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Optimal Performance Limited (OPL) was established in 1996 and provides consultancy services in Defence, Emergency Services, CBRN, Transport and Industrial markets.

  • Developing occupational physical fitness and selection standards
  • Reviewing and enhancing occupational physical training programmes
  • Ergonomic assessment of equipment
  • Monitoring occupational health & safety and developing policy
  • Developing and implementing healthy lifestyle interventions for adolescents
  • Designing physical training programmes and curricula
  • Measuring human performance in extreme environments and PPE
  • Analysis of injury incidence and risk factors
  • Optimising work and rest schedules
  • Establishing strategies to enhance nutrition and hydration
  • Sports science support
  • Developing health education syllabi for adolescents
  • Provision of weight management clinics

We work internationally with central offices in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates.

UK

UK

Providing expert consultancy since 1996 to the UK public sector including:

  • Ministry of Defence (British Army, Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force)
  • Department for Communities and Local Government (UK Fire and Rescue Service)
  • Home Office (Police Service)
  • Department of Health (Ambulance Service)
  • Environment Agency
US

United States

  • Invited by the United States Department of Defence to advise on Armed Forces fitness tests
  • Collaboration with the United States Army Public Health Command
  • Supporting UK Ministry of Defence user trials in Fort Polk, Louisiana
UAE

United Arab Emirates

  • OPL has a permanent branch office in Abu Dhabi
  • Established and currently run the UAE Armed Forces Health and Sports Medicine Centre (HSMC) in Al Ain with seven permanent health professionals based in country
  • External UK team have undertaken eight independent audits examining the Health, Nutrition and Physical Fitness of high school students and Officer Cadets in the UAE Armed Forces
  • Delivered Keynote presentations at the Injury Risk Analysis at The Military Training & Sports Injuries Conference in Dubai
Australia

Australia

  • Provided consultancy during the development of physical selection standards for the Australian Armed Forces
  • Supported the UK Ministry of Defence in collaboration with the Australian Defence Force during equipment user trials conducted in the Northern Territories

News, reports and publications from OPL

Research undertaken by OPL to be presented at the American Industrial Hygiene Association Conference 2012. Read More

OPL and our Malaysian partners, Charismatic Consultancy, begin a study at the National Defence University in Kuala Lumpur Read More

OPL form new partnership in Kuwait Read More

ADS Advance Magazine Publish Article on OPL Read More

OPL Publish Paper on the Physical Demands of Officer Cadet Training in the Journal Military Medicine Read More

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