Our Premier League physio, Denise Godfrey, is classified as an essential service and available to help with your musculoskeletal problems.

Denise Godfrey is the Sports Physiotherapist for the new BTH Raiders Premier League soccer team in the upcoming 2020 season.

Our sports physiotherapist, Denise Godfrey, offers some very helpful tips on how to keep us all safe from injuries over the festive period.

I’ve pulled my hamstrings again.. And again! If you’re an avid soccer player or runner, you may identify with this… Recurrent hamstring strains! At Castlerea...

Is it a bad idea to do headers? Well if you head the ball like I do with the top of your head then it can make your neck sore! More importantly Chronic traum...

If you’ve ever been to a weights session with a trainer or a Pilates class, you’ll often hear your instructor/trainer say “activate your core”. Have you ever...

At beginning of season many injuries I see are because the player has done too much exercise, too soon! Our muscles and tendons can easily be overloaded when...

Hamstring - Stage One Glutes - Stage One Stages Two & Three coming to you soon At Belrose family physio and Castlereagh Physio Denise likes to make sure her...

In soccer ankle sprains are fairly common resulting from inversion (a rolling in of the heel and possibly mid foot) forces. A pothole in the pitch can cause ...

Achilles Tendinopathy Achilles tendinopathy is a common cause of heel pain and is common in running or jumping sports. The management of Achilles Tendinopath...

The painful shoulder without trauma Your shoulder is made up of three bones : the humerus , shoulder blade ( scapular) and collarbone ( clavicle) . These hav...

Shoulder pain in soccer players can occur due to trauma ie. a fall onto the outstretched hand or arm, a blow to the shoulder joint itself in a tackle, an ove...

“My upper trapezius is so tight!” – Should you keep pushing and prodding it to get rid of the “tightness”? Or do you actually need to strengthen it? A lot of...

Our Soccer season is upon us! Most of you would have started training now, and I wanted to share an injury prevention program that I use with my soccer team....

Welcome to the physio blog My name is Denise Godfrey and I have been a player for BTH Raiders for 12 years. During that time I have also been a manager and c...