Physiotherapy, Personal Training, Strength and Conditioning and Injury Management
19/03/2026
The primary tools of physiotherapy are still education and exercise.
Which means if you’re seeing someone for rehab, you’re not just getting advice on pain you are also getting guidance on how to train.
That requires an understanding of:
• loading
• progressive overload
• how to build and regress exercises (to a higher standard than most physios)
• how to structure and load plan over time
Rehabilitation isn’t separate from training. It is training, just at the right level for where you are.
Choose someone who understands both.
19/03/2026
The primary tools of physiotherapy are still education and exercise.
Which means if you’re seeing someone for rehab, you’re not just getting advice on pain you are also getting guidance on how to train.
That requires an understanding of:
• loading
• progressive overload
• how to build and regress exercises (to a standard higher than most physios)
• how to structure and load a plan over time
Rehabilitation isn’t separate from training. It is training, just at the right level for where you are.
Choose someone who understands both.
11/03/2026
Most rehab programmes fail for a simple reason.
The stimulus is too low.
Many people are given a few isolated exercises and told to repeat them indefinitely. That might help early on, but the body adapts quickly.
After that, progress stops.
Rehabilitation still follows the same rule as training:
progressive overload.
Tissues get stronger when load increases gradually over time.
This is why combining structured strength training with targeted rehab exercises is often far more effective than doing rehab work alone.
Strength training provides the load.
Rehab exercises address specific limitations.
The key is load management and progression.
Rehab should not just reduce pain.
It should rebuild capacity.
DM today if you need support with a complete rehab and exercise plan
At Fortis our gym is a private facility to ensure you get on the equipment you need when you need it in a chilled out supportive environment compared to regular open gyms
If you are getting pain any time you do physically demanding tasks or sport and exercise there is a good chance you need to take a look at your capacity for the demands of what you are doing or looking into the load management or programming of what you are doing to control the variables better
DM if you need any help or advice with strengthening up or physio advice
04/12/2025
Just a little overview of injuries and some ways to understand how to categorise them.
If you are unsure how to manage a pain or injury get in touch and I can help out 🙂
18/11/2025
Fortis is expanding and we’re opening a new gym in Leith in December 2025.
I’m building this space to bring everything we do into one place: proper coaching, physio that actually helps, and an environment where people can train hard and rehab correctly with a great community within a private facility.
Memberships will be limited so we can keep the standard high from day one.
If you want first access when we open, DM me and I’ll send over the details.
Thank you to everyone who has supported fortis
22/04/2025
We work with a range of people from high level athletes working towards a specific goal - to people looking to feel just a little bit fitter and stronger, we can also focus purely on performance, rehab or both 🙂
19/03/2025
With any injury or pain you don't want to just focus on the injury itself- you want to work around the issue as much as possible to maintain physical conditioning so you do not decondition which will take you even further away from your goal of returning to full function
Get in touch if you are needing help with an injury or need help working around one🙂
19/03/2025
With any injury or pain you don't want to just focus on the injury itself- you want to work around the issue as much as possible to maintain physical conditioning to avoid deconditioning which will take you even further away from your goal of returning to full function
Get in touch if you are needing help with an injury or need help working around one🙂
13/03/2025
Availability now throughout the week.
Thank you to everyone who has supported Fortis (and me) by booking in for physio, taking up coaching or referring to a friend.
Looking forward to getting to help and work with more people now on a full time basis 😁
Please get in touch if you are needing help with an injury or looking to take up or need help with some training 🙂
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Send a message to Fortis- Strength Rehab Conditioning:
Hello, My name is Alistair and welcome to Cast Iron Rehab.
As a long time powerlifter with a keen interest in strength and power sports, I understand injuries can happen as part of the process, I also understand how difficult it can be to find the help you need to recover from and avoid injuries from a professional who can truly relate to what you do.
How many of us have been told to stop lifting or avoid lifting anything remotely strenuous or even stop our sport all together, by a so called "professional" who has never even seen a barbell or played any form of sport before (just me then?).
This lack of specific support has been my motivation for setting up Cast Iron Rehab, so I can provide a unique service in Edinburgh of ongoing injury management and prevention for those that value their sporting and lifting performances. My goal is to have the most relatable service for sportsmen and athletes and to getting you back to doing what you do best.
My goal is also to provide a service that mimics that which is offered in professional sports to recreational athletes in the most cost effective way possible. For those interested, I can also offer performance coaching with integrated physiotherapy management.
I also work closely with coaches Cast Iron Strength and W10 Strength to provide ongoing rehab management and if preferred can work with you or your coach for this also.
So if you would like to see a qualified professional with plenty of coaching and high level lifting experience, please get in touch through this website or through Instagram or Facebook (coming soon).
Thank you for visiting my site,
Alistair Inglis
Strongest Physiotherapist and Healthcare Professional in Scotland
