Max Stephenson
Physiotherapist
| Registrations | HCPC registered (PH147008) · Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP) |
| Qualifications | BSc Physiotherapy |
| Experience | 2 years clinical across elite football, professional motorsport, and Premiership rugby |
| Clinics | Bury · Manchester |
| Specialisms | Sports injuries · Tendinopathies · Post-surgical recovery · Return to sport · Tennis & padel injuries |
About Max
Max is a physiotherapist with elite sport experience across three very different disciplines: professional football with Stoke City FC, professional motorbike racing with Honda, and Premiership rugby union with Sale Sharks. That range gives Max an unusually broad understanding of how different sports load the body and how rehabilitation needs to be tailored to the specific demands an athlete is returning to.
As a competitive tennis player, Max has a particular interest and specialist expertise in racket sports, including tennis and padel. This covers injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance for the specific movement patterns and loading demands these sports place on the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and lower limb. With padel growing rapidly across Greater Manchester, this is a specialism that an increasing number of players need access to.
Max is passionate about helping athletes return stronger from injury. His approach combines hands-on treatment with structured, evidence-based rehabilitation programmes that progress from early-stage recovery through to full return to sport.
Conditions Max treats
- Sports injuries across football, rugby, tennis, padel, motorsport, and recreational sport, with structured return-to-play programmes
- Tendinopathies including Achilles, patellar, rotator cuff, and lateral elbow (tennis elbow), managed with evidence-based loading programmes
- Tennis and padel injuries including tennis elbow, shoulder impingement, wrist injuries, and lower limb overuse conditions specific to court sports
- Post-surgical recovery following orthopaedic surgery including ACL reconstruction, meniscal repair, and shoulder procedures
- Return to sport rehabilitation with progressive benchmarks from early rehab through to full competition readiness
Treatments Max offers
Max delivers manual therapy, shockwave therapy, and tailored exercise rehabilitation programmes. His treatment approach is built around structured progression, with clear milestones at each stage of recovery to ensure patients return to their sport safely and with confidence.
Where to find Max
Max practises from two Altius locations:
- Bury at 6 Bolton St, Ramsbottom, Bury BL0 9HX
- Manchester at Bloc 17, Marble Street, Manchester M2 3AW