PHYSIO-LED STRENGTH TRAINING IN HOLLAND PARK

Physiotherapist in a private gym holding a dumbbell at Spine & Dandy in Holland Park West
You Know You Should Exercise.
So What Is Getting In The Way?

If you live with ongoing pain, you have probably been told that exercise or strength training would help.

Strong & Dandy is a new one-to-one, physio-led strength service we’re developing at Spine & Dandy for people who want to get stronger, but do not feel ready to figure it out alone.

Before we decide exactly what it should look like, we want to understand what gets in the way — and what would make exercise feel more possible.

Knowing you should exercise and feeling ready to do it can be two very different things.

Maybe you are worried you will make something worse.

Maybe you do not know where to start.

Maybe you have lost confidence in your body.

Or maybe you have tried before and struggled to keep going.

That is the part we want to understand.

What is getting in the way now, and what kind of support would make exercise feel more possible?

Who is Strong & Dandy for?

Strong & Dandy is being designed for people who want to exercise or get stronger but are not quite ready to walk into a gym and figure it out alone.

That might include people who:

  • have pain and are unsure how to train around it
  • have not exercised for a while
  • feel uncomfortable or inexperienced in a gym
  • have been told they need strength training for their bones or general health
  • are returning to exercise after physiotherapy or injury
  • want to build enough confidence to exercise more independently

Help us shape physio-led strength training at Spine & Dandy

Take our short survey and tell us what would make exercise feel more possible for you.

Your answers will help us build Strong & Dandy around what people actually need.

If you would like to hear when sessions become available, you can leave your email at the end of the survey.

Physiotherapist loading a weight plate in the private gym at Spine & Dandy in Holland Park West
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