Join performance consultant and shoulder specialist Ben Ashworth, MPT for the May Circus Smart Speaker Series lecture!
Ben Ashworth created and published the ASH Test, now used by his company Athletic Shoulder and elite level and high performance athletes concerned with shoulder health and performance testing globally. In this talk Ben will cover “The Why” behind his shoulder testing framework, how testing is done and Circus shoulder case examples of testing and rehab.
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In his talk Ben will cover the following:
• How to test shoulders
• What a circus shoulder looks like
• Relevance of data to inform programming
• Future directions
More about Ben Ashworth, MPT:
Ben is working as a consultant with teams and individuals to help solve shoulder performance problems. He has over two decades of experience as a practitioner with Masters in both Physiotherapy and Strength & Conditioning and for the past 2 years has been employed in leadership role as Director of Performance.
Ben’s interest & experience in shoulders developed from his time in professional rugby at London Wasps (2002-2005) and was accelerated through his work with the English Institute of Sport & in particular the British Judo team in the lead up to his Team GB role at the Olympics in London 2012. The Athletic Shoulder testing & monitoring philosophy combines Ben’s shoulder expertise with over ten years of monitoring athletes in performance environments. Creatively challenging the way we use information to impact on minimising injury risk and maximising athletic performance potential.
Ben is currently working towards completion of a PhD in the area of Shoulder performance monitoring at Liverpool Hope University, a centre of excellence for upper limb and shoulder research (focussing on fatigue, return to play markers and neuromuscular profiling for performance). This is an extension of Ben’s recent published work around the now well established use of force platforms for shoulder testing developed at Saracens rugby and currently applied in baseball, tennis, rugby, MMA, Olympic & collegiate sports.
Access him online!
IG / Facebook / X: @athleticshoulder