Practitioners

John Jackson SRP, HPC

Associate Physiotherapist

John Jackson originally came to North Wales to develop his skills in his chosen career as an outdoor instructor. He excelled in watersports whilst working at Plas Menai, the National Watersports Centre in Wales. This included Windsurfing, Power Boating and Sailing, but his long term love of Kayaking meant that he has run rivers in Ireland, France, Spain, New Zealand and the United States and still to this day enjoys white water adventures all over Europe and Great Britain.

His current passion also extends to Surfing. All these experiences afford him an in depth knowledge in the stresses and strains involved in these sports. John is now a fully qualified Physiotherapist working full time in the NHS, as an Orthopedic physiotherapist as well as becoming an integral part of the musculoskeletal team at Sportsresource.org.

Patients that are treated by John will expect to find a friendly, professional practitioner with an in depth knowledge in most sports and a competent understanding of musculoskeletal biomechanics and rehabilitation protocols.

Zac Laraman I.S.R.M., B.A.S.E.M.

Sport and Remedial Massage Practitioner










B.A.(Hons). Sport, Health and Physical Education
BTEC Sport and Remedial Massage Therapy (LSSM), Member of the British Osteopathic Association.

As part of his ongoing CPD he has just completed a degree in Osteopathy.


Zac is a freelance lecturer and has taught at A level, HND and Degree levels in Sports Science, Physiotherapy and related topics. He is currently a Lead Tutor at the London School of Sports Massage (LSSM) in Regents College, London.

He writes articles on sports injury for Climber magazine and has in the past written for 220 Triathlon magazine as well as local newspapers.

Before his career change Zac was a cycle messenger in London for 6 years. This sparked his interest in cycling and has since been the masseur / soigneur for the Welsh and Great Britain road cycling squads in and around Europe.

His own sporting interests have included Track and Field (county 100m and club level Hammer). At University he was also the Club Captain of the Rowing Club). Now in Snowdonia his interests include mountain walking, climbing and sea kayaking.

He has lived and worked in Snowdonia, North Wales, for the past fourteen years. This has afforded him a deep insight into the prevention and rehabilitation of many outdoor injuries. He has a particular focus on climbing and kayaking injury and is well known for his treatment of these injuries.

He has presented on various topics to interested groups; on Posture to the Radiographers at Breast Test Wales in Llandudno and Cardiff as well as the North Wales NHS Trust Vocational Training Scheme for young General Practitioners.

He has presented seminars on the biomechanics of Karate and injury prevention to the Welsh Traditional Karate Federation and most recently presented seminars to 2nd year Sports Science students at Bangor University on Anterior Knee Pain and on the role of Osteopathy in Sports Medicine.


In partnership with University of Wales Bangor we have sponsored a 3 year PhD for Paul Davis "The Role of Emotional Expression in Performance and Health