Rewards for Forces
An interesting conversation on Twitter the other day led me to contact Peter Raith at Rewards for Forces, a benefit website for serving and veteran members of the Armed Forces.
As you know, I used to be a Physiotherapy Officer in the Army. It was a period of my life that I really enjoyed, and I'd recommend it to any young physiotherapist with a strong interest in sports and training injuries, as they offer superb opportunities for both in-house and external training with unrivalled access to physically fit and motivated patients to practise on!
Although I've obviously now left the Army and moved into private practice, I still have strong links with the military. Many of my friends are still serving, and as I blogged recently, I'm still involved in getting the Mobiliser into standard usage in military physiotherapy departments. As this post goes to press, I'm even in Aldershot myself, partnering former Papua New Guinea international Lawrence Tere in the mixed doubles section of the Army Tennis Championships! Perhaps, to bastardise a common phrase, "you can take the girl out of the Army..." etc.
At any rate, I'm still very sympathetic to the needs of the military patient - and conscious that nobody joins the Forces to earn a mint. And as far as I'm aware, there aren't any physiotherapists working with the Armed Forces who practice the Sarah Key Method, which I believe is one of the most effective and patient-centred systems available. So I'm delighted to announce that I'm now able to offer a discount to self-funding serving and veteran members of the Armed Forces of 20% off all physiotherapy assessment and treatment sessions. All you have to do is to sign up to the scheme and present your Rewards for Forces card at your first session.
Membership of the Rewards for Forces scheme costs £12 per year, and at current Victory prices, our discount will give you £30 off your assessment and £20 off each subsequent treatment session... surely a no brainer?
I look forward to seeing you; please e-mail me to arrange a session.
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Hi, I'm Nell Mead. I'm a former Army physiotherapist and I specialise in sports medicine and back pain. This is my blog, where I write about issues that are on my mind. Some of these are about issues that are specific to particular injuries or medical conditions but I will also be updating you on events occurring inside Victory and in the wider world of medical rehabilitation. I also publish guest posts by Victory's other therapists whenever I can persuade them to sit still for long enough to write something!
When we're not writing, we're offering appointments at The Foundry in Liverpool Street. We'd love to see your comments on our posts - and we'd love to meet you even more, so do pop by and meet the team.
Update...
Posted by Nell Mead at 22:21 on 19 Jul 2011
Thanks to John and Terry Woodliffe plus the other organisers of the Army Championships: Tim Wakefield, Suzie Greenwood, Bill Herlihy et al - I had a blast. Great to have a chance to hit with some really good players over the last 3 days - thanks guys!
Lawrence and I won the mixed doubles, hurrah - in a final that was delayed by over 3 hours due to Lawrence competing in the most extraordinary Inter Arms & Corps final, which started on time at 1400h, but took 4 1/2 hours to complete and ended up 25-23 in the 3rd set, won by WO2 Jamie Friend and Cpl T-A of the RLC. It's a testament to Army fitness training that both Lawrence and Jamie took to the court again half an hour later ;-)
Good luck to everyone competing in the other finals tomorrow! xx