Not a good mix!
So with Hannah and Iain, Cleve Chiropractic’s recently married Chiropractors firmly back from their honeymoon in Mauritius and Dubai we are back to our full complement of staff at Cleve Chiropractic and Next Step. And not a moment too soon. The recent heat wave that can (for English standards) only be described as balmy making it difficult for us all to sleep, seems to be mirrored with barmy behaviour. We have been inundated with patients who have been affected by a clearly sunshine touched mental slow down often with an associated increase in alcohol consumption leading to catastrophic injuries (bearing in mind that I too enjoy the sunshine and accompanying benefits). If I leave sunburn to one side, because we all know how well we cope with an extra hour or two in the ultra violet, then we are left with physical injuries sustained via patients simply enjoying themselves. Examples include neck pain after slipping getting out of a hot tub; knee pain slipping getting into a hot tub; a sprained ankle and low back pain by a 40 year old patient thinking that she was at least 10 years younger than she is as she valiantly tried to do cartwheels finished off with a not so impressive Arab spring…like she used to be able to do; countless low back pain problems from patients gardening; a very painfully cracked coccyx after trying to show the children ‘how to do it’ on his son’s water slide; a good number of calf strains and ankle sprains as the football pre-season kicks off on the caked hard ground and my personal favourite, whiplash and a bruised chin as another anonymous patient feels that it would be a good idea to finish their run down Park Street with a flamboyant dive into the very shallow fountains proudly outside City Hall!
Keith and I completed our first game of pre-season Bristol Rovers football with an extremely conveniently located match against the mighty Mangotsfield United. It was an interesting game to watch as the Mango’s came out hard and went 1-0 up in the first 5 minutes. Rovers came back strongly and were eventual winners 5-3. Rovers had some room for improvement but the Mango’s did well and it was a great spectacle for the locals. It seemed that I have treated half of the crowd and it was nice to say hello to so many friendly faces. All of which pointed out that the initials on this year’s new kit said TC instead of TB…lets just say that I am known in the club as Tim Chiro…
This month we are opening a new satellite clinic at the Yate Outdoor Sports Complex (YOSC). We have long been affiliated with the movers and shakers at YOSC and enjoy treating the plethora of injuries from the complex that provides athletics, hockey, football, boxing and recently a brand new rugby club. Our new highly experienced sports therapist Sarah Carr, who when not working for Bristol Rovers, will provide sports therapy and massage on a Tuesday and Thursday evening. Appointments can be booked online or inside YOSC itself.
I hope everybody is enjoying the warmer weather…carefully of course. And as the saying goes if you can’t be careful… give us a ring!
