I absolutely love what I do....By Georgie Baglin

As part of our 'find out a little bit more about our members and what they do' posts, we asked Club member, Georgie, to tell us a little more about GB Sports Therapy. She was slightly reluctant as she didn't want to be seen touting for business, but we persuaded her it is relevant and of interest to members, thanks Georgie

Howdie folks…

It’s been suggested that I let you know a little bit more about me and GB Sports Therapy, just so as you know what I do and how I might be able to help you at any point J

So, yes I’m a Sports Therapist – specialising in injury prevention and rehab.  That’s a bit of a contradiction in terms isn’t it; well the truth is that at any level there are always injuries…  The trick in working with a good Therapist is that they can advise you how to prevent the majority of them, and they know you well enough to rehab the ones that do occur.

  

Triathlete work is becoming a speciality of mine.  It’s tricky because of the unusual demands placed on your body in the three disciplines...  There are a handful of common triathlete ‘overuse’ injuries that we see on a regular basis, resulting from the short vs long calf muscle requirement in bike/run, the repetitive forward motion causing anterior legs to over-dominate, and compressive spinal injuries causing limb dysfunction such as pins and needles and altered sensation.

There are the ‘other’ injuries that I see such as festering pressure points in endurance riders (bleugh!), knee-downs, shoulder dislocs after crashes, twisted ankles etc…  These are the exciting ones, ha!

 I absolutely love what I do J  Everyone who comes to me gets 100% of my focus and best intention.  Sometimes my skills in soft tissue aren’t enough to fix a problem and if that’s the case then I refer onto the right professional in another discipline.  That may mean liaising with your doctor, hospital, specialist sports rehab facility or physio/chiropractic. 

I currently work from Gamlingay and Langford, but next month will set up a specialist facility in Biggleswade which will allow me to perform movement/gait analysis and have full rehab facilities.  Excited much?!  It’s going to be awesome J

If you’d like to know more about what I do you’re welcome to grab me on a club night, check out GB Sports Therapy on Facebook or Twitter, or visit www.gbsportstherapy.co.uk.

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