Originally a Strength & Conditioning coach with the National Academy Of Sports Medicine, Matt turned his attention to Sports Therapy back in 2004, and became part of a multidisciplinary team on the South Coast of England that included Sports Therapists, Massage Therapists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists and Osteopaths.

As a keen runner himself (famed for running multiple marathons & half marathons in a blue morph suit!), Matt started working in particular with distance runners & endurance athletes, and in becoming increasingly aware of  the high levels of contradicting advice & misconceptions within the running industry decided to create his website www.runchatlive.com to try and help both runners and therapists evolve from outdated ideas and embrace a more evidence-based approach to running injury prevention & management.

Running Gait Analysis & Runchatlive Podcast

As an established writer for multiple running magazines & websites, and a popular speaker at many national conferences, Matt was invited in 2018 to Kenya to help set up the first 3D Gait Analysis lab in Nairobi for the company Run Beyond. So impressed was he by the time he spent in Kenya that he decided to do a live stream to talk about it, and with that started Runchatlive Podcast. Matt was soon having guests from around the world, all specialists in the area of Running Injury and Performance. Well worth checking all the episodes out! As far as Running Gait Analysis, we are proud to say that Matt offers a Running Gait Analysis CPD Course exclusively for The ST School, details of which can be found here.

Communication & Behaviour Change Course

As well as being a health practitioner, Matt also has a long history of working in further education, helping a diverse range of students & professionals improve their communication skills. He has recently launched a new online CPD course ‘Communication & Behaviour Change Skills for Clinical Practice‘ , blending evidence-based communication techniques with practical behaviour change models to provide health care practitioners with a selection of approaches to help clients & patients embrace positive, meaningful behaviour change, and see opportunity in professional advice rather than hinderance & challenge. Full details are available at The ST School website.

Sports Therapy Association Podcast

The Covid Pandemic left a lot of soft tissue therapists with more questions than answers, so Matt decided in late 2020 to create the ‘Sports Therapy Association Podcast‘, a weekly live podcast with special guests from the world of soft tissue therapy, aimed at helping therapists gently evolve to bring their business in more in line with modern evidence informed  practice. Matt is super aware of how scary and frustrating social media can be for therapists, and the Sports Therapy Association (founded by Gary Benson in early 2014) does a fantastic job as a professional association that truly cares for its members and our industry. All episodes of the podcast are available on your favourite podcast apps including Apple, Spotify and YouTube!

And so much more…

As our Injury Rehab and Running Performance Specialist here at The ST School, there is so much more we could tell you about Matt, but space is running low. He was an integral part in the creation and delivery of our recent ‘Hands On Hub & STA Conference’ in Exmouth, which we thank him for immensely. He is also speaking once again at this year’s Therapy Expo at the NEC in Birmingham.