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Musculoskeletal injuries (MSKI) sustained during military training and while performing the occupational role are a significant problem for international militaries. 1 These injuries present a large, initial diagnostic and treatment healthcare burden, along with longer-term costs associated with rehabilitation, re-injury, chronic disability, discharge from service and associated compensation claims.2 Due to the downstream consequences of MSKI—for individuals and organisations—research has focused on MSKI mitigation programmes (MSKI-MP) aimed at reducing this poor health burden.3 Controlled research interventions applied in military settings have been shown to be effective in reducing injury occurrence4 and improving training outcomes. However, enduring benefits in the ‘real world’—when research controls and resources are removed—have been poor.3 Indeed, only one-third of clinical, evidenced-based injury mitigation programmes and interventions are fully translated into real-world settings.5