Elite Athlete Support & Sports Rehabilitation in Cambridge
FAST provides sports rehabilitation and athlete support in Cambridge, from university and developing athletes through to professional, Olympic, Paralympic and international sport.
The same service is available whether you compete internationally or simply want to return to your own sport well.
Four questions help shape your route back.
An injury should not automatically mean stopping everything. The aim is to protect what matters while preserving as much training as possible.
What can I keep doing?
Keep the training that is safe and useful, so you do not unnecessarily lose fitness, strength or momentum.
What needs to change?
Reduce or adapt what is aggravating the problem while the injured area settles and adapts.
What can I rebuild?
Restore the injured area while maintaining — and where possible improving — the rest of your capacity.
When am I ready?
Use strength, function, sport-specific tolerance and confidence — not simply time — to guide return.
Built into Cambridge sport.
Cambridge has plenty to shout about. Its sport deserves more of the spotlight too.
FAST has grown within this sporting community for more than a decade, and we are proud to support — and help share — some of the city’s sporting successes.
Across our three Cambridge clinics, rehabilitation can progress into gym-based work, track progression, objective strength testing and sport-specific return-to-play.
Cambridge United Football Stadium
Rich began working with Cambridge United in 2009 and the FAST stadium clinic opened in 2013. Our work has included every level of the club — men’s first team, academy and women’s team. For footballers and field-sport athletes, that experience helps us understand what returning to training and match demands really involves.
Cambridge United’s FA Cup win at Newcastle →
Cambridge University Athletics Track
Long-standing relationships with Cambridge University Athletics and Hare & Hounds sit alongside around 10 years of previous support for Cambridge University Hockey Club. When rehabilitation needs running progressions, the track is immediately available to move from clinic assessment into real running demands.
The Leys Sports Complex
FAST has provided the student sports injury service since 2013, including first aid, concussion screening, drop-in clinics, national finals and overseas tours. For patients whose rehabilitation needs more strength and capacity work, the sporting and gym environment allows appropriate progression beyond the treatment room.
Three sporting environments. One connected rehabilitation pathway.
The stadium, athletics track and gym give rehabilitation somewhere practical to progress beyond the treatment room.
Proven at the highest level.
Selected athlete stories, achievements and testimonials.
Louis Rolfe MBE
On display in clinic: Louis Rolfe MBE’s signed Great Britain Paralympic jersey display.
Louise Shanahan
On display in clinic: Louise Shanahan’s Ireland Olympic bib with medal.
Hayley Simmonds
On display in clinic: Hayley Simmonds’ Great Britain cycling jersey.
Lucy Gossage
On display in clinic: Lucy Gossage’s signed tracksuit top, message on the cap and Ironman medal.
Joe Hinson
On display in clinic: Joe Hinson’s skateboard used in World Skate competition.
The relationships behind the sport.
Many people return to FAST through different injuries, seasons and stages of their sporting lives. The cards, shirts, passes and messages around our clinics are a small reminder of the people and journeys behind the appointments.
Experience across a wide range of sport.
Open a sport family for selected examples of FAST experience across different sporting environments.
Long-standing work with Cambridge University Athletics and Hare & Hounds sits alongside British and national champions, elite marathoners, GB 100km athletes and para world-record level sprinting.
Cambridge Running Clinic →FAST has supported several professional footballers, including players who have progressed to score in the Premier League. Our long-standing Cambridge United relationship has covered the men’s first team, women’s team and academy.
Experience includes Paralympic and Commonwealth medallists, World Cup triathletes and leading long-distance competitors.
FAST has supported rugby players who have progressed to World Cup competition, alongside long-standing work with The Leys and Cambridge University Women’s Rugby, plus extensive hockey experience.
Experience includes the Dubai national netball team, ARU High Performance basketball teams winning national titles, volleyball, and age-group championship-level tennis.
FAST supports athletes competing in HYROX, CrossFit and other gym-based events, including HYROX World Champions and age-group record holders. FAST therapist Megan Williams also won her solo age group at HYROX Riga in 2025.
Experience includes direct work with GB Skateboarding and international-level skateboarders, alongside athletes from golf, climbing and gymnastics.
FAST experience includes a World Cup skeleton athlete, GB-level skiing and Cambridge University Ice Hockey Club, alongside wider skiing and snowboarding backgrounds.
Experience across these sports includes GB athletes, international medallists and previous work within MCCU cricket, alongside rowing, American football and Ultimate Frisbee.
Rooted in Cambridge. Trusted further afield.
Cambridge is home, but FAST experience also spans national teams, international tours, major charity projects and nationally recognised work.
National-team environments
Current work includes GB Skateboarding, alongside previous national-team programmes and international sporting environments.
USA · South Africa · Italy
Recent team work has included the United States, South Africa and Italy, alongside wider European travel.
Sport Relief · BBC Radio 2
FAST has supported major charity and endurance projects involving BBC Radio 2, Jo Whiley, Eddie Izzard and others.
BJSM · national awards
Professional publication and national award recognition add another strand to the FAST story.
Experience gathered elsewhere, brought back to Cambridge.
Experience gathered elsewhere is brought back into the assessment and rehabilitation available in Cambridge.
Extraordinary challenges need adaptable support.
FAST has also supported people through physical challenges where simply saying “stop” was rarely the answer.
Jo Whiley · Sport Relief
More than 100 miles during 26 hours on a treadmill, with FAST involved throughout the challenge.
Great Britain Triathlon
Run the three peaks, swim three major lakes and cycle between them — more than 500 miles in total.
Explore the challenge history →Elite-level expertise.
Intentionally not elite prices.
FAST could be positioned as a premium-priced service. We deliberately keep experienced sports injury and rehabilitation care accessible beyond professional and international sport.
See FAST pricesQuestions athletes, parents & teams ask.
No. The experience on this page helps shape the standard of care, but the service is available to everyone who wants to recover, train or compete well.
Often, yes. We look at what needs protecting, what can be adapted and what you can safely continue while you recover.
Much of it has grown through word of mouth. Athletes, coaches and medical teams recommend FAST to one another, relationships often continue across seasons, and this increasingly brings athletes to Cambridge from further afield.
Yes. Our experience ranges from talented young and academy athletes through university sport to Masters and international age-group competition. The plan is based on the athlete, their training history and their goals.
Yes. Support can include ongoing clinical care, competition support, pitch-side work, touring and collaboration with existing coaching or medical teams.
Yes. FAST has worked in GB and national-team environments and has recently supported athletes and teams in the USA, South Africa, Italy and elsewhere in Europe.
Choose the route that best matches what you need.
I have an injury
Start with an assessment and a rehabilitation plan built around your sport and goals.
Book an appointment →Explore Injuries We Treat →I’m preparing to compete
Plan rehabilitation around a competition, season or important training block.
Discuss athlete support →I want a second opinion
Already have a diagnosis, scan or programme? Get another clinical perspective.
Book an assessment →I’m enquiring for a team
Planning for the new season? FAST can support university clubs, schools and teams with ongoing clinical care, event cover, touring support and rehabilitation when injuries occur.
Contact FAST →Ready to plan the next step?
Book online, or contact FAST to discuss athlete, competition or team support.