Physiotherapy sports injury screening

Injury prevention has become an increasing focus of sports medicine in the past few years. The objective of a musculoskeletal screening examination is to highlight risk factors for injury and impaired performance, such as deficits in flexibility, strength/stability, balance and biomechanics. Following this consultation, based on the Australian Institute of Sport Triathlon Screening, individualised programmes are supplied, aiming to modify these risk factors.

I qualified as a state registered physiotherapist in 2001, and have been working for Worcester Warriors Rugby Club for the past 4 years. A large part of my job is screening players and implementing injury prevention strategies. This process is of value to athletes of all ages and abilities, and will last approximately 1 hour at a cost of £30. If you are interested in the potential to maximise your training and competition, please call Ben Macdonald on 07841 651006 to discuss further and arrange a consultation.
 

Running form and technique is a neglected aspect of triathlon training, often just taken for granted. The winter off-season is a good time to try some improvements.

I have been in touch with regional coach Steve Lumley regarding a technique session. Steve is extremely experienced with a good reputation, check out his website. Depending on interest, this could be single session or a series held up at Birmingham University or done locally. Obviously, the more people involved, the cheaper it will be per head.

If you are interested email me by Monday 15th December. I will collate responses and co-ordinate the first session.
Mark Corbett

The GBC specialises in buying and selling quality second-hand bikes. Brands include Trek, Specialized, Pinarello and Colnago.

Fancy upgrading your current steed? As well as direct sales, the company also enables dealers (such as club sponsors Echelon) to take 'trade-ins' against new bikes. They are finalising registration on the government Cycle-to-Work tax relief scam scheme.

Check them out here: www.thegreenbikecompany.co.uk

A club forum has at last gone live. Members finally have the ability to post their own content and engage in inter-member discussions. We've gone with three areas to start with; General, Training & Racing, and Sales & Wanted. These may change depending on demand. There is also a password protected Members Only area under test.

Please bear in mind the main areas are open to the public for anyone to view. Members should follow usual internet forum posting rules - abuse or profanity will not be tolerated.

You must create an account to post. Registrations are currently automatically accepted however if we start getting problems from spam/adverts new accounts will have to be manually vetted. I advise creating your account as soon as possible and get posting!

Each month of the year reveals another daring image and include staff from Webbs Garden Centre at Wychbold, Royal Worcester and Spode, Rossini Restaurant, Droitwich, Robert Stern BMW, Worcester, Tesco Evesham, jockeys at Worcester Racecourse, Pura Beauty, Worcester; DLF Trifolium, Inkberrow,  DHL, Droitwich,  and members of Worcester Triathlon Club.  St Richard’s own staff and volunteers also got into the spirit and disrobed, including Chief Executive Mark Jackson.

Calendars are £3.50 minimum, though extra donations to the charity are encouraged. Contact Les to order or visit local hospice shops.

adidas marathon footscan day
Saturday 18th October
At Runaround Sports

• Free motion analysis 

• Chat with experienced marathon runners

• Join in our running groups from 9am 

• Grab yourself a bargain and
  enter the draw to win free goodies 

More details at www.runaroundsports.co.uk

Trybike members offer

During the winter Trybike.co.uk are pleased to announce that they will be giving away a free pair of Pro-Lite Como race/training wheels worth £119 with every purchase of any of their frame and fork combinations or sets of carbon wheels. These are on display at Runaround sports at Top Barn Farm.

Cuneo Frame and fork £350
Bella Frame and fork £390
Galileo Frame and fork £890
Our carbon wheelsets start at £750

All you need to qualify for the offer is a current membership card.
You can contact them at the following:
Web www.trybike.co.uk
Email info@trybike.co.uk
Tel 01684 892439
Mob 07880 727878
Further product info can be found at www.pro-lite.net

I joined Worcester Triathlon Club earlier this year and to make myself even busier, I've just commenced a Sports Massage Therapy course at the University of Gloucestershire.  One of the requirements of the course is that I clock up 100 hours practical work, so I'm looking for volunteers who would like to receive some free sports massage.

I'm fully insured and keen to get practising from this November, so why not include sports massage as part of your winter training schedule?

Feel free to contact me on 07956 577428 or alison1975@hotmail.com

Worcester Cycle Centre are running bike maintenance classes, can be women only it depends on the demand.
Would anyone from the club be interested?

Contact Erica at Worcester Cycle Centre to register
interest - forewarned though, at present they are on Tuesday nights.

• M.A.D. Mountain Bike Stunt Team
• X-treme Movie Tent
• Bike Fancy Dress Competition
• Mountain Bike Challenge Course
• Get Cycling Roadshow
• Roller Racing
• Guided Family Cycle Ride
• Blendavenda
• Dr Bike
• Wyvern FM Roadshow
• Climbing Wall and Bungee Trampolines

If you can get along there's plenty for the family to do, and there will be club members
helping out doing their bit to publicise Worcester Triathlon Club, so if you have any
spare time, it would be much appreciated towards Club PR.

Here's the link,

http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-ht-choose-tob-pedal.htm