What is an injury recovery trainer?

What it means

Physiotherapy is excellent at getting you out of pain. What it rarely has time for is the next few months: progressively loading the tissue so it is genuinely robust again. That gap is where re-injury lives, and it is what this trainer is for.

They know their scope. If something needs a physio or GP, they will tell you, then handle the strength rebuild once you are cleared.

What a injury recovery specialist can do for you

Rebuild strength safely after injury or surgery
Train you around a long-term condition within their scope
Progress load without flaring things up
Refer you on when a problem needs a clinician

Who should look for a injury recovery specialist

You have finished physio and do not know what to do next
You keep re-injuring the same thing
You want to get strong again without making it worse

Common questions

Is an injury recovery trainer the same as a physiotherapist?

No. A physio diagnoses and treats injury. An injury recovery trainer rebuilds strength and capacity afterwards, and refers you to a physio when that is the right call.

How FASTER fits in: we list trainers who hold this qualification and verify it before they go live. We do not deliver the training or take responsibility for the service. The relationship is between you and the trainer.

Find a injury recovery specialist

Browse verified, FASTER-trained injury recovery specialists on the register.

Want to become one?

Here is the FASTER Injury Recovery to Performance Specialist course, taught by the people who wrote it.