Harry Rowland

FRC Mobility Specialist

I am a 33 year old husband and father who has worked in sport and training industry for the past 15 years. My past was involved with rugby specifically, but I also spent many of those years teaching in the areas of strength and conditioning and pilates, although now the majority of my work is spent teaching people about their joint health and movement capability. But my own journey to the point where I am now hasn't been straightforward. Multiple spinal fractures, neck operation, knee reconstruction and some metal work in and around certain parts of my body, I can honestly say that I have at times not respected what I have and left myself with a steep hill to climb to get back to optimising my physical health.

" by improving our physical health we will improve mental health"

For a long while both whilst playing my sport and afterwards I struggled both mentally and physically due to the physical impacts and demands I had put my body through without really accepting what my body was capable of. Lifting weights and looking big and strong disguised my 'physical readiness' and actually due to my mobility and joint health I wasn't really very strong at all.But I let my curiosity take over and made a commitment to believe on building better human movement that I had lost over time and I love applying the science and knowledge I have acquired to help those that I am lucky enough to work with. I have personally grown so much since remodelling my approach to my health and fitness and looking at it very much through a different lens.

" with the correct direction and understanding, we can change the way our body moves and behaves "

Now I am a more curious individual and I have made a decision to make a positive change for my physical body. I found my 'WHY?' - which for me was to be a happy, fit and active dad that would be ready to go on whatever adventures my children wanted to do with me. That sense of physical freedom and empowerment within the body is what I am passionate about instilling within the people I am lucky to work with. To feel younger year by year and to move 1% better every day!