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Author: James Kirkpatrick (MSc, MSST, FHEA)
James is a Teaching Fellow with 14 years of clinical experience, specialising in running injuries and tendon pain.
James Kirkpatrick (registration number SST8030) is the Clinic Director and Lead Therapist at The Recovery Room, which he founded in 2012. James is a Teaching Fellow and was formerly the Programme Leader on a Sports Therapy degree programme at the University of Chichester and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Winchester. More recently, he has returned to full-time clinical practice.
His passion for teaching and improving the health and wellbeing of others is the reason he loves his job. His clinical experience has developed through his hobbies of tennis, surfing and trail running. In February, he went on his first ski holiday and, with his daughter pictured below, received a few helpful pointers 🙂
He is currently learning to wing foil, which is both enjoyable and humbling.
James is an avid trail runner and enjoys distances ranging from half marathons to ultramarathons (38 miles), albeit very, very slowly!
His clinical areas of interest include chronic overuse injuries, particularly running injuries, tendinopathy and chronic pain. He provides shockwave therapy in his clinic for chronic tendinopathy, alongside bespoke rehabilitation programmes tailored to your sport and lifestyle needs. Whilst he has treated professional athletes, his passion is helping anyone move better and live life more freely.
His work relating to running injury prevention has been published in Women’s Running magazine. He has also researched limb strength and injury prevalence in tennis players, runners and regular gym-goers. This work has helped him establish links with strength-testing dynamometry companies, and he now uses this technology in clinical practice to measure progress and improve exercise adherence.
Tennis was James’s main sport growing up. He qualified as an LTA Level 4 coach and gained experience teaching players of all ages and abilities in Romsey, Southampton and Salisbury. During this time, his primary interest was helping people develop efficient biomechanics to reduce their risk of injury. This passion led him to complete an MSc in Sports Therapy in 2012, complementing his BSc in Sports Science from the University of Southampton, which he completed in 2004.
In 2024, he completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning and has worked as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Winchester. He is now working clinically full-time.
Although he treats all types of injuries, James has become known as a running injury specialist, with lower limb injuries and tendon problems being his main areas of interest.
He wants to help you move better and feel better, regardless of your lifestyle or sporting needs.
Professional Overview:
Adele is a Sports Therapist graduating from Bournemouth University in 2022 achieving the highest grade in her cohort. She currently works here at The Recovery Room and part-time within the NHS as a Senior MSK Clinician.
Adele treats all musculoskeletal injuries but particularly enjoys treating lower limb and sports-related injuries. She treats with a focus on functional exercise rehabilitation combined with hands-on techniques including soft tissue techniques, sports massage and joint mobilisations. This combination of techniques alongside education helps to create a comprehensive rehabilitation plan with the patient’s goals at the centre of care.
Treatment approach and Clinical Skillset:
She has a strong belief that the enjoyment of movement plays a huge role within peoples lives whether they want to return to everyday activities or performance.
As a youth international sailor, she understands the demands on athletes and the level of performance required for competition and so ensures the highest standard of rehabilitation.
Currently, she is in the final stages of becoming an APPI Matwork Pilates Instructor and so uses Pilates-based rehabilitation as an alternative approach when helping people return to function. This approach can take patients from injury to instilling good exercise habits to promote a healthy active lifestyle, prevent injury and reoccurrence in the long term.
In her NHS role she has had additional training in supporting adolescent athletes and understands the differences and demands on their body. Due to her youth participation in high level sport, she understands the demands on athletes first hand.
Professional Memberships
Research:
As part of her dissertation Adele studied how psychological strategies and interventions can help to improve confidence in rehabilitation. From the learnings of this she instilled goal orientated rehabilitation into her approach. She focusses on developing goals and testing outcomes to clearly guide and track progress across the rehabilitation journey.
Following completion of her degree she worked as a research assistant at Bournemouth University on a project looking at reducing falls and fractures in the community. She helped to develop patient resources to help educate and prevent patients from falls and improve health to reduce fracture risk. She has seen the benefits of exercise first hand in both private practice and the NHS setting as well as the huge impact it can have on people’s lives.
Outside of Clinic:
Adele enjoys being outdoors and can usually be found participating in wind-based watersports, cycling, tennis, running or skiing (in the winter). She is currently learning to play golf to add to the list! If she isn’t doing one of the above, she will likely be walking her dog or watching Formula 1.
I am a newly graduated Sports Therapist from the University of Winchester with a 2:1 degree. I work at The Recovery Room part-time as well as my local Nursery. I provide hands on techniques such as soft tissue massage, joint mobilisations and exercise prescriptions.
I have the belief that movement is medicine and can help to improve injury outcomes in most cases!
I have been sailing for the past 13 years where I now have the title of Senior Sailing Instructor.
I have a skill set in Exercise Rehabilitation, Sports Massage, Joint mobilisations, K-Taping and Muscle Dynamometry. I also have particular interest and experience in Lower Limb injuries.
In my free time I enjoy E-Sports, Sailing, walking in nature, Formula 1 and I am currently learning to play golf!
I have a professional membership with the Society of Sports Therapists (SST30018) and the Royal Yachting Association (920759770)
Research:
As part of my dissertation I researched Knowledge and Awareness of Concussions between Sailing Instructors and Recreational Sailors, which helped to improve safety guidelines and created protocols within my sailing club.
I am currently undertaking my Early Years initial Teacher Training (EYiTT) in where I hope this can support my ability to develop new skills in paediatric care and early childhood physical development by using Play-Based Rehabilitation.
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