your recovery and training.

Bespoke Collaboration

We understand that everyone has differing needs, and we’re here to be by your side throughout your recovery and training. We work with you peer to peer, regardless of your athletic standard or background.

What Our Clients Say

  • Ben is definitely one of the best physios I've had the pleasure of working with. During my time at Arsenal I spent a lot of time over a six year spell, working with him on not only fixing injuries but becoming an all round better athlete.

    Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - Midfielder - Ex Arsenal, Liverpool & England

  • We recently had Ben Ashworth here at Borussia Dortmund to learn from his experience. All we can say is Top Class… such great information delivered in a way that resulted in many practical applications to start improving our preparation directly.

    Shad Forsythe - Head of Performance - Borussia Dortmund

  • Ben made a tangible positive on our objective health and performance outcomes at the Reds over the 2 years he served our organization. In short, I would strongly recommend Ben to any organization that in considering his consulting services.

    Geoff Head - Senior Director, Sports Performance - Chicago White Sox

  • Ben gave me full confidence to go out there on the pitch and be 100% committed without worrying about anything. The shoulder felt and still feels great!

    Lukasz Fabianski - Goalkeeper - West Ham United

  • Ben is a true leader in the Sports Performance and sports medicine field. He was able to provide valuable insights and applied solutions as it relates to monitoring and rehabilitation.

    Joe Collins - Director of Sports Performance - Buffalo Bills

  • Ben creatively challenges the way teams look at monitoring and is recognised worldwide for his shoulder expertise.

    Laurie Malone - CEO - Vald Performance

  • Ben has a wealth of experience as a high-performance practitioner and is a leading expert when it comes to problem solving physical concepts around the shoulder. Ben was able to present fantastic and resourceful information in respect of performance, health, and rehabilitation... he was able to provide answers and ideas for action immediately.

    Dan Howells - High Performance Coach

  • Ben has worked with us to better understand the tennis shoulder from a testing and practical perspective. The area that has had the biggest impact has been his ability to turn his deep understanding of performance, movement and the shoulder into models and frameworks that make sense and have impact on day-to-day delivery.

    Chris McLeod – formerly Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach - LTA

  • It felt like we were on a journey together to fix my shoulder

    Gemma Gibbons-Burton - Team GB - Olympic Judo Silver Medalist