What is an injury recovery trainer?
An injury recovery trainer holds FASTER's Injury Recovery to Performance specialist qualification. They work with people who have been cleared to exercise but still have an injury, illness or pain to train around.
What it means
Physiotherapy is excellent at getting you out of pain. What it rarely has time for is the next few months: progressively loading the tissue so it is genuinely robust again. That gap is where re-injury lives, and it is what this trainer is for.
They know their scope. If something needs a physio or GP, they will tell you, then handle the strength rebuild once you are cleared.
What a injury recovery specialist can do for you
- Rebuild strength safely after injury or surgery
- Train you around a long-term condition within their scope
- Progress load without flaring things up
- Refer you on when a problem needs a clinician
Who should look for a injury recovery specialist
- You have finished physio and do not know what to do next
- You keep re-injuring the same thing
- You want to get strong again without making it worse
Common questions
Is an injury recovery trainer the same as a physiotherapist?
No. A physio diagnoses and treats injury. An injury recovery trainer rebuilds strength and capacity afterwards, and refers you to a physio when that is the right call.
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