Ascend Sports Rehab & Performance

Ascend Sports Rehab & Performance From pain to peak. Recover, Rebuild, Perform. Bridge the gap between recovery and performance

20/04/2026

A strong result at the NZ Mountain Running Championships:

🥈 2nd in Men’s U20
🏔️ Medium course – 8.75km

Grateful to be part of his journey with physio support and S&C alongside the work he continues to put in himself.🔥

Performance is never just one session or one day.
It is built through consistent work over time.

Excited to see what Sam is capable to accomplish in his first Oceania Athletics Championships in 4 weeks!

Well done Sam👏🏻👏🏻

TaurangaPhysio

05/04/2026

Don’t prescribe before screening.‼️‼️

Before building a plan, we want information first.

How does the athlete warm up?
How do they organise movement?
How do they express movement?
What changes under fatigue?
Etc….
🤔🧐💭
And why does that matter?

Before we cue or prescribe anything, we want to see their natural movement solution first.

The first session is not about doing more for the sake of it.
It’s about seeing what the athlete actually needs.

It all starts with observation.👀👀

⚠️Consent given by this athlete to use this footage.

Rehab and training are often treated like two separate worlds.But they’re not always that different.Rehab is about resto...
26/03/2026

Rehab and training are often treated like two separate worlds.

But they’re not always that different.

Rehab is about restoring what pain, injury, or time away has reduced.
Training is about building the qualities your body or your sport needs next.

And sometimes, they can use the exact same exercise.

Take a single-leg countermovement jump after ACL rehab.

In one context, it might be used to look at pain response, confidence, landing mechanics, asymmetry, and load tolerance.

In another, it might be used to develop or monitor jump height, power, repeated output, fatigue response, and readiness for sport demands.

Same exercise.
Different intention.
Different dosage.
Different metrics.

That’s why rehab shouldn’t just end when symptoms calm down.
At some point, it should start reflecting the demands of the goal.

The line between rehab and training is often thinner than people think.

Meet SanjiClinic supervisor Sanji occasionally keeps a close eye on rehab sessions, ensures stress levels stay low, and ...
11/03/2026

Meet Sanji

Clinic supervisor

Sanji occasionally keeps a close eye on rehab sessions, ensures stress levels stay low, and leads by example with elite-level sleep recovery protocols.

Special interests:
• Monitoring rehab sessions
• Enforcing recovery naps and post training nutrition
• Stress reduction
• Elite plyometrics + agility training

We’re grateful for his leadership. 🐾

Meet SarahOnline Performance PhysiotherapistSarah works with runners and endurance athletes to move from injury → perfor...
03/03/2026

Meet Sarah

Online Performance Physiotherapist

Sarah works with runners and endurance athletes to move from injury → performance — returning stronger, smarter, and more resilient than before.

With a special interest in running-related and lower limb injuries, she specialises in rehabilitation and structured return-to-performance following complex, persistent, or recurrent issues.

Holding a PhD focused on ACL reconstruction outcomes, Sarah combines research-level insight with over 10 years of international clinical experience across NZ, Australia, and the UK. From recreational athletes to elite sport, she brings a thorough, analytical approach to solving complex cases.

Special Interests
• Lower limb rehabilitation & performance
• ACL reconstruction & complex knee injuries
• Running-related injuries
• Return-to-sport planning
• Injury prevention & performance optimisation

Sarah is currently Lead Physiotherapist at Team Bath (UK), supporting athletes across endurance, rowing, and team field sports.

She works remotely with athletes across NZ and internationally via structured online consultations and rehab planning through ASCEND.

Outside of work, you’ll see her training for her next triathlon race, lining up at endurance events or somewhere on a trail run ⛰️🚴‍♀️🏊‍♀️

Meet EdPhysio & Performance CoachFounder of AscendI help athletes and active individuals move from rehab → performance —...
25/02/2026

Meet Ed

Physio & Performance Coach
Founder of Ascend

I help athletes and active individuals move from rehab → performance — building strength, speed, and confidence beyond pain.

As both an athlete and a coach, I understand the physical demands of sport and frustration of injury, bridging the gap between recovery and performance.

Special Interests
• Running mechanics & sprint development
• Return to sport/ performance
• Movement analysis
• Strength & conditioning integration

Outside the clinic, I’m usually busy sprinting & jumping around and building sandcastles at the track or trying hard just to be an average golfer ⛳️🏌️



Strength alone doesn’t automatically become better movement.Many rehab programs rebuild muscle — but stop before the bod...
06/02/2026

Strength alone doesn’t automatically become better movement.

Many rehab programs rebuild muscle — but stop before the body relearns how to apply force under real-life demands.

Running, sport, and daily movement are elastic, timed, and coordinated.
Without transfer, strength stays trapped in the gym.

Good rehab doesn’t end at pain-free.
It finishes when strength shows up in movement.

That bridge is where performance is rebuilt.

For education only. Not individual physio advice.

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Tauranga
3110

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Tuesday 8am - 6pm
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Thursday 9am - 5pm
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