physio and coaching
to keep you fit for life
Restore and develop your health, fitness and confidence, improve your quality of life, and enjoy a more active and fulfilling lifestyle
Are you struggling with...
Pain, stiffness or weakness holding you back?
Not achieving your health, fitness or performance goals?
Concerns regarding re-injury or managing a health condition?
Please don’t put off getting the right help, as it can make your problems more difficult, time consuming and expensive to solve in the long run. I provide one to one and group services to support you.
Choose a service and book online to get the support you need to...
Get back to being active with specialist physiotherapy in Ipswich or online
Get fit, stay healthy and perform at your best with expert coaching in Ipswich or online
Ease muscle aches and pains with safe and appropriate sports massage in Ipswich
Build confidence, fitness and function after stroke through my online stroke rehab group
Why fitness 4 life physio?
Tailored help, lasting results and fewer costly setbacks
✔ Be understood as a person, you’re more than muscles, bones, body fat, and nerves
✔ We’ll explore the big picture and finer details of your problem to create personalised solutions
✔ No fads, we’ll discover and address the true root causes of your problem in an empowering way for long term success
Restore and develop your fitness for life and work
✔ Whether you’re new to exercise or have a health condition, we’ll consider your individual needs for family life, work, and hobbies
✔ Discover your capabilities, build confidence, and optimise your rehabilitation and health
✔ A face to face and online physio and health and fitness coaching clinic
Save time and money with a multi skilled professional
✔ No more unnecessary extra sessions or services, repetition or confusion
✔ Get your own consistent, trusted and multi skilled professional, and stop all the conflicting info and advice making matters worse
✔ Get physio for an injury or illness, coaching for a health, fitness or weight loss goal, or sports massage to ease your aches and pains
⭐ Reviews ⭐
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After an ankle injury sustained Mountain biking that just would not seem to heal, Carls expertise helped to diagnose what was wrong and get me back to regular training. He prescribed and demonstrated exercises, explained the benefits of each and really helped me to understand the reasons why we were doing them. Progress was seen immediately, and although its still not quite as good as before the injury, i was able to avoid surgery which would of entailed a much longer healing time with no guarenteed results. If you are looking for a friendly and knowledgeable physio look no further!
Jack Noon
31/03/2021 -
I am a part of a stroke group and Carl runs a Zoom class every Thursday after. He is a qualified instructor in all forms of exercise including Stroke Rehabilitation. He gives us gentle movements that he explains what benefits they have. Non of the exercises are strenuous and he can tailor then to each individual. Each month we have an assessment lesson where we all fill out a private form that no one else can see. looking over the forms for the last few months I can see although it be slow a steady improvement. I would strongly recommend Carl and his rehabilitation classes to anyone who wants to make some improvement there improved mobility. A big Thank you Carl
Brian Sheppard
15/01/2021 -
I am a part of a stroke group and Carl is giving us training and therapy on zoom. He has a real understaning of what it is like to have a stroke and give us the appropriate exerecsie for our needs. He is a patient and very calm person and always ready to help. Thanks Carl
Brian Sheppard
11/09/2020 -
I certainly recommend Carl's online Stroke rehab class. It's convenient connecting to Zoom weekly and Carl is reassuring and knowledgeable in this work. I've been with the class for 1 year plus.
optimistic gal
14/08/2021 -
Loving Carl's Zoom stroke exercise class. There are always options available to make the exercises suitable for everyone. Highly recommend his weekly class. Thank you Carl.
Pamela irving
13/05/2021 -
Loving Carl's Zoom stroke exercise class. There are always options available to make the exercises suitable for everyone. Highly recommend his weekly class. Thank you Carl.
Pamela irving
17/06/2021 -
Carl is the physiotherapist at our Stroke Club. He is cheerful, warm and approachable. He is always thinking of new and fun ways to help us maximise our potential after stroke. His patience, humour and expertise makes him a valuble, well loved member of the team. He is highly recommended!
Nick Trett
07/02/2020 -
Carl is an excellent physio and has a great knowledge base from strength and conditioning to manual therapy. I would definitely recommend Carl for physio treatment.
James Leathers
02/01/2021 -
Carl helped me when I had inflammation and sharp pain in my Achilles, he diagnosed me straight away and started treating the pain immediately which was a massive relief. Carl gave me specific exercises to work on inbetween sessions which I still include in my workouts today. Carl was very professional and extremely knowledgeable, his treatment room was comfortable and his booking system was easy to use. His service was very personal which I found lacking when visiting other physios . Would highly recommend
Sean Ryan
27/08/2020 -
I went to see Carl after tearing my hamstring at rugby . He went above and beyond to help get me back to fitness , initially so I could go away snowboarding then when I returned continuing to get back to full fitness . I would recommend his Knowledgable services to anyone
Ciaran O'farrell
15/06/2020
- Carl did my assessment before referring me to a neurologist when he discovered that physical therapy was not the appropriate course of action. Although unable to assist me with an exercise program, he took the time to go through all of my history, did a thorough physical assessment before making any assumptions and compiled a great referral report which sped things up for me afterwards. Professional attitude, knows his stuff and a friendly guy, highly recommend! Chris Stennett
13/11/2019 - Carl was my supervisor for a time whilst working in MSK physiotherapy in Suffolk.
He's always put alot of time and effort into teaching and helping me to understand all things physio related and how best to manage tricky patients. Working with Carl has helped to develop my clinical reasoning skills, handling, and confidence and he is a physio that even with my own six years experience, I would still seek out and value his opinion and advice Lee Platt
08/01/2020 - I am a part of a stroke group and Carl is giving us training and therapy on zoom. He has a real understaning of what it is like to have a stroke and give us the appropriate exerecsie for our needs. He is a patient and very calm person and always ready to help. Thanks Carl Brian Sheppard
10/12/2020 - I saw Carl when I had Sciatica and was in a lot of pain. He was extremely professional, knowledgeable and helped when the pain was at its worst. He gave me some great after care advice as well which I still use now and am pleased to say I am still pain free. Would highly recommend and would use again myself. Martin Cumberland
17/02/2020 - I became a client of Carl's earlier this year after suffering a calf injury playing rugby. After the extremely professional assessment; medical history, previous injuries, level of physical activity, current physical stats etc. I was given a detailed but easy to follow plan of rehabilitation. No pressure was put upon me to have any follow up appointments; literally my choice if I felt the need for further treatment. I took the opportunity to book a further treatment straight away. Through the careful management of my injury by Carl, sports massage, specific area exercise and monitoring by him, I was able to resume playing rugby again within an incredibly short time frame that I didn't think would've been possible. I can thoroughly recommend Carl for anything from a small niggle to major injury as you'll be seen by the best. Stephen Barrett
28/12/2019 - Carl has helped me and other Stroke survivors to keep active and gives us the exercises we need to keep us moving. Carl is very good and I would recommend him without hesitation. Adi Stannard-Smith
14/11/2020 - I saw Carl when I was suffering from plantar fasciitis. He sorted out a rehabilitation programme, demonstrated excellent understanding of my needs to get back onto the netball court as quickly as possible and explained clearly what exercises would help. He is knowledgeable about many sports and injuries, as well as being available for advice around training and strength and conditioning. I will certainly seek out his advice in the future. Annabel Bennett
03/03/2020
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