DR JO BROWN, PHD

Performance Physiotherapist | Biomechanist | Movement Specialist

Dr Jo Brown is a globally respected performance physiotherapist and biomechanist with more than 20 years of experience working at the highest levels of elite sport. Her career spans 18 different sports, supporting Olympic medallists, NBA athletes, international footballers, and world champions - blending advanced clinical expertise with performance coaching and biomechanical insight.

She is the performance physiotherapist behind Noah Lyles, the fastest man on the planet and reigning Olympic gold medallist from the Paris 2024 Games. Jo has played a pivotal role in Lyles’ rise to global dominance, applying an integrated performance care model to ensure optimal preparation, injury resilience, and world-leading execution.

Dr Jo completed her PhD focused on the impact of musculoskeletal asymmetry across the kinetic chain. Her clinical specialisation lies in hamstring rehabilitation and the restoration of athletic coordination following overload and injury. A central pillar of her approach is kinesthetic retraining the retraining of sensory awareness and motor control to improve how force is felt, directed, and expressed through position nd movement. In both prehabilitation and rehabilitation, this strategy is key to correcting dysfunctional patterns, restoring neuromuscular efficiency, and preventing reinjury. Particularly in high-speed and high-load environments, Jo uses this process to rebuild an athlete’s internal perception of position, tension, and timing - resulting in greater movement integrity and performance resilience.

As founder of Performance State, author of See Your Elephant, and host of the Purpose2Perform podcast, Jo is passionate about turning complex movement science into applied systems that enhance both performance and injury prevention.

At Speed Festival, Jo will present two key sessions focused on the first 10 metres of acceleration and the foot–pelvic connection — critical yet often overlooked areas in both coaching and clinical settings. Her philosophy is simple: performance isn’t just about output -it’s about how well we move, how well weorganise, coordinate, and transfer force when it matters most.

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