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Tamworth Physiotherapists provide Sports Massage at Lichfield 10k Race
Start of Lichfield 10k 2009 race
Tamworth sports physiotherapists from Atlas Pain Relief Centre in Tamworth town centre Staffordshire provided support for local runners in Lichfield on September 6th 2009
The Atlas Sports Massage team turned out to provide the Lichfield 10k runners with advice on running gait and overpronation and sports massage before and after the run.
On site massage has been an integral part of the Lichfield 10k event in Staffordshire and many runners avail themselves of this free service provided by the Tamworth Atlas team.
Atlas have set up a website to support runners www.runninginjuryclinic.co.uk and are the only sports injury clinic in the midlands to be recognised by the 2009 Flora London Marathon.
Providing sports massage, injury prevention advice, diagnosis and treatment of running injuries, biomechanical assessments, video gait analysis, laser foot scanning and prescription orthotic foot insoles, the Atlas Sports Injury Clinic are specialists in running injuries.
Providing a local service to Lichfield, Tamworth and Sutton Coldfield runners the Atlas massage team donate their time free of charge for this well organised event that attracts up to a 1000 runners.
Preparation will have begun for the 2010 London Marathon and anyone seeking advice or injury treatments can contact the Atlas Sports Injury team on 01827 59943.
Atlas have clinics in Tamworth and Hall Green Birmingham which is on the Solihull/Shirley border
Solihull Birmingham Running Injury Clinic opens its doors to Marathon Runners
New Birmingham Runners Injury Clinic shows clean pair of heels to the recession and credit crunch by treating injured marathon runners.
Local business Atlas Sports Injury Clinic in Hall Green, Birmingham have increased their turnover during the last 8 months in spite of the credit crunch and recession. Last Monday saw the launch of a new runners injury clinic from the Robin Hood Island premises where they provide specialist advice and treatments for marathon runners.
The Birmingham clinic have recently employed another running chartered sports physiotherapist in Richard Mason who finished 28th in the 2001 Flora London Marathon in a time of 2 hrs 22 mins.
The award-winning Atlas team has a compliment of practitioners’ expertise in all areas of sports and pain relief. In particular, the clinic specialises in treating runners, offering biomechanical evaluations, video gait analysis, laser foot scanning and prescription orthotics. As a result, Atlas Running Injury Clinic will be the only clinic of its kind in the West Midlands to be included in the recommended injury clinics by the Flora London Marathon 2009. The new website, www.runninginjuryclinic.co.uk will also support runners as part of the teams ongoing investment into this area.
Lengthy waiting lists on the NHS for treatments like physiotherapy, means that the clinic is providing a welcome alternative to local people suffering needlessly.
Clinic Director John Williams said: “The Atlas Sports Injury Clinic opened eight months ago and demand has grown steadily, mainly from personal recommendations, which has enabled us to provide more practitioners. The Clinic now has an Osteopath, 3 Physiotherapists a Sports Podiatrist and a registered Dietician.
We wanted to include a specialist marathon running clinic which we launched last Monday which has been very well supported by local runnersâ€
Local legends of sport; Ian Taylor Aston Villa FC, David Busst Coventry City FC, and world endurance champion Paddy Doyle, attended the official opening of the Atlas Runners Injury Clinic on Monday 30th March 2009 in support of the ground-breaking team who has successfully treated them in the past and kept them on the road to triumph.
For an appointment contact 0121 745 8792
New Running Injury Clinic Website Launched in Birmingham
Atlas have launched a new running injury website which highlights the Solihull Birmingham Runners Injuries Clinic and Tamworth Runners Injury Clinic in Staffordshire.
www.runninginjuryclinic.co.uk contains 29 pages of Running information, the new runners website will contain articles and news on running injuries, marathon running and training tips.
If you need help with your Flora London Marathon training or are currently suffering pain or an injury
Telephone 01827 59943 or 0121 745 8792 and speak to the running injury team