I am an accredited Sports Yoga Coach, having trained five years ago with Sarah Ramsden, who worked with both Manchester City and Manchester Utd for many seasons. I now assist Sarah on her course ‘The Body Athletic’.
I have created and delivered individual programmes for a range of professional, semi-professional and keen amateur athletes in various sports, including marathon running, boxing and football. I have worked with athletes of all ages, from the weekend warriors who have been pounding their way through distance runs for years, to young footballers who are already signed to clubs and hoping to become full professionals. I take each client through comprehensive Range of Movement (ROM) and stability tests to see where restrictions occur. Working with the client, we look at how repetitive movement patterns have caused these restrictions and develop a programme to mitigate this, developing efficient functional movement, thus enabling optimal performance.
“I wanted to get myself back in shape in my early forties, and in order to do that I restarted martial arts training (after a 15-year break) as well weight training and running. Almost immediately, I started accumulating injuries from out of condition muscles and joints. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Karen’s sports yoga class at work, and it has been a fantastic addition to my fitness regime. It has improved my resilience through improved mobility and flexibility, coupled with some great core activation. I would highly recommend her classes, especially for sporty types.”
— Ashley Ball – Martial Arts Practitioner