Carlton Dry Honda Racing’s Josh Cachia has enlisted long time family friend and retired personal trainer Andy Cunningham to manage his well publisised injury issues.

Cachia was diagnosed with a badly fractured Scaphoid in his left wrist which originally occured during a Supercross crash in 2011, nerve issues in his right wrist also continue to cause problems for the MX2 contender.

After retiring from personal training in 2008, Cunningham started his own business in SAS Supplments, recently having involvement with Justin Barcia in the U.S.

“I try to keep in touch with Steve [Cachia] as we have been friends for many years and when he explained how Josh was struggling with injuries,” said Cunningham.

“I decided to lend my expertise and try get a solid program in place for him. He respects my decisions and we decided to give it a go and try win a championship.

“I don’t think anyone has caught a glimpse of what this kid can really do yet. With all due respect to his current rivals, I think once we see him totally free of injury we will see him reach a whole new level of potential.”

Cachia has modified his program over the last six weeks, which has shown by a string of improved results, including two moto wins out of the last four Monster Energy MX Nationals MX2 motos.

Despite the niggling Scaphoid injury, Cachia spent his full off season training and competing in the Monster Energy Supercross west coast championship which he admits has hampered its recovered time.

“There’s no doubt I’ve put my body through a lot in the past year or so,” Cachia said. “In reality going to the USA wasn’t the best move for my body, but it was an opportunity I wasn’t willing to pass up – now we just have to do the best we can.

“I really appreciate Andy’s help, I think the proof has been in the pudding and we want to keep improving.”

Cunningham also worked closely with former Australian Motocross champion Dan Reardon during his dominant years before heading to the US.