Having now worked with Ryan consistently for several months, I think the best way to describe the results is that he has fundamentally changed what I am physically able to do.

When I first started treatment, my shoulder problems were significantly limiting both my training and day-to-day movement. I have a long history of Olympic lifting, chronic shoulder dysfunction, major tendon reconstruction surgery on my left shoulder, and years of compensation through the right side. At one point, the pain and restriction were so significant that I was struggling to bench press 14 kg comfortably.

That is now a completely different picture.

My shoulder issues are now largely resolved and I am back training at full capacity, pain free, and progressing well. I am comfortably bench pressing 74 kg, I can perform chest and triceps dips without pain or irritation, and my overall upper-body mobility, strength and condition have improved significantly.

The difference this has made to my training has been substantial. Simply being able to train properly again has contributed to a 4.8% increase in lean muscle mass, while my body fat has reduced from 23.5% to 19.8%.

Perhaps more importantly, I no longer need to take codeine or paracetamol for shoulder pain. This is the first time in several years that my shoulders have genuinely been pain free, which is something I had begun to think might not happen again.

Ryan has continued to use a very structured and clinical approach throughout. Rather than treating individual areas in isolation, he has worked across the whole shoulder complex, including the chest, lats, traps, rhomboids, triceps and biceps, addressing compensation patterns, tissue quality, mobility restrictions and deeper trigger points as they have presented.

He has also used dry needling very effectively where appropriate. Several deeper areas that had previously been resistant to treatment reduced significantly following needling, with the improvements continuing to become apparent over the days following treatment.

What has impressed me throughout is that the treatment has never felt formulaic. Ryan continually reassesses how my body is responding and adapts the treatment accordingly. As one restriction resolves and movement patterns normalise, he identifies the next limiting factor and works on that rather than simply repeating the same treatment each week.

More recently, Ryan has also been working on a long-standing knee issue that had prevented me from achieving full knee flexion. That has now become pain free and I have returned to performing full-depth barbell squats, something I had been unable to do comfortably for a considerable period.

His advice around modifying my training has also been extremely useful. Rather than simply telling me to stop training, he has helped me understand how to keep training productively while avoiding movements or loading patterns that could reinforce the very compensations we were trying to correct.

After 46 years of weight training, including around 25 years of competitive lifting, and 30 years of military service, I am realistic enough to know there will always be the occasional niggle to manage. Because of the progress I have made, I intend to continue with my 90-minute weekly sessions with Ryan both for maintenance and to deal with those smaller issues before they develop into larger problems.

I've worked with many sports therapists, physiotherapists and rehabilitation specialists over the years. Very few combine the anatomical knowledge, hands-on skill, clinical reasoning and understanding of serious strength training that Ryan demonstrates.

If you're a serious lifter, athlete, former athlete, or simply someone dealing with complex or long-standing musculoskeletal problems rather than a straightforward strain, I would have no hesitation recommending him.

The difference between where I started and where I am now is considerable, and the fact that I am once again training hard, progressing and doing it pain free speaks for itself.

I have a reset body thanks to Ryan.

Very thorough session. Ryan is good.

I always leave Ryan with more mobility and flexibility. He is always able to sort out my niggles so I leave pain-free!

Yes I am sore but no pain no gain as they say. Feeling much more flexible, really done me good.

Fantastic relaxing massage as usual; Ryan makes you feel at ease and is thoroughly recommended.

Amazing! Thank you so much for a wonderful massage… so many knots!!!! Next massage already booked!

Great experience with ryan, very friendly and approachable and very informative. Relieved years of back pain in one session. Will definitely be back!

Ryan a true professional as always, very knowledgeable and I felt so much better and flexible a couple of days later, would definitely recommend

Really nice chap and knows his stuff.
A great little set up at the gym.