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FEATURE
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Taking care
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of your
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body
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Reg
has had bad ankles B e f o r e
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for a long time. “The commenc-
fi rst time I can remember injuring ing treat- 21
them was at school. I was prob- ment, clinical
ably 13 at the time” he said; “Since director and
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then I’ve suff ered from a succes- c h a r t e r e d
sion of sprains and pains. They’ve physiotherapist, Chris Boynes, took cricket and ballroom dancing!
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mainly happened through play- a full assessment of Reg’s condi- Chris was Club Physio to profes-
ing football”. tion, asking a range of questions sional rugby team London Irish for
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Like lots of people, Reg has sol- about Reg’s past injuries and the seven years. However the same
diered on without ever receiving treatment he had received. He principle applies to athletes of
proper treatment, meaning the also analysed the way Reg stood all levels and also to people who
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injuries have never really healed. and walked in order to gauge his come to the Practice with non-
It has aff ected his ability to play patterns of movement and how sporting injuries.
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sport and also aff ected his per- these aff ected his body overall, es- In fact much of the work at
formance at work. pecially when playing sport. Chris PhysioActive involves helping 33
“I decided it then worked on Reg’s soft tissue, people with non-sporting spi-
All treatment was time to do releasing the muscle tension in nal injuries, such as neck and
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and
something about Reg’s pelvis and right leg which back pain. PhysioActive also has
it and after fi nd- had been aff ecting his lower back a neuro-physiotherapy special-
rehabilitation
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ing PhysioActive and lower limb movements. Then ist who treats conditions such as
needs to
in the SEnine, he showed Reg a range of exer- MS and stroke patients. Chris ex-
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made an ap-
be tailored
cises and stretches to help change plained “The aim of all of our work
pointment”, said the movement imbalances which is to ease pain, help with recon-
specifi cally to
Reg. were contributing to Reg’s prob- ditioning, and get people feeling
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the individual’s
PhysioActive, lem. healthy and active again”.
a Mottingham “Reg’s condition is not un- We asked Reg what he thought
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needs
based practice, common”, said Chris; “However of the check-up and treatment he
was originally set for physiotherapy to work most had received.
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up in a single room at the Eric Lid- eff ectively, all treatment and re- “It’s been really helpful actu-
dell Sports Centre in 1996 by hus- habilitation needs to be tailored ally”, he said, “I’ve found out a lot 47
band and wife team Pat and Chris specifi cally to the individual’s of stuff about my body and about
Boynes. In 2001 the business ex- needs.” At PhysioActive there are my injury that I didn’t know be-
panded into its current premises experts in a huge range of sports fore. Hopefully it’ll be a real help
at Old Bank House on Motting- who between them look after top in getting me back to 100%”.
ham Road, and at the Pavilion Lei- athletes, from disciplines as varied
sure Centre in Bromley. as windsurfi ng, skiing, football, Graham Gilby
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