Meet Beautiful and Talented Lady Helping Chelsea Legend John Terry Recover From Injury

Ambra Vallo is a yoga instructor attached to Championship side Aston Villa who helps to improve performance and fitness of players.

Part of the job of the yoga instructor is to help players prolong their careers and also avoid getting injured.

Former Chelsea captain John Terry and other Villa team players are currently undergoing rehabilitation with the beautiful 46-year-old.

“There are many benefits for footballers when they take up yoga.

“It gives the body the natural ability to perform at higher levels, it’s a very ancient technique.

“It works in conditioning the body by giving it strength.

“But more importantly, it strengthens the mind of the footballer, so they are in touch with their body.

“Footballers need a specific yoga for their requirements and they improve on their efficiency of movement.

“That improves performance because mentally and physically they have more range of movement.

“They can establish great control, improve stamina and focus, while relaxing nerves while they’re in a match or before a game.

“Yoga can improve balance, posture… and that’s just mentioning a few benefits.

“What’s also very important is that they can prevent injuries and speed up the recovery time in-between matches,” Ambra told SunSport.

The former Ballet dancer also admitted that she tends to use yoga after games and training to aid body recovery for her athletes from 20 miutes to an hour session.

Working with the club’s physiotherapists, the Italian is given instructions on what the players’ needs are.

“I do a very simple bitesize session, because they have a busy, existing training schedule,” she told us.

“I can spend 20 minutes, half an hour, sometimes an hour individually or with a group.

“They’ll send me players with injuries or they’ll send me players that they want to improve on the mental side of their game or improve them physically.”

Ambra’s teachings with footballers has helped them build power, balance, flexibility and strength.

“We all know to move in a functional way, you need stability, strength and flexibility,” she said.

“Footballers are quite strong and they need a tailor-made program that’s specific to their requirements. It’s not like a standard yoga class.

“Most of the posture work I’m doing with footballers is about flexibility and stability.

“For example, I try to emphasise posture that improves the flexibility of their hips and legs and stability of the abs and the core.

“I like them to loosen all the tissue around the hip, the thigh, the calf, the hamstring, hip flexors

“I teach them breathing techniques too that are directly related to posture and stability and it helps them find that point of calmness before the game.

“Footballers have told me they’ve felt the difference after a few sessions.”

The science behind Ambra’s methods is down to her teachings.

With achievable force she’s lengthening her players’ muscles with her exercises.

“A lot of them are very tight in the hip injury, the gluteus, because they kick and run and skip a lot,” she said.

“So you have to think about lengthening the muscle with achievable force.

“A lot of the time I try to explain to the younger players why we do it.

“It’s like an elastic band. The more you lengthen it, the more force it will have when you release it.

“It also helps players get more power in their kicks, because they’re strengthening that area.”

Terry signed a two-year deal at Upton Park as they are currently in the play-offs spot for a return to the top flight Premier League next season.

With five Premier League and FA Cup titles, coupled with a Champions League and Europa League success, Terry is the most successful Chelsea player.

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