Rehabilitation · Human Performance
Premium rehabilitation and human performance for active professionals and pro athletes who want clarity, measurable progress and confidence in their body again.
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Why VALO
Most people have already tried something. Rest, a few sessions, a sheet of stretches. It settles for a while, then comes back the moment load returns.
VALO finds out why it keeps happening, shows you the path back with evidence, and progresses you until you trust your body again. The goal is not to settle the pain for now. It is to rebuild full, tested load tolerance.
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How we work with you
Exercise physiology
For active professionals with pain or injury that keeps coming back. You get a full assessment, a clear explanation of what is driving it, and a staged plan with measured milestones. Not a generic exercise sheet, and not open-ended maintenance sessions.
Human performance · Flagship for footballers
Individual rehabilitation and performance support for professional and semi-professional footballers, in clinic in Brisbane or remotely wherever you play. The same testing and progression used in the A-League and across Europe and Asia.
Flagship · Knee tendon pain
Patellar and quadriceps tendon pain that settles with rest and returns the moment you push again. The protocol rebuilds full, tested load tolerance so you trust the knee again and stop managing around it.
The VALO Recovery Roadmap™
Recurring pain is rarely caused by one thing. Your Recovery Roadmap looks at the whole person across five areas, then pulls them into one clear, staged plan.
What you want your body back for, and what it needs to be capable of.
History, triggers, what has already been tried, and the load-pain relationship.
Strength, hop symmetry and movement under load, against what your activity demands.
Training load, sleep, stress and work, linked directly to tissue tolerance.
Where you are now, what gets measured, and what the next 8 to 12 weeks focus on.
Where Henri's players compete
Professional footballers from Brisbane to Helsinki. The same standard, applied to your recovery.
The Finnish way of working
Finns are known for saying what they mean and doing what they say. Henri brings that to every client, shaped by his training in exercise physiology at the University of Jyväskylä.
Valo means light in Finnish. Our job is to help you find it again.
Our approachFlagship · Knee Tendon Protocol
Built for footballers and active adults with recurring knee tendon pain. Objective testing at every step. You move forward when your knee is ready, not when the calendar says so.
Find your phaseMost people with a nagging knee have never had it properly measured. This is the first step.
Knee Recovery Check
A short educational screen built on the measures used in clinic: pain on loading, next-morning response, stairs, single-leg control and return to running.
Start the checkAccredited Exercise Physiologist
Physical Performance Specialist
The precision and progressive approach used with professional footballers, brought to your recovery and performance.
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Choose a time in clinic in Newmarket or online. You leave with a full assessment, your baseline numbers and a written plan.
Last updated 24 October 2026
VALO Performance is operated by Henri Joensuu, Accredited Exercise Physiologist (ABN 54 983 810 969). We handle personal information, including health information, in line with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles.
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Henri Joensuu, VALO Performance
valorehabperformance@gmail.com · 0423 875 005
42 Newbery St, Newmarket QLD 4051
