Origin Performance
Strength, conditioning and performance. The strand concerned with capacity rather than symptoms: what your body can actually do, measured properly, and built up from there.
The goal
Origin Performance
Getting out of pain is not the same as being ready. Origin Performance exists for the gap between the two, and for the people who want to know where they stand before anything goes wrong.
At its centre is VALD strength and asymmetry testing: objective measurement of strength, power, balance and movement quality, at a precision observation cannot reach. It shows side-to-side deficits and strength gaps that look fine to the eye, which matters most for return-to-sport decisions after an injury.
Around that sits progressive strength and conditioning work, using the full gym facilities at both clinics. Testing is repeated through the programme, so progress is measured against your own earlier numbers rather than assumed.
How it's trained
What Origin Performance covers
- Objective VALD testing of strength, power, balance and movement quality
- Side-to-side asymmetry measurement, the clearest marker of injury risk
- Evidence-based return-to-sport decisions rather than decisions made on feel
- Progressive strength and conditioning, with full gym facilities at both clinics
- Repeat testing every six to eight weeks to track real change
- Baseline testing while you are fit, so a future injury has something to compare against
Where to start
How Amanda helps you get there
VALD Strength Testing
Price on enquiryObjective measurement of strength, power, balance and movement quality using VALD technology. It shows the side-to-side deficits the eye cannot see, so return-to-sport decisions and rehabilitation progress rest on numbers rather than on how the last session happened to feel.
See the service →Exercise Rehabilitation
From £75Tailored, progressive programmes rebuilding strength, mobility and confidence after injury, surgery or persistent pain, with full gym facilities at both clinics. Every exercise is emailed the same day and loaded into the Move Health app so your technique stays right at home.
See the service →Post-Operative Rehabilitation
From £75Structured rehabilitation after orthopaedic surgery, worked to your surgeon's protocol and to the pace the healing tissue needs. The operation fixes the structure, but what you do over the months that follow is what decides the outcome you actually live with.
See the service →FAQ
Common
questions
Do I need to be an athlete to use Origin Performance?
No. It suits anyone who wants an objective picture of their physical capability, including people recovering from injury or surgery and those simply wanting a baseline. Athletes use it too, but the majority of testing is not elite sport.
How does VALD testing help my recovery?
It shows precisely how the injured side compares with your own uninjured side, which observation cannot do reliably. That makes progression decisions evidence-based, and it is why re-injury rates fall when return-to-sport is measured rather than guessed.
How often should testing be repeated?
Within a rehabilitation programme, every six to eight weeks is typical, as that is long enough for measurable change. For general performance monitoring, two or three times a year around your training blocks is usually more useful.
Other goals
Get Started
Book a physiotherapy appointment
in the City or Canary Wharf.
Origin Health • 280 Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street, London EC2M 4RB
BookAppointments typically available within 1–2 weeks