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We’re really happy to announce that we have a new team member, Terry Emery who’ll be offering remedial and sports massage treatments on Saturdays.

Terry is a graduate from the Midlands School of Massage, which is where Richard began his therapy career many moons ago.

Terry has a particular interest in using hands-on treatment to help improve performance and reduce the risk of injuries, based on his own experiences in the past:

“I trained many times a week in various sports throughout my life and was injury free until I hit my forties and then things started to get harder and far more painful.  Training wasn’t fun anymore.

After I had many successful treatments from an osteopath and a remedial therapist I was able to kick the pain relief, prevent further injury and my performance and range of movement got so much better. I wanted to help others to do the same.”

You can view Terry’s profile here or book in for a Sunday appointment using our online system.

So Saturday 28th June 2014 will go down as the day that I tried my first Obstacle Course Race courtesy of The Suffering Race at Rockingham Castle… and it was great! Not sure that ‘enjoy’ is the right word but really glad that I entered and turned up on the day 😉

I came away tired, sore, muddy and thoroughly drained but such a sense of achievement!

Billed as a 5k course, it actually measured somewhere around 8 or 9k and featured obstacles ranging from jumping over piles of tyres to wading through dirty, smelly ponds and streams to clambering under cargo nets and climbing over high walls. Not to mention sliding down a huge water slide into hay bales and, at the very end, charging through a wall of rugby players with crash pads doing their best to slow you down. All good fun!

Probably the hardest part of the course was climbing up a very steep slope on hands and knees and then sliding down to the bottom… and repeat.. and repeat! In fact I think it was 5 times in total but my brain gave up counting after a few! And to top it off, after the last set was a longer climb up and down carrying a tyre over each arm – lovely!

But you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs and alongside my medal I came away with an extremely swollen, sore ankle following not one but two slips that saw my ankle turn underneath me accompanied by a large crack! Thankfully not broken but a sprain that’ll slow me down for a few weeks. Oh yeah and I’m deaf in my right ear now too from hitting the hay bales headfirst at high speed!

Pardon? What was that? Never mind… See you next year 😉

World Cup? Glastonbury? Froch-Groves 2? Nope, there’s another big event this summer…

As you might know, we’re sponsors of Ruddington Grange Golf Club and as part of that we get to have our very own “Corporate Golf Day”! We’re opening it up to all current and past patients so if you want to come along, you’re more than welcome 🙂

Here’s the info:

Date: Friday 11th July 2014
Time: 10am onwards
Location: Ruddington Grange Golf Club, Wilford Road NG11 6NB

What you get:

• completely FREE round of golf (18 holes)
• chance to win spot prizes
• an excuse for a morning off work 🙂

Numbers are limited (but we’ve got plenty of space) so if you do fancy it, just send us an email and I’ll put your name down. Once I have numbers I’ll be back in touch to confirm tee times etc. Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a pro, it’ll be a casual, fun day and we’ll group people together by ability so we all have a good time!

As osteopaths, it’s really important that we continue to develop our skills, learn new approaches, experience alternative  ideas and stay abreast of research. It’s also important that we continually refine our techniques to maximise the effects of our treatments.

Richard recently attended a ‘Masterclass’ taught by pioneering osteopath Laurie Hartman, widely regarded as being one of the leading teachers of osteopathic technique, with over 50 years of teaching experience around the world!

Here’s what Richard had to say about the course:

Although his Handbook of Osteopathic Technique can probably be found in every osteopath’s library, it pales in comparison to instruction by the man himself!

The day absolutely flew by as we quickly moved from methods of assessment to refining our techniques to learning new approaches to common problems. His technique is absolutely flawless – quick, easy, effective and minimally invasive for the patient.

I can only hope that I’ll have a fraction of his ability as I develop over my osteopathic career!

So, a day very well spent! Expect to see a few tweaks to Richard’s treatments as he puts some of these new techniques into practice 🙂

Came across this video today from the same guys who did the fantastic video “23 and a half hours” about the importance of exercise for health. This time they’re looking at Low Back Pain, talking about the best way to approach it.

I must say that this is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on the subject. It talks about the causes of and approaches to the treatment of acute and chronic low back pain in a really engaging and logical way and reinforces everything that we say in our clinic.

It’s well worth ten minutes of your time:

The clinic is open as normal until Saturday 21st December, then:

• Monday 23rd – OPEN – 9am to 5pm (Richard)
• Tuesday 24th – CLOSED
• Wednesday 25th – CLOSED
• Thursday 26th – CLOSED
• Friday 27th – CLOSED
• Saturday 28th – OPEN – 10am to 2pm (Sarah)
• Sunday 29th – CLOSED
• Monday 30th – OPEN – 11am to 5pm (Richard)
• Tuesday 31st – CLOSED
• Wednesday 1st January – CLOSED

Then from Thursday 2nd January onwards we are open as usual.

Happy Christmas everyone 🙂

After being a mere spectator for the past couple of years, I’ve decided to bite the bullet and join in with Movember this year.

If you’ve not heard of it, the idea is to grow a moustache over the course of November whilst raising sponsorship and awareness for mens health issues such as prostate and testicular cancer.

You can sponsor me here: http://uk.movember.com/mospace/8285125 or drop off a few quid next time you’re in clinic. I’ll also be donating 50p for each patient treated in November so hopefully between us we’ll raise a good amount.

Well, my recent comments about posture and it’s importance in good health which appeared in the Nottingham Evening Post and Daily Mail have caused quite a stir!

The latest publication to talk to me about this very interesting and important subject is Take A Break magazine, who’ve featured a special Q&A as part of a double page spread in the Autumn bumper issue.

We’re really proud to announce that we have a new osteopath on board!

Sarah Hancox joins us fresh from Oxford Brookes University where she completed the 4 year BOst (hons) degree programme.

She’ll be available for appointments from Friday 4th October and will be working on Fridays from 9am to 5pm and Saturdays from 8:30am to 1pm. Sarah has a strong sporting background including hockey and cricket and brings with her a lot of experience of the effects that those sports have on the body.

We look forward to Sarah strengthening our team and bringing even more expertise on board.

Now then Sarah, did we mention that you need to bring in biscuits regularly…? For the patients, of course 😉

We’ve upped sticks and moved to a new permanent base in West Bridgford!

The clinic is at 39-41 Loughborough Road which is at the corner of Millicent Road, a stone’s throw from West Bridgford centre but easily accessed from the main roads. We have our own parking space (number 8) but there’s loads of on-street parking around the area including Henry Road and Millicent Road itself.

Looking forward to seeing you there!