Ben Ashworth

Ben Ashworth (UK) is lead physio and consultant for Athletic Shoulder. He works with teams and individuals to help solve shoulder performance problems. He has over two decades of experience as a practitioner with Masters in both Physiotherapy and Strength & Conditioning.

Ben’s interest & experience in shoulders developed from his time in professional rugby at London Wasps (2002-2005) and was accelerated through his work with the English Institute of Sport and his role in Team GB role at the Olympics in London 2012. The Athletic Shoulder testing & monitoring philosophy combines Ben’s shoulder expertise with over ten years of monitoring athletes in performance environments.

Ben is currently working towards completion of a PhD in the area of Shoulder performance monitoring at Liverpool Hope University, a center of excellence for upper limb and shoulder research (focussing on fatigue, return to play markers and neuromuscular profiling for performance). This is an extension of Ben’s recent published work around the now well established use of force platforms for shoulder testing developed at Saracens rugby and currently applied in baseball, tennis, rugby, MMA, Olympic & collegiate sports.