Endurance Sport Injury Clinic

Endurance Sport Injury Clinic is for people seeking sports injury assessment, rehabilitation, sports massage and shockwave therapy in Folkestone. The clinic works with sports injuries and musculoskeletal problems, with an ethos of identifying and treating injury while aiming to reduce the chance of recurrence through targeted exercise programmes and manual therapy.

The clinic states that it diagnoses and treats back pain, ligament sprains, muscle and tendon strains, tendinopathy, chronic pain, arthritis, repetitive strain injuries and post-trauma problems, including fractures. It also provides post-operative rehabilitation after spinal, shoulder and knee surgery, as well as joint replacements.

Its services include injury assessment and rehabilitation, follow-up treatment, sports massage and shockwave therapy. Sports massage is offered across different appointment types, including sessions with named therapists where listed.

The clinical team includes a sports rehabilitator, sports therapists and Level 4 sports massage therapists. Their stated backgrounds cover sports rehabilitation, sports therapy, sport and exercise science, sports massage, running fitness, personal training, gym instruction and ballet teaching. Team experience and interests include endurance sport, running, triathlon, dance, trampolining, acute injuries, post-surgical rehabilitation, gait analysis, muscular tension, mobility, and working with people with chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Parkinson's disease.

Assessments and treatments are usually carried out one-to-one. The clinic states that patients are assessed and treated by a qualified graduate sport rehabilitator registered with the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Therapists, or equivalent. Children under 16 and vulnerable adults must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, and 16 to 17 year olds need a parent or guardian present to give written consent at their first appointment.