For active people
Support for athletes, runners, gym users, and people returning to activity after an injury.
Physical Therapy
Sports Therapy
For patients from Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and surrounding Dorset areas
Sports therapy uses movement assessment, hands-on treatment, and exercise-based rehabilitation for sports-related and everyday musculoskeletal concerns. It can be considered for everyone from high-level athletes with an acute injury to recreational gym users managing a day-to-day niggle.
Assessment, treatment, rehabilitation
Benefits of Sports Therapy
Assessment-led support for sports and everyday musculoskeletal concerns
Individual rehabilitation programmes shaped around your goals
Suitable for athletes and people with activity-related symptoms
Movement and loading advice to support a confident return to activity
Combines hands-on care with exercise-based rehabilitation
What to expect
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Initial Assessment
We discuss your symptoms, health history, activity, previous care, and goals, then assess how you move.
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Treatment
Where appropriate, treatment may include hands-on soft-tissue work, manual techniques, and movement advice.
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Rehabilitation
We agree progressive exercises and practical loading advice to support your return to sport, work, or everyday activity.
Conditions we treat
Sports InjuriesMuscle StrainsTendon ProblemsPostural IssuesRepetitive StrainLower Limb PainShoulder Injuries
Sports therapy in Bournemouth and Dorset
Support for sport, exercise, work, and everyday movement
Sports therapy uses manual and exercise-based methods to assess and support musculoskeletal problems. You do not need to be a professional athlete. Our sports therapists work with active people, recreational gym users, and people managing movement changes, repetitive strain, or an injury.
Your appointment starts with your symptoms, health history, activity, and goals. We then agree practical next steps, which may include treatment, rehabilitation exercises, loading advice, or referral to another healthcare professional when that is more appropriate.
Not just sport
Sports therapy can also consider posture, repetitive strain, and everyday muscle or joint concerns.
A plan that adapts
Treatment and exercises are adjusted around your symptoms, response, routine, and goals.
Our sports therapy process
Assessment that looks beyond the painful area
Symptoms can be affected by movement, strength, flexibility, stability, training load, and how different parts of the body work together. Your practitioner will consider the wider picture rather than assuming the most painful spot is the only area involved.
Your assessment may include:
- Pain and symptom behaviour
- Flexibility and range of movement
- Joint stability
- Muscle strength and balance
- Movement and biomechanics
- Activity, training, and recovery load
Treatment
Hands-on care with clear next steps
Once your practitioner has completed the assessment, they will explain what they have found and discuss suitable treatment. This may include soft-tissue work, joint mobilisation, postural advice, stretching, or exercise-based support.
Treatment is adapted to your symptoms and comfort. If your needs are better suited to osteopathy, chiropractic care, sports massage, medical assessment, or another service, we will explain that honestly.
Sports massage therapyRehabilitation exercisesPostural correctionJoint mobilisationPNF stretchingMovement advice
Rehabilitation
Build back towards the activities you value
Rehabilitation may start with simple, manageable exercises and progress as your strength, control, confidence, and tolerance improve. Your practitioner can explain how to load the area between appointments and how to adapt activity while you recover.
Exercises may use resistance bands, foam rollers, kettlebells, balance equipment, or your own body weight. The length and structure of a rehabilitation plan depends on your symptoms, assessment, and goals.
Conditions we may assess
Sports injuries and everyday musculoskeletal concerns
Sports therapy may be suitable for a range of problems, but similar symptoms can have different causes. We will assess your presentation and explain whether our service is appropriate before recommending treatment.
Sprains and strainsKnee injuriesAchilles tendon concernsShin splintsTennis and golfer's elbowRotator cuff concernsFrozen shoulderSciatica and back painNeck and shoulder pain
If your concern involves a persistent tendon problem, you can also explore Shockwave Therapy. If you are unsure which route fits your symptoms, book a free consultation and we can help you decide where to start.
Sports therapy locations
Sports therapy in Bournemouth and near Wimborne
Sports therapy is available at both SoCo Therapies clinics. Our Bournemouth clinic is on Holdenhurst Road, and our Corfe Mullen clinic at BH Live Active is convenient for Wimborne, Broadstone, Poole, and surrounding Dorset areas. Clients also travel from Christchurch, Southbourne, Westbourne, Winton, Boscombe, and Ferndown.
Bournemouth
175 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8DQ
Corfe Mullen (near Wimborne)
BH Live Active, Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, BH21 3SF
Frequently asked questions
Sports therapy FAQs
What is sports therapy?
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Sports therapy combines movement assessment, hands-on treatment, exercise, and rehabilitation planning for sports-related and everyday musculoskeletal concerns. You do not need to be a competitive athlete to book.
Can sports therapy help if I do not play sport?
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Yes. Sports therapists also work with people managing posture-related discomfort, repetitive strain, activity-related pain, and movement changes. Your practitioner will assess whether sports therapy is appropriate for your situation.
What happens at a sports therapy assessment?
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Your practitioner will discuss your symptoms, health history, activity, and goals. They may assess pain, movement, flexibility, strength, stability, and how different areas of your body work together before explaining suitable next steps.
What treatment might be included?
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Depending on your assessment, treatment may include hands-on soft-tissue work, joint mobilisation, stretching, movement advice, and rehabilitation exercises. Your plan is adjusted to your presentation and comfort.
How many sports therapy appointments will I need?
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There is no fixed number that suits everyone. It depends on the problem, how long it has been present, your activity, and how you respond. Your therapist will explain whether a one-off appointment or a planned course is appropriate.
Where is sports therapy available?
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Sports therapy is currently available at SoCo Therapies in Bournemouth and at the Corfe Mullen clinic near Wimborne. Clients also travel from Christchurch, Poole, Southbourne, Westbourne, Winton, Boscombe, and Ferndown.
Your care team
Practitioners who offer this treatment
Choose from the practitioners currently listed for this treatment on SoCo Therapies' Jane booking pages.
James Brown
Sports Therapist + Sports Massage Therapist
BSc, MSc Sports Therapy, University of Gloucester (2018)
BournemouthCorfe Mullen
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