Assessment
A detailed history, then a thorough examination of movement, strength and the affected area. You leave with a working diagnosis you understand and a plan agreed with you, not handed to you.
Rehab to Performance
Strength & Conditioning in London
Rehab usually ends the moment the pain does, long before your body can handle what your sport asks of it, so physio-led strength and conditioning builds the missing capacity that turns a patched-up injury into lasting resilience.
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- Self-referral; no GP letter needed.
Strength & Conditioning can help to:
Bridge the gap from rehab to performance
We pick up where standard physiotherapy stops, building the capacity the tissue needs long after the pain has settled.
Build real load capacity and resilience
A progressive programme develops strength, power and tolerance to the level your sport, running or gym goals actually demand.
Return to sport or the gym stronger
Sport-specific work prepares you for full demands, so you come back more robust than you were before the injury.
Lower your risk of the next injury
Building strength and load tolerance is one of the most consistent ways to reduce common overuse and load-related problems.
Train with expert progression, not guesswork
Progression is guided by physiotherapists who read how your body responds, so loading advances at the right rate rather than a template's.
At your first appointment we work out what is really holding you back, then agree the plan with you before you leave.
Your initial visit runs 45–60 minutes: a detailed history, then a thorough examination of movement, strength and the affected area. We explain what we find in plain English and agree a working diagnosis together.
Treatment starts the same day, and you leave with the first exercises of a plan built around your goal.
Our strength and conditioning team
David Thomas
Founder & Chartered Physiotherapist, MSc, BSc
Augustin “Gus” Hadonou
Co-Founder & Chartered Physiotherapist, MAACP, BSc
Brad Donnelly
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Charlie Briers
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Stefanie Yeh
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Jubilee Viforj
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
David helped me when I started to have a strong tibia pain only 5 weeks before the marathon. I genuinely thought at some point that I wasn’t going to be able to do it and I did my PB!
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After suffering with terrible back pain, Gus has helped me make huge improvements. Very professional and happy to explain the processes and treatments. Many thanks
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Couldn’t recommend this physio team enough! They helped me recover from a knee injury 3 weeks before the London Marathon which I thought was going to prevent me from running it! Everyone was really friendly, supportive and genuinely cared about helping me reach my goal. Special thanks to Charlie, Gus, Brad and Stef!
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I came to Dave with an ongoing injury that I’ve been struggling with for months! He helped sort it out straight away, also giving me some exercises to help target the area to get back to full strength. I’m now back to running pain-free already and training properly — I’ll definitely be recommending Kaizen Physiotherapy to my clients!
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Gus worked miracles to get me running a marathon after being injured 6 weeks out. He worked out the issue really quickly and provided a clear and actionable plan to deal with it. The sports massages were the best I’ve ever had too — thanks Peggy! Can’t recommend Gus and Peggy enough.
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I had such a positive experience working with Brad at Kaizen. He supported me through a meniscus tear and got me all the way back to running a half marathon and HYROX training. Everything was structured, progressive, and easy to follow, and I always felt like I was in safe hands.
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Strength & Conditioning fees and insurance
Book online through Jane and self-refer, with no GP letter needed. If you are using private health insurance, check your policy first: some insurers ask for a GP referral before your first session.
- Initial assessment and treatment: £155 for a full 45–60 minutes
- Follow-up treatment: £93, with your plan progressed at each visit
- Sports massage: £115 for 60 minutes, £155 for 90 minutes
- Performance MOT & Screening: £300 for a 90-minute screen with force-plate testing and a written report
- Recognised by Bupa, AXA Health, Aviva, Cigna, WPA and Allianz
Your journey
with Kaizen
Everything starts with a proper assessment. We find what is driving the problem, treat it, and build the strength that keeps it fixed, so you finish performing, not just pain-free.
Treatment
Hands-on care to settle symptoms and restore movement: manual therapy, with acupuncture, shockwave or soft-tissue work where they genuinely help. The first home exercises go with you the same day.
Rebuild
Progressive exercise that returns strength, control and load tolerance, from Reformer Pilates to strength and conditioning. Each follow-up reassesses against your baseline, so progress is measured rather than guessed.
Perform
Criteria-based milestones return you to work, sport and training. Discharge happens by mutual agreement once you can manage independently, with a Performance MOT available to catch the next weak link early.
Better than yesterday. Kaizen means continuous improvement: small, repeatable gains, built session by session, until you are back to what you love and no longer need us.
- One team across five London clinics: Soho, Liverpool Street, Marylebone, Canary Wharf and Wimbledon Village, plus online appointments.
- Rated 5.0 on Google across 218 reviews.
- Founded in 2022 by David Thomas and Gus Hadonou. You see the same physiotherapist at every visit, so each session builds on the last.
We specialise in:
- Musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy
- Western medical acupuncture (AACP)
- Physiotherapy-led Reformer Pilates
- Specialist hand therapy and splinting
- Shockwave therapy for stubborn tendons
- Strength and conditioning for rehabilitation
- Running and gait analysis
- Performance MOT and movement screening
5 Locations
Strength & Conditioning across our 5 London clinics
- Canary Wharf 30 South Colonnade, London E14 5HX View location →
- Liverpool Street 280 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4RB View location →
- Marylebone 1 Orchard Street, London W1H 6HJ View location →
- Soho 111 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0DT View location →
- Wimbledon Village 39b High Street Wimbledon, London SW19 5BY View location →
Written and medically reviewed byDavid Thomas, Founder & Chartered Physiotherapist · HCPC-registered · MSc · Chartered Society of Physiotherapy · Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).
FAQ
FAQs
How is this different from training with a personal trainer?
Our strength and conditioning is physio-led, so progression is guided by clinical reasoning about your injury history, tissue tolerance, and movement quality. That matters most when you are returning from injury or surgery, where loading too fast risks a setback. We work alongside personal trainers, not in place of general fitness coaching.
Do I need to have finished rehabilitation first?
Not necessarily. Strength and conditioning often overlaps with the later stages of rehabilitation. The point of the service is to bridge that gap rather than wait for a clean handover. At your assessment we establish where you are and build the programme from there, whether you are mid-rehab or fully recovered.
Can strength and conditioning reduce my injury risk?
Building strength and load capacity is one of the most consistently evidence-supported ways to reduce musculoskeletal injury risk, particularly for runners and gym-goers. No programme can guarantee you will avoid injury, but improving your tissue tolerance and movement quality meaningfully lowers the risk of common overuse and load-related problems.
Do I need a GP referral?
No. UK physiotherapists are first-contact practitioners, so you can self-refer and book directly through our Jane online booking page. If you are claiming on private health insurance, your insurer may require a GP referral first, so check your policy. Self-funding clients never need a referral to see us.
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