Our Team

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YOUTH PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Dan Elias

Daniel is a highly experienced Physiotherapist having worked within the NHS, private practice  and within elite sport with over 15 years clinical experience. Daniel has worked as a Physiotherapist for the England Athletics team both nationally and internationally from Under 13- Under 20 age groups over the last 8 years, assessing and treating young athletes as well as communicating with parents and coaches on ongoing management.

Alongside his clinical work, Daniel is a lecturer within the youth athletic field having presented on ‘Overtraining in the Youth Athlete’ and ‘Common Injuries in the Adolescent Athlete’ for the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport & Exercise Medicine and the University of West England.

Daniel is passionate about providing a comprehensive assessment which is appropriate to the growing child. Daniel aims to identify acute or longer term causes to injury, where the child is at within their growth, discussing any impact of school, sleep, nutrition and lifestyle factors that can all impact on recovery.

Rehabilitation should be fun! Daniel aims to create a child rehabilitation plan to return the child back to their sport better than before, grow their movement vocabulary and develop an ongoing awareness of how to navigate growth and mitigate future injury risk.

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STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH

Emma Hamilton

Emma is a highly experienced Strength and Conditioning coach with a masters degrees in Strength and Conditioning as well as an undergraduate degrees in Sports Rehabilitation.

Emma has vast experience of working with youth athletes having worked in the following areas:

  • Bowdon High Town Women’s FC Academy

  • Head of Academy Strength and Conditioning at Sedley Park RFU

  • England U17 Rugby League

  • Stockport County FC Academy

  • Bolton Metro Swim Club Academy

Emma has worked on a 1:1 basis with a variety of individual athletes and their sports from grass roots to international standard.

Alongside her role with the Youth Physiotherapy Clinic, Emma currently works at the University of Bath where she leads the Futures programme and works alongside a number of sports such as triathlon, hockey, and modern pentathlon within the university. Emma also currently leads the ADC netball Strength and Conditioning programme that runs over 9 sites across the south west of England.

Emma is also completing her PhD at Liverpool John Moores University in Jockey physiology.

Emma has competed in horse racing as a jump jockey in previous years and played up to county and national league level field hockey.

Emma is based at our SoFit Gym location, which offers excellent space and high-quality facilities to support a wide range of training needs.

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