What a great combination!
So hot off the back of last months blog, where I discussed my Cerebal Palsy (CP) patient Bethany Tucker\’s successful transition from mere mortal to potential GB athlete in just 3 years, I have just been asked to work at the world CP games that are held in Nottingham in August. It will be great to be working with the likes of world record holder at 800m (T36) Paul Blake who is just one of the amazing, successful athletes that I treat at Bath and London 2012 Paralympic T36 100m gold medalist Graeme Ballard.
Indeed we treat a large number of high-end athletes at the clinic from Premier League footballers and Premier League rugby players but rarely is work much more satisfying than working in disability sport. Sian Morgan, one of our expert physios, when not working with the Birmingham Royal Ballet, has spent a lot of time working with the England CP cricket team. These days you will find her looking after the TeamBath Super League Netball stars.
We had a team outing to the Bromley Heathfest this year. After 35 years of living in this area I can honestly say that I have never been to this event before. I didn’t even know that the field it in which took place existed. Jenny, my wife, says that it was a place that the teenagers sneaked off to in her youth. She wouldn’t say what for though? Anyway, it was a great day with perfect weather. Baby Molly ran riot, trying her hardest to disrupt the peace. She had a tantrum when we wouldn’t let her eat somebody else’s chips off the floor that had been walked on and eaten by the birds and dogs. I am beginning to think that we need reins! Other than the trodden-on chips, I was seriously impressed with the standard of the food at Heathfest. We had a stone baked pizza that was restaurant standard but came out of a little van. Whoever that man was: I salute you. On another culinary note, I have it on good authority that the former Caribbean restaurant ‘Gordon’s Bistro’ is going to become a cake shop. I am particularly pleased about this as I consider myself to be an expert in cake eating and generally all things cakes. Does it look nice? Yes. Does it taste nice? Yes. Umm well then, good cake. See. Expert. Watch this space!
I hate computers, they mock me when I use them and taunt me when I don’t. If it wasn’t for my friend Rus Clark (who is clearly in league with the devil, having done some deal where the computers of the world are nice to him) I would still be writing paper notes in the clinic and writing this by hand and sending it into Gary by letter. The reason I say this is because after successfully using online booking for Cleve Chiropractic, for the last 2 years, I decided it was time to implement it for Next Step Centre, so that the physio’s can also be booked online. Not too difficult I hear you say. Bah! Nearly impossible I say! It took nearly a week of working all day and all night with countless phone calls to the clinic software company to get it to work properly and then…First online booking, double booked. Perfect. However after one week and one day, I am excited to announce that you can now book Chiropractic, Physiotherapy and Sports massage all online from the comfort of your armchair…if your computer/phone is working…obviously.
On a personal (selfish) note, I have just purchased a Gas BBQ Rotisserie. Which is great apart from my complete lack of knowledge about how to ‘Rotisserise’. So if anybody has any information or recipes about how to actually rotisserie a piece of meat then please email me before I embarrass myself showing off my new BBQ to friends and family, many thanks.
