Formby Physio & Sports Rehab

05/07/2025

ACL rehab can be mentally and physically challenging. Ups and downs along the way but Lucas has stuck to the task and been consistent throughout always showing up! 👌been a pleasure to work with this past 14 months 👍💪

05/07/2025

16/02/2025

6 weeks post ACL reconstruction.
Early hamstring strengthening and frontal plane work along with staggered stance sit to stands. Progressing well. 💪

25/01/2025

New physio joining Formby Physio and Sports rehab!! 🙌 Mike is a face many of you will be familiar with having worked as a personal trainer out of Formby for many years. Mike has been training clients for 8 years, working with kids as young as 10, to mature adults in their 80s. In this time he has helped people achieve their goals be it preparing for a marathon, prepping for a powerlifting meet, or simply getting into better shape and living a healthier life.
During Covid, Mike decided to take this passion for helping others and go back to university and gained his physiotherapy degree. Mike now works at the Walton Center in Aintree helping people with neurological conditions get back on their feet and regain some independence.
He is also qualified as a Level 3 strength and conditioning coach, and is experienced working alongside athletes to help them to reach their potential on and off the pitch / playing field .
As a physiotherapist, Mike will be a great asset to Formby Physiotherapy utilising his variety of experience to help people on their rehab journey. To book in with Mike please see the link in bio. #

08/11/2024

ACL rehab 4 months post op. Progressing well. Working on eccentric quad strength, hamstring strength, triple extension and some early force absorption work (snap downs/tall to shorts-last video)

08/02/2024

17/01/2024

💬 "Let your child enjoy themselves. Only 1% or less of Spanish children will arrive (to play professionally) so your child's objective and yours as a parent is that your child is happy, and that they develop as a person."

- Luis Enrique 🇪🇸

11/01/2024

Always nice when you receive a good review. 😄 No fads and no gimmicks. 😄💪

17/10/2023

🛑Stop telling patients with lateral hip pain to stretch! ✋
One of the leading causes of lateral hip pain is Gluteal Tendinopathy. This is an insertional tendinopathy and is aggravated by stretching movements that work into adduction, especially if combined with flexion or rotation.
The classic piriformis stretch or pigeon pose are often suggested for patients with symptoms in this region but actually tend to make things worse!
What if the patient likes to stretch or enjoys yoga? It’s not harmful but it’s best to reduce the intensity and duration of the stretch or focus on other areas, especially when symptoms are irritable.
As things improve people can gradually return to their goal activities (including stretches) and progress based on symptom response. This is important as we’re not suggesting long term avoidance just short term activity modification.
What do you like to recommend to patients with lateral hip pain instead of stretching? Let me know in the comments 🗣️

17/10/2023

Appointments available tomorrow at 4pm and Friday 10.30 am/5.30 pm

12/10/2023

Here’s a quick overview of the key treatments for Achilles tendinopathy from our graphic from
Let’s focus first on the big bubbles, those treatments with an important role:
Activity load management and progression - it’s vital for people with tendon pain that we guide them back to valued activities. This starts by finding a manageable level that doesn’t cause a lasting flare. From there we can gradually build towards their goal which could be running and sport or simply walking and daily activities.
Progressive rehab programme - most successful rehab approaches to Achilles tendinopathy have one thing in common - they’re progressive. I favour a heavy, slow resistance training approach as it’s follows S&C principles and seems most effective in addressing rehab needs. This usually starts with 3 exercises, each 3 sets of 15 reps (15 Rep Max) and builds with increasing loads to 12RM, 8RM and eventually 6RM over a period of around 12 weeks. I don’t think we always need to be this prescriptive. You’re likely to see good results if you select exercises based on your assessment findings, start at a manageable level and gradually increase the load over time. When strength is restored and symptoms are non-irritable it can help to work on restoring power which is frequently reduced following tendon pain.
Patient empowerment and education - the key steps that get a patient better are actually the ones that they take themselves! We can’t make them stronger or run the miles for them. So we need to help them understand the condition, address their fears and concerns and empower them to take control.
What about the rest?!… see the first reply in the comments for info on shockwave, shoe selection, massage and more.
If you’ve found this helpful please like and share, and tag a friend who treats runners or people with Achilles pain. Thanks 🙏

08/10/2023

Appointments available Tuesday and Thursday evenings with Sue.