Josh has been working at TFD since March 2022. Throughout his career Josh spent nearly a decade in the emergency services as well as working as a student within the NHS. 

Josh currently works as a Level 5 Sports and Soft Tissue Therapist where he treats a variety of sports and every day related injuries. Examples include lower back pain, shoulder injuries, sports related trauma, and many more. He uses a range of treatments including soft tissue, massage, dry needling, dry cupping and shockwave therapy to achieve this.

Alongside his clinical work, Josh is also a student Osteopath studying at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine. Josh is a keen rugby player as well as a runner, where he volunteers as a UK Athletics run leader for the Faringdon Far Runners Group. 

Jo has been part of the tfd gym team since November 2018 as a Personal Trainer, Class Instructor and Exercise Referral Instructor. She qualified as a Level 3 Sports Massage Therapist in October 2020, before moving on to qualify as a Level 5 Soft Tissue Therapist with OSSM in 2024.

She is passionate about using Sports Therapy and Sports Massage to help people with injuries, stiffness and general aches and pains and is having excellent feedback from her clients. 

Jo enjoys a variety of gym training and challenges from tough mudder and a half marathon, to trailwalker’s 100km in 24hours, and of course exploring with her cockapoo, Lily! In her spare time, she can be found watching her favourite sport speedway, either locally or on trips around the world. 

Calum has been working with the tfd gym team as a Personal Trainer and Class Instructor since 2021. He has since joined the tfd therapy team where he is available for Sports Massage Therapy, Exercise Rehab programming and Sports Injury Rehabilitation.

Calum did his BSc Strength & Conditioning degree at the University of South Wales where he specialised in functional screening and the assessment of movement patterns and posture, functional training and the technical exercises to develop fundamental movement patterns, and sports injury and rehabilitation.

Although Calum spends a lot of time in the gym, when he isn’t here, he can be found playing football for a local team and enjoys a spot of travelling when he can.

Alex joined the tfd gym team as a gym assistant in 2021 and has progressed on to complete his Level 2 Fitness Instructor & Level 3 Personal Trainer courses alongside the BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Sports & Exercise Science at the City of Oxford College. He also studied his Level 3 Sports Massage Therapy qualification during this time.

He is keen to help treat tight, aching muscles to enhance performance in the gym environment and improve general wellbeing for his clients.

Alex’s love for training and his personal nutrition, has put him in good stead for his career as a fitness professional and this has expanded his understanding of body movement and mechanics.