and other sports treatment
What a month it has been since we made it home safe and sound from our family holiday in France. Iain our chiropractor and James our sports therapist were both selected to work for the mighty All Blacks to treat the players. They were both excited to meet the team but nothing can prepare you for the awe-inspiring feeling of meeting your heroes and current world champions. In the football world it’s the equivalent of treating Brazil at the World Cup finals. So now, after England rugby’s dismal display and subsequent knock out in the group stages, the Cleve Chiropractic and Next Step sports medical team are fully behind New Zealand in their bid to win back-to-back world cups. I felt sorry for both Wales and Scotland to be knocked out in the quarter finals the way that they were but once the dust settles the team and the countries will feel proud of how they played and are a worrying force to be reckoned with in the six nations. As I write this we are waiting for the semi finals and looks like anyone’s tournament.
I have recently been treating a number of the UK’s top 10 female tennis players in the clinic for various problems. Tennis players have a number of the usual problems but I had a couple of players with long term shoulder injuries after operations for overuse injuries. They had received excellent physio care already and were very strong but they suffered with nagging pains that stopped them from playing and training. Shoulder problems like this are always complicated but with 3 or 4 treatments including manipulation of the spine, ribs, shoulder joint and some Active Release Technique on the rotator cuff we had the girls back out on the court in no time. One such athlete didn’t take her time and has just got back from a 3-week tour of California with the last few days in Vegas. Not a bad life for those youngsters who are contemplating following their idols into a career in Tennis.
September saw the post summer re-launch of our Posture and Pilates Classes. Pilates is an excellent way to develop a strong core and support your spine. Our classes have a maximum of 6 people in and we provide all the mats and equipment that you will need. Large Pilates classes are of very limited benefit as it’s important that the instructor be able to see that you are all doing it properly. Chris our Pilates instructor is highly qualified and is also one of our physios so you are in great hands. Courses are booked in blocks of 6 for only £45. Please ring the clinic to see if we have any space available for you to join. Fayme our sports therapist runs our postural class. This is designed for our patients who we regularly find have injuries caused, or aggravated by, their posture. The course is exercise based, 6 weeks long and includes all of the tools and equipment you will need for just £50.
All is well at home, my wife Jenny, has 6 weeks left until our due date for baby number 2. We didn’t find out the sex at the scan but I’m confident that we will have a boy. It makes sense that if we had a girl last time that surely I will get my rugby player next? If not, I guess she will just have to learn! We went to the new café in Downend called ‘The Beehive Coffee House’ and I am pleased to say that it is lovely. The staff are friendly, the coffee is good and the place has just the right atmosphere to make you feel welcome on a blustery Autumn day. The young lady who manages the place got to the final in X-factor a few years ago so we even have our own celebrity to talk to! For those who are wondering, toddler Molly is running past me with about 20 meters of toilet roll trailing behind her and is as happy as a lark.
