Movement for health optimisation
Your body doesn’t
move in isolation.
Maybe you’ve already seen a physio. You’ve been assessed, treated and given some exercises. Perhaps they helped. Perhaps the problem came back.
Or you’ve worked with a coach. You’re stronger and fitter, but there are still certain movements that don’t feel quite right.
A hip that always feels tight. A shoulder that never quite settles. A back that complains when training gets serious again.
Let’s look a little widerI work in the space
between two worlds.
I want to understand how you move when you’re standing, walking, breathing and carrying load — not just what happens when you’re lying on a treatment table.
And I don’t look at movement as purely mechanical. Your nervous system is part of the picture too.
Under pressure, you might notice changes in your breathing, more bracing, or tension in places you weren’t expecting. Those are things we can explore together.
Sometimes the next step is helping your body find a different strategy.
Movement for
health optimisation.
Most approaches to movement begin with the place that hurts. I’m interested in looking a little wider.
How do you breathe? Where are you strong, and where are you weak? Where do you create tension when you need stability? What changes when we add load, speed or fatigue?
My approach is influenced by a principle from Health Optimisation Medicine and Practice: look for imbalances, deficiencies and weaknesses, then work systematically on what you find.
In movement, that means exploring how the whole system works together. We might change a position, adjust the load or explore your breathing, and see how your movement responds.
The aim is to understand your body better, and progressively improve the options it has available.
The wider picture
Sometimes movement is
only part of the story.
Previous injury, stress and the expectations we develop about our bodies can all be relevant to how we approach movement.
When pain is part of the picture, we can explore movement gradually and build confidence, while recognising when something needs medical, physiotherapy or other professional assessment.
For you, that might mean returning to a sport, lifting more comfortably, or simply discovering what your body could do better.
When the obvious answer
hasn’t been enough.
Some people come because they want to move or perform better. Others have been trying to understand the same movement problem for years.
They may have worked with excellent physiotherapists and coaches. They’ve become stronger. They’ve stretched. They’ve done the exercises. But something still doesn’t quite add up.
I can bring another perspective, looking at movement, breathing, load and tension together, alongside the people you already work with.
Sometimes that reveals somewhere new to look. Sometimes it confirms you’re on the right track. And sometimes the most useful thing I can do is point you towards a different professional.
So what actually happens?
We start by talking.
I want to understand what you’re trying to get back to. Playing golf, returning to running, lifting confidently, or feeling more comfortable in your body.
Then we move.
I’ll watch how you stand, breathe and organise movement. We’ll explore positions and add load where it’s useful, looking for patterns and seeing what changes.
A few things to work on.
We’ll usually find a small number of movements for you to practise. A manageable starting point that fits into your life. Then we see what happens.
A little about me
Curious about how
it all fits together.
My background is in medicine, biochemistry, neuroscience and Health Optimisation Medicine and Practice. I also teach movement through Moved Academy.
That experience informs the questions I ask. The work here is individual movement and performance optimisation: observing, experimenting and finding the few things worth working on.
More about me and my workA place to start
What would you like
to get back to?
Tell me a little about what you’re working on.
We can work out whether an assessment is the right next step.
Start with a conversation. Take it from there.