#174 Paul Houghoughi — The Gold Medal Physio, Preparing The Elite For Comps, How Pro’s Heal, and Climbing When You’re 100 from The Testpiece Podcast

#174 Paul Houghoughi — The Gold Medal Physio, Preparing The Elite For Comps, How Pro’s Heal, and Climbing When You’re 100

1 hour 35 minutes Posted Sep 29, 2025 at 12:00 pm.

Intro

How Injury Affects Flow State

The Injuries that Stay with You Forever

How to Catch Injuries Before They Become Catastrophic

Preventing Injury When Gaining Mobility

What Do Pros Have in Common

Support From Patreon

Preparing For The Unexpected

Climbing Well with Age

How to Go from Good to Great

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Paul Houghoughi is the official physio for the GB Climbing team and accompanied them to both Olympics. He’s supported some of the best in our sport, such as Olympic gold medalist, Toby Roberts.

Paul is also an extremely accomplished climber. He’s FA’d double digit boulders on almost every continent in the world and climbed up V13 (so far…)!

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Find Paul on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/theclimbingphysio/ or on his website: www.theclimbingphysio.co.uk

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