CONTENTS APRIL 2013 ISSUE 56
Publisher TOR DAVIES BSc (Hons)
tor@sportex.net Editor LYNN BOOTH MCSP
lynn@sportex.net Art editor DEBBIE ASHER
debbie@sportex.net Sub-editor ALISON SLEIGH
Journal watch author BOB BRAMAH
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TECHNICAL ADVISORS Steve Aspinall Sophie Cox
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BSc (podiatry), SRCh, MChS
Joanne Elphinston BPhty MA, MCSP Dr Dylan Morrisey MCSP, MSc PhD Prof Graham Smith FCSP, SRP Joan Watt
MCSP, SRP
Dr Nick Webborn MRCGP, Dip Sports Med, MSC
Prof Greg Whyte PhD, BSc (Hons) Welcome
APR 2013
As mornings get lighter, migratory birds return to our gardens and the whiff of spring is in the air, this means one thing for physical therapists
across the UK – marathon season! Time for the yearly influx of sore Achilles heels and over-used iliotibial bands – and their stressed owners all worried about being able to get back on their feet in time for their race.
This got me thinking about roles physical therapists (in the broadest sense) perform in marathon season, particularly as race day volunteers for wounded and distressed athletes. Therapists, along with other local volunteers, play an integral part in making these (and many other sporting events) possible up and down the country. Which then made me wonder as a group, how much volunteering do we actually do each year?
I’ve covered this in more detail – from the fantastic charity work physios and individual practices undertake in local communities to the complex situations faced in disaster areas around the world – in a blog on the sportEX website this month. Have a read and if you have 2 minutes complete this very short survey (
http://spxj.nl/YGsWf3) to see how we compare as a profession. We’ll publish the results via the blog.
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