Brad Walker: Owner and Founder - The Stretching Institute™

brad walker

Exercise Scientist
& Sports Trainer

Career & Work
Brad Walker is an internationally recognized stretching and sports injury consultant with 20 years of practical experience in the health and fitness industry. Brad is a Health Science graduate of the University of New England and has postgraduate accreditations in athletics, swimming and triathlon coaching. He also works with elite level and world champion athletes and lectures for Sports Medicine Australia on injury prevention.

Brad is the founder of Walkerbout Health and owner of The Stretching Institute™. Brad developed The Stretching Institute range of products in response to a steadily increasing occurrence of sport related injury. Brad now works full time developing educational products, such as books, videos, DVD's, software, newsletters and e-books that specialize in injury prevention and rehabilitation.

Brads first web site, TheStretchingHandbook.com is currently the most visited site on the internet for information about stretching, flexibility and sports injury prevention. (Over 2 million unique visitors a year.)

Family & Recreation
Born in 1971, Brad Walker grew up in Sydney, Australia, and moved to the Gold Coast in 1992 after completing his tertiary education at the University of New England.

Brad started his athletic career in high school, running cross country and track, and competing as a distance swimmer. In 1986 Brad completed his first triathlon and then went on to be ranked third in Australia as a junior competitor over the half Iron Man distance (2.2km swim, 80km bike and 20km run). From 1991 to 1994, Brad competed as a full time, professional triathlete.

First out of the water after a 1.2km ocean
swim; with daylight behind.

Finishing second hurts more that finishing
a hundred and second.

Brad met his future wife, Jenny in 1992 and was later married in 1995. Brad and Jenny live on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and are the proud parents of two boys; Ethan, born May 2003, and Seth, born November 2005.


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	What are others saying about The Stretching Institute? "I can't begin to tell you how much you have helped me. Your information has helped me to get back into activities that I thought were history." Mel Milliron "THANKS for all the great info. On Saturday, a friend told me about frozen shoulder. So I googled it, came up with your web site and immediately started treating it as you recommend. The improvement has been dramatic; I'd say 80-90% back to normal." John Ingress "Your book and DVD have really helped motivate me to get and stay fit. I've seen a lot of progress already and I've only been using it for about six weeks." Pat Calby "Thanks to you, I am using a leg that doctors said I would never use again. I feel that every rehabilitation office and hospital should be using your products." Fonnie Hall "I was looking for information on iliopsoas tendonitis and found your website. Your article on this conditions was great - succinct, informative and comprehensive, but easy to read." Melanie White "I would just like to say thank you for the information you have provided. I have learned a lot from it and it will assist me to be a better PT in my new personal training business." Sharon Neyland "Your products are the very best compilation of stretches that I have ever been exposed to in the 20+ years of knowing therapists. Usually the info they offer is fragmented and yours was so complete. Your products have made a real difference in how I function day to day." Name Withheld "Every high school coach and every athlete in every sport should become your students, and should recognize the importance of stretching to maximize performance and to avoid injury." Paul Foreman Olympic athlete and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Read more...

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