Spring Newsletter 2009

Tytherington Club

Last week saw the opening of our new clinic at the Tytherington Club in Macclesfield. Angie Jackson and Amanda Knight will both be holding clinics in the newly refurbished Aura Health and Beauty Spa for the members and local residents. They are working closely with golf professional Anthony Haste to develop the fitness of the golf members and ensure they stay injury free to enjoy the season. Programmes can be implemented in conjunction with the fitness instructors to ensure that you are focusing on optimum areas for your body.

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BUPA update

I am delighted to be able to announce after six months of uncertainty that we have been maintained on the BUPA therapist’s network and will be able to continue to offer the same high standard of care to patients with BUPA healthcare. I am extremely grateful to all those patients and consultants who wrote such supportive letters and recommendations which I feel sure strengthened our case.

Physiofit brand is launched

After starting up her Physiotherapy practise from her home some 17 years ago, Angie Jackson has decided to rebrand the name of the business from Angela Jackson & Associates to Physiofit. “The business now has long since moved away from being a one man band and I wanted a brand that reflected the wonderful team of practitioners I now have working along side me. I am excited about the logo that has been designed and feel it gives us a more contemporary and professional image.

Tanya embarks on an MSc

Tanya McKenzie who joined us from South Africa last year is fast establishing her reputation as a highly skilled and educated physiotherapist, but not content to relax after her move, she has already enrolled on the MSc Orthopaedic Management course at Salford working closely with other doctors, physios and surgeons with a special interest in the field of sports medicine.

Shiatsu

We are delighted to welcome Vi Adamski to our team of complimentary therapists. Vi has trained in Brussels and London as a Shiatsu Practitioner and has recently begun to offer her relaxing and intense hands on stretching and massage techniques at our clinic in Alderley Edge. The therapist applies pressure with her thumbs, palms and arms to specific areas of the client’s body that have been determined during an assessment period prior to the massage session.
Pressure is applied along the Chinese meridians to unblock energy blockages and reintroduce the optimal flow of ki. The benefits are excellent ranging from deep muscle and tissue relaxation, stress management, reduction of blood pressure and it reduces mental anxieties and creates a sensation of calm.

Angie Jackson in welcoming Vi on board says “With the current economic climate and subsequent increase stress levels; Vi will be a great asset to our team and will be popular with many of our clients who need to find ways of reducing tension”.

Jean gains recognition for her expertise in Headaches

After extensive studying with internationally renowned physiotherapist Dean Watson, founder of the Headache and Migraine Clinic in Australia, Jean has been awarded the status that allows her to be listed on Dean’s web site as an advanced practitioner.

Dean’s approach in Europe and the United Kingdom has become known as the ‘Watson Headache Approach’. Practitioners of headacheandmigraine.com have completed not only the basic two-day course but after at least six months of experience using the techniques it is followed by a one-day advanced course.

Jean has had excellent success at identifying when a headache has origins in the neck and through manual techniques easing and alleviating the patient’s often long term headaches.

Autumn Newsletter October 2008

Clinic News

We would like to welcome Tanya Mackenzie, our new Physiotherapist to the clinic.

Tanya has been in physiotherapy practice in South Africa for many years, mainly focusing on orthopaedic and sports injuries. She has completed a post graduate certificate in orhopaedic manipulative therapy and has a particular interest in the correction of ergonomics to prevent repetitive strain injuries.

Herself a keen sports woman, she is interested in sports specific screening and re-education of the athlete. Although experienced in all areas of orthopaedic physiotherapy, special interest areas include the cervical headache, the shoulder complex and TMJ disorders. She also practices dry needling for the release of deep soft tissue and muscular skeletal conditions.

Tennis Ace!

It was with great pleasure that, for the second year running, the clinic were asked to provide physiotherapy provision for this years Boodles tennis tournament held at Adlington Hall.

The tournament is for tennis stars of previous years and is held over four days consisting of five teams of doubles players. Players this year included Jeremy Bates, Mansour Bahrani, Chris Wilkinson and Matts Wilander amongst many others.

This is a great way to see tennis played at it’s best and get really close to the action and we really enjoyed being a part of this fantastic event.

The Golf Athlete comes to Tytherington

Amanda and Angie had the great privilege of attending a two day seminar with two of the worlds most eminent forces in the world of golf. Rob Neal who is a world renowned expert on Golf Biomechanics and Michael Dalgleish is an Australian Physiotherapist who has an extensice knowledge about not only how the body works but the essential movments required to create an efficient and reproducable swing.
Golf professionals and Physiotherapists came together at Tytherington Golf Club to explore the mechanism of the swing and learn to assess where movement faults and restrictions might affect the golf swing and ultimately lead to pain or a break down in consistancy.

Using the latest in 3D biomechanics equipment, they can provide expert interpretative biomechanical reporting on body motions during the golf swing. That is, ‘real time’ position and orientation of parts of the body (e.g. head, shoulders, arms, hips, club, etc.) are recorded as the golfer swings the club - all in 3D. This highlights technical faults or movement faults that can then be addressed by golf specific exercises or lessons with the Pro.

Holistic Course

Janette Delap, our holistic therapist, will be holding a Meditation and Visualisation course at the clinic in Novemeber. The course will be held over a weekend and will combine meditation and visualisation techniques, Reiki healing and crystals. The aim of the course will be to provide the individual with methods to relax and meditate in order to gain a greater sense of well being and self awareness and to develop their inner self.

If you are interested in attending the course or know anyone who would like to attend, please contact the clinic for details.

Janette is available for Reiki, Reflexology, Crystal healing and massage treatments on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.

Physio in School

During this term Angie has begun a fantastic new service to the staff, children and relatives of Beech Hall School in order to keep eveyone fit and healthy. Anyone from the school with any aches and pains, worries about their child’s posture or feet or would like advice about how to prevent injuries then this clinic will be of benefit to them.

If you are interested in holding a clinic similar to this at your child’s school or club, please contact us and Angie will be happy to make arrangements with you.

The Cost of Being Green??

As we are becoming more environmentally friendly the use of plastic carrier bags is on the demise. More and more of us are choosing to use a recyclable shopping bag rather than pick up a plastic bag at the supermarket in order to help save the planet.

However, with the advent of reusable shopping bags we have seen increased numbers of patients attending for physiotherapy with back, neck, shoulder and elbow problems that patients have related to carrying heavy shopping bags.

Old plastic supermarket bags are designed to carry 6kg of product, however, with the introduction of reusable bags with substantially larger capacities, shoppers are cramming more in to each bag with potentially harmful effects. People are using fewer of the larger bags and because they are more durable, carrying weights in excess of safe guidelines to and from the car.

Angie has created an advice leaflet to combat the risks of overloading shopping bags which is available by contacting the clinic. Other freeleaflets are available on prevention of back pain for school children, driving and computer use.

Gift Vouchers

Gift Vouchers are now available for all our services. With Christmas shopping beginning what better gift than a relaxing massage or for the golf enthusiast our physiofit for Golf packages offer the ideal route to improvement.