Highlights of 2012 - and watch this SPACE for 2013!

WOW!

What a year 2012 was! FOUR @SpaceClinics physios were present in London in 2012 at the hugely successful Games as physio Games Makers! It was not just UK sport that was memorable: SPACE Clinics here in Edinburgh enjoyed the best ever year since opening in 2005 despite the continued economic stress!

Thank you to EVERYONE whom has supported us in any way, visiting the clinic as a patient or interested party to what we are trying to achieve.

This blog has reported much over the past 12 months too.

If we share some highlights of the year, perhaps you will see how we are evolving, and the type of information we are dishing up digitally to anyone from the various countries that regularly tune into our interests in exercise, concussion and diet: three themes of significance in 2012.

We also like reporting on advances in science. In January we reported on strain hardening in fascia and the phenomenon of 'creep' for example JANUARY New Fascia Info published.

Ross was discussing body fat reductions with a patient stimulating a piece on how Mediterranean diets could be good for the brain as well as the body in February FEBRUARY Food for Thought and dietary myths carried on in March with the renowned Tim Noakes acting as part of an evidence based review of exercise associated collapse in MARCH The Dehydration Myth.

Ross reported live from the pitchside in early April from Lille in France as part of the Kelburne hockey club backroom staff at the Eurohockey Championships APRIL Eurohockey Club Champions, whilst May saw an honest appraisal for the career of Scotland rugby legend Chris 'Mossy' Paterson MAY Chris Paterson retires from rugby which was one of our most popular pieces all year.

Scottish rugby had a great June with victories in Australia, Fiji and Samoa, often training or playing in rain which saw the squad visit flooded regions of the South Pacific JUNE Flooded Fijian Villages which gave this SPACE blog an opportunity to report back from what is seldom seen in the UK of these beautiful islands.

Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome spiked our interest in the Tour de France JULY Tour de Force 2012 glory and July also saw the four staff assist at the glorious Games JULY Kitting out the Games Maker volunteers. Dr Jacques Rogge declared the XXXth Olympiad closed AUGUST Closing of Olympics but following on hard on the heels of the Olympians came the Paralympians, which we recognised with the C4 ad AUGUST Here come the superhumans as well as the most popular blog of the year with the remarkable story of inspirational Alex Zanardi SEPTEMBER Zanardi: From F1 to Gold Medal.

September was also the month when the SPACE sponsored Scotland Touch team finished the European Touch Championships in Treviso in Italy as Champions SEPTEMBER SPACE sponsored Scotland Touch Champions!. Newcomer John Twynham showed how he was updating his emergency skills in Ireland SEPTEMBER Emergency Life Support Skills Update.

Several physio staff attended the International Federation of Athletic Coaches meeting in Glasgow in October, and heard coach Toni Minichiello speak of how Jessica Ennis coped with pressure to scoop Olympic gold in the summer OCTOBER How Ennis won the Gold. 

New methods of combating jetlag were hinted at in November NOVEMBER Vial and masked attempts to combat jetlag and a SPACE physio took to Vegas to speak to America on hip & groin injury NOVEMBER Sporting Groin whilst this past month festive greetings were spread around with clips from the record breaking Santa Claus Run DECEMBER Santa Claus Festive Run Video of Footstrike with a video of footstrike.

Phew! What a year-and we left out the various concussion discussions, exercise myths and debates plus various one-offs!

More to come in 2013 from this blog!

We have some exciting clinic news very early on in the year which should see a shift in the way Edinburgh and eastern Scotland is serviced for physio and medical services for the near future!

Happy Hogmanay!

All the best to you all for 2013.

Literally, watch this SPACE!