Will Harlow

We almost look at people who've got these age-related problems and say, well, what do you expect?

You know, you're 60, you're 70, everyone's suffering with this.

And the worst part is when people are told that so many times, they believe it.

We think that people only lose independence in their 80s and 90s, and we just don't think about it.

It's one of those things we take for granted that we start to lose a lot earlier than we realize.

The four pillars of independence, as I call them, are mobility, strength, so how strong you are, but also how much muscle mass you have on your body, balance, and then the fourth pillar is skeletal health.

Muscle mass throughout the entire body is an independent predictor of longevity.

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That's very kind.

yeah so um i was in the nhs at one point but i actually started in professional sport and it was a it was a funny trajectory for me really because i spent my whole childhood growing up thinking i want to work in professional sport i don't care what i do i just want to be in and around the clubs and the players and i was also really interested in the human body as well like yourself

So when I heard about this thing called physiotherapy, I thought, great, this is going to tick both boxes.

I'm going to be able to help people with their bodies whilst also working in professional sport.

So I was locked on this idea of working in professional football, soccer, as you guys say.

And I went right through university with this goal, came out the other side, and I got an in with a local football club, which just so happened to be the club that I supported my whole childhood.

Yeah.

So dream come true.

Got an interview, got the job, got in there.

And within about three to six months, I was looking around thinking, this is not what I want to do at all.

I'm in the wrong place.

It just was a bad character fit for me, a bad fit for, you know, the environment.