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Team Behind The Team
Sale Sharks is proud to be associated with the following companies:
The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle, Cheshire, is the largest private hospital in the UK. The hospital is part of BMI Healthcare, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with over sixty acute hospitals nationwide performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country.
Our commitment is to quality and value, providing facilities for advanced surgical procedures together with friendly, professional care. Our range of specialties and services for outpatients, day and longer stay patients include Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopaedics, Urology, Weight Loss Surgery, Diagnostic imaging such as x-ray, ultrasound, mammography, CT scans , MRI Scans and physiotherapy and sports injuries.
These facilities combined with the latest in technology including an intensive care unit and on-site support services, enable our consultants to undertake a wide range of procedures from routine investigations to complex surgery. This specialist expertise is supported by caring and professional medical staff, with dedicated nursing teams and Resident Medical Officers on duty 24 hours a day, providing care within a friendly and comfortable environment.
As a proud sponsor of Sale Sharks The Alexandra Hospital offers the club prompt medical and surgical treatment to their players and staff as and when required. Sale Sharks choose to use the services of one of our many teams of orthopaedic surgeons working at The Alexandra Hospital. This group of consultants are known as Orthteam and have a particular interest in treating all elite sports people. These consultants are: Mr Jon Borrill, Mr Tim Clough, Mr Len Funk, Mr Mike Hayton, Mr Adam Hoad-Reddick, Mr Nick Phillips, Mr Matt Ravenscroft, Mr Phil Turner.
For more information on The Alexandra Hospital please go to: www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/alexandra or contact Samantha Sheehan (Consultant Relations Director) to samantha.sheehan@bmihealthcare.co.uk.
EAS offers a wide range of high-quality, science-based, doping-free tested sports nutrition to help athletes achieve their performance, endurance, fitness and nutrition goals. Its diverse range of drinks, bars and supplements provide tried, tested and trusted sports nutrition designed to be taken before, during and after exercise.
EAS has been Sale’s sports nutrition partner for five years: scrum half Richard Wigglesworth is the current brand ambassador. The players all enjoy Myoplex drinks and bars: comprising high-grade proteins enriched with up to 24 vitamins and minerals, Myoplex promotes muscle growth and helps to guard against nutritional deficiencies brought on by tough sessions. The players also take Phosphagen Elite creatine drink to fuel their explosive power and muscular endurance while offsetting lactic acid build up. And Muscle Armor to enjoy muscle protection and development while offsetting fatigue and muscle break down.
“EAS is an integral factor that enables the players to endure tough training and tougher match days,” says Peter Finch, head of physical preparation. “EAS supplements help the players guard against fatigue and minimise muscle damage so they may recover fully and fast.”
Visit www.eas-uk.com for more information on EAS products.
Dave Bell, Performance Director, and Andi Willacy, Sports Therapist, work directly with the Sale Sharks squad.
Dave is a Strength & Sports Conditioning specialist who set up the Perform Centre in Rossendale to bring professional training to games players / athletes who want to improve their sports performances by training sports specific. He's worked in Premiership Rugby Union with NEC Harlequins and Bristol Rugby in the capacity as head of Strength & Conditioning; he is also a British Weight Lifting Coach and a sports psychologist.
Dave is no stranger to Sale Sharks as his eldest son Chris is a regular 1st team member and his youngest son Tommy is a recent addition to the Sharks Academy, and is currently a member of the England U18’s Conference squad.
Since opening, the Perform Centre has welcomed many national and international performers into its training facility, in May of this year we trained Andrew Sheridan prior to his departure to South Africa with the Lions squad. He used the state of the art altitude training facilities to acclimatise for the competition.
We are currently training a number of the injured Sharks players assisting them in getting back to playing by means of altitude training. Charlie Hodgson, Kristian Ormsby, Sean Cox, and Dwayne Peel have all experienced the delights of the Altitude Chamber.All of these players are either back playing or will be back playing shortly and are ahead of the predicted times due to the accelerated healing nature of training in a desaturated oxygen environment.
The Perform Centre is ideally suited to accommodating full squads / teams or individual members, if you want to train where the professionals train and be trained as a professional trains contact Dave at the Perform Centre 0845 330 2117 or info@performcentre.co.uk
The Old Clinic
Philip qualified over 25 years ago as a traditional osteopath. He runs a busy clinic where he has been able to incorporate other disciplines such as physiotherapy, acupuncture, homoeopathy, hypnotherapy and massage.
On asking Philip about his specialist interests he says, “I see many professional sportsmen in an attempt to reduce the likelihood of them developing injuries by allowing their bodies to be in a state of balance whilst under duress.”
He openly admits, “Unlike many Osteopaths I enjoy working with physiotherapists whether they are with Sale Sharks or MUFC. I see the two professions entirely with differing roles to play. Physiotherapists have much more experience and technology available to them to repair damaged or injured tissues, whether they be sustained during the game or after surgery, whereas I am more mechanical in looking for restrictions that may be contributing to the problem occurring in the first instance. Many players, both from football and rugby come to me on a frequent basis, even before any injury takes place. This is because after a treatment players often report that they feel free in their bodies and lighter on their feet.”
For more information, please contact Philip Owen at The Old Hall Clinic on 0161 428 4222 or visit www.oldhallclinic.co.uk / www.childrensclinic.co.uk
