Sports & Spinal Injuries Conference 2012

Thursday 28th June was a fanstastic day for us all!  6 world-class speakers including Len Funk, Sanjiv Jari, Colin Robertson, Andy Smith, Jonathan Harris and Rajev Sunjea gave their contribution from their respective speciality areas to a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Management of Specific Sporting Injuries.  Clinicians and student placement providers from professional football, rugby league and private practice were invited in order to support our links to industry and maintain professional relationships.

Megahike 2012

The Med Equip 4 kids charity held their annual charity Megahike at Hollingworth Lake Country Park this weekend.  Hikers trek a 50 mile route through the Lancashire hills starting and finishing at Littleborough Rugby Union Club.  Adam & Ivor Irwin provided the recovery massages for the tired and aching backs and legs from 9.30pm until 4.30am!  Yes, it was a late one! The winning team finished in around 17 hours.

 

 

Teams4U Yorkshire Dales 3 Peaks Challenge

 

The Teams4U charity organisation held their annual Yorkshire Dales 3 Peaks Challenge last Saturday 19th May in a fundraiser for children across developing countries, in particular Africa, Eastern Europe and South East Asia.  Year 1 SRB students were on-hand representing the University of Bolton and Sports and Spinal Injuries Clinic to help the hikers get the stiffness and tension out of their aching legs and backs, so thanks & well done to Rachael, Leanna, Meg, Siobhan and Hattie; and a massive well done to all of the hikers who took part - the looks on their faces said it all after 8-12 hours of walking!

Sport Rehab students support Charity Cycle Event

The Sanctuary of Healing in Lango, nr Blackburn hosted an excellent charity cycle event yesterday - Sunday 13th May.  7 Students from year 1 Sport Rehabilitation received their first experience of 'real' competitors and were hands and elbows deep in recovery massage for the cyclists, supervised by Fin and Adam from the SRB lecturing team & Sports and Spinal Injury Clinic.  Looking forward to the same again next year!

Ivor climbs Kilimanjaro!

Sport Rehabilitation student Ivor Irwin completed a monumentous climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in February this year.  Congratulations Ivor!

Bolton 10km race

Congratulations to Sport Rehab staff Andy Schofield, Adam Naylor, Catherine Bardsley, and Sport Rehab students Ivor Irwin, Dave Rannard who took part and completed the Bolton 10km race in Leverhulme Park on Sunday.  Sports and Spinal Injury Clinic manager Fionnuala Geoghegan supervised a fantastic group of our students who provided pre-race and post-race massage to any runner in need, in the process, raising money for Cancer Research.  Well done guys!!

The SSIC at the Preston Health Mela

Today, Adam from the Sport Rehab team represented the University of Bolton's Sports and Spinal Injury Clinic at the Preston Health Mela at the Guild Hall, a great event to mix with members of the health sector and a huge interest from the Central and South Lancashire communities.  Congrats to the Gujarat Hindu Society for yet another fantastic event.