Olympic physio opens new clinic in Darlington

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AN Olympic physio whose focus is on "making people feel better and move better" has opened a new clinic in Darlington.

Martin Davies, the owner of Active PhysioCare, has established himself as one of the leading experts in the area since opening his first clinic in Hartlepool two decades ago.

Martin has a wealth of experience having worked at the 2012 London Olympics, the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and several World Athletics Championships.

He's also worked closely with the British sailing team and last year used his expertise to support a four-man team who rowed the Atlantic Ocean.

Martin is supported by Ethan Ellwood, the lead physio at the new Darlington clinic, in Parkgate, and has worked closely with professional wrestlers and rugby union players as well as competitors at the Junior World CrossFit Games.

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But Martin and Ethan are as committed to helping people who might have a problem that's causing them discomfort day-to-day as they are world class athletes.

And when Martin set about exploring the idea of opening a new clinic, he identified Darlington as the perfect spot.

"It's a vibrant town and there's a lot of stuff happening in Darlington at the minute," Martin told The Northern Echo.

"What we offer and what we've offered over the last 20 years is access to quality hands-on physio.

"We don't have long waiting lists, people can book online, they can book day time or evening. It's giving people easy access to good quality physio.

"With hands on physiotherapy becoming less and less prominent in the NHS but people still searching for it, we just want to continue to give people what they want.

"We know from our 20 years in Hartlepool, people come in expecting detailed assessment and hands on physio."

Martin added: "We're there for all ages. We're there for recreational athletes to world class athletes to someone who doesn't train at all.

"We're seeing an increase in the amount of people over the age of 50 who are consciously aware that they need to make their body stronger and are wanting to be healthy in later life.

"There's a definite trend of people looking after themselves more. If they're suffering from arthritis in the knee that's stopping them from being active or pain in the shoulder or back, we can get to the bottom of the issue and keep them active.

"It's not about being an athlete, it's about making people feel better and move better.

"We help our patients set goals and take into account what someone's goal is. Whether they want to be in the garden for longer, run a fast mile or run a marathon.

"We look at how goals can be achieved in the short term then how we get to the end result. We don't just want to make our patients feel a bit better in the short-term and send them on their way, we want to help them set goals and achieve them."