Oli Johnson
"Whenever
I am in a tight spot with an injury or niggle I call
on Kim to put me right. She offers just the right balance of hands-on
rehab and advice on preventative measures and rehab, while finding ways
for you to go on doing the sport you love. Without her help I would not
have made it to the start line of some important races over the past
couple of years."
Oli Johnson has been one of Britain's top orienteers for more than ten years, bagging a total of 8 British titles. More recently he's started enjoying the map-free freedom of fell-running, winning the Langdale Horseshoe in 2010 and the FRA Relays with Dark Peak in 2011. He ran for England in the World Mountain Running Championships 2011, placing 7th.
Seb Grieve
Seb
Grieve had a bad shoulder. It's better now. You can read how that
happened below.
To quote Neil Gresham's blog, "Immortalised by the video, Hard Grit, Seb Grieve's ascent of Meshuga [E9 6c] horrified viewers all over the World and was regarded as the benchmark in gritstone boldness."
Having climbed and fallen off most of Derbyshire’s hardest gritstone routes Seb has gone on to exploring the more adventurous parts of the globe establishing new routes in Mongolia, Vietnam, Colombia and China.
Graham Gristwood
"Kim
has worked with me for several years both through the
British Orienteering Squad and as a private patient, covering all
aspects of training including injury prevention, rehabilitation,
treatment of acute injuries and support and treatment during major
races.
I've always found it reassuring that she has been through the pressures of international competition herself and understands exactly what top class athletes need to train and perform."
Graham is one of Britain's leading orienteers with a growing list of international successes including World Relay Champion in 2008, Silver at the World Cup Final in 2010 and 4th in the World Championships Sprint in 2011.
Hilary Bloor
"I have been seeing Kim on and off over the years
mainly for running problems. I was very pleased to have Kim's help with
my shoulder injury after falling off my mountain bike. She gave me a
comprehensive and realistic recovery programme which worked wonders and
six weeks later
I was able to compete in the Grand Raid Cristalp."
Hilary is one of those people who seems to enjoy a challenge. She has completed the Joss Naylor Challenge and the Bob Graham Round, cycled from Lhasa in Tibet to Khatmandu in Nepal, competed in the 7 day Trans-Rockies mountain bike race, the Trans Scotland and the Grand Raid Cristalp - the World's longest one-day Mountain Bike Race. In 2011 she completed the 6 day Marathon des Sables - 151 miles across the Sahara desert. Not content with completing the "world's toughest foot race", two weeks later she cycled from Lands End to John o Groats.
Shane Ohly
"Kim is one of the very best physios to have treated me and I
am more than happy to recommend her. As a former Great Britain
Orienteer, she understands what sportsmen and women want from their
bodies and that a niggle really is an emergency! She also has fantastic
insight and during 2008 when I kept presenting with aches and pains she
was the first professional to recognise that I was over doing it and
risking serious fatigue. When I became ill with Chronic Fatigue in
early 2009 I was very sorry that I hadn't listened to her!
"
Shane Ohly is an elite mountain runner with many podium finishes and a coveted win at the OMM Elite 2011. He holds the current record for the winter Ramsay Round taking in 24 munros and 30,000ft of ascent and descent in 30 hours. Prior to focusing on running, Shane was a top class rock climber with many first ascents to his name. Along with John Arran he was the first to climb over 500 routes in a day on the Peak District gritstone
Lucy Harris
Lucy enjoys racing but she enjoys being in the mountains even more.
Having been three times British U23 Fell-Running Champion, a regular in
Britain's Mountain Bike Orienteering team and
Elite Mixed Winner at the Mourne Mountain Marathon 2011, what better
sport to tackle next than Adventure Racing?
In 2010 and 2011 she competed in the Adventure Racing World Series. Her Inov8 team managing 8th in the 4 day Adidas Terrex 2010 which covered most of the Lake District and much of Morecambe Bay. In 2011, having been 5th for most of the race her team placed 12th in the non-stop 6 day Raid the North Extreme, crossing a wilderness area of the Canadian Rockies and only losing time on the final day due to injury.
You can read Lucy's testimonial here
Mark Simmonds
"Kim's skill and expertise saw me back to fitness and achieve
my dream
of playing for England. Kim devised a detailed programme of treatment
and rehabilitation that saw me back playing top level hockey despite
previous advice to retire. I can't thank her enough."
Mark Simmonds, England Masters Hockey
Jenny Peel
"Since having kids I've had numerous injuries and
niggles from trying to run too much too quickly. Kim's skill at
releasing off pain points
has kept me going when the stresses of work and two small children have
meant proper training and exercise has been difficult. As an
ex-team-mate
and current competitor her sensible advice on strength exercises is
always welcome, but, like her, I don't always get round to doing it."
Jenny Peel has a long and distinguished career as an international orienteer with a career best of 4th place at the World Championships. In 2011 she won the Vets British Championships in Sprint, Middle and Relay and came second in the Long Distance.
Freda Brayshaw
"I am a woman in my 60s and usually run 5 miles twice a week, do dance aerobics, pilates and yoga. I fell while running 8 weeks ago and fractured a metatarsal. After 4 weeks immobilised in a rigid plastic boot, my foot was stiff and painful and even walking for fairly short distances was difficult. After 3 sessions with Kim, my foot is much more supple and the pain has lessened considerably. Kim is positive, enthusiastic and encouraging and I now feel much more optimistic that I will be running again before long."
Tricia Anderson
"A combination of Kim's pragmatic advice and guidance and regular physiotherapy has successfully reduced the chronic pain I have experienced for some years in my neck and shoulders. Kim's approach is always thorough and her explanation of the causes of the pain has helped me to take steps to alleviate the problem. Kim is always professional and exemplar in her approach. I have absolute confidence in her skills as a physiotherapist and recommend her without hesitation."
Lucy Harris's Testimonial
"I first visited Kim Baxter and Associates in the first season I introduced cycling into my training and picked up an injury four weeks before my first international Mountain Bike Orienteering race. I was back on the bike within a week and by the time the race came, was completely fine."
"Since then I have taken up Adventure Racing, in particular Expedition racing at an international level. This involves running, mountain biking and kayaking for days at a time and puts a lot of strain on every bit of the body. I have visited Kim and Associates more frequently as my volume of training and racing has increased.
"I know I will always be met by friendly faces and come away with a clear diagnosis of the problem and a good plan of how best to treat it and strengthen up in order to avoid a recurring injury and be back out training and racing. Being athletes themselves, the physios know how much I want to be running/biking/kayaking so it is not often that the advice is to stop completely. If it is, then I know I have done something special. Thanks Kim and the team!
Seb Grieve's Shoulder
"I had reached the end of the road and now had two options:
- Stop climbing altogether.
- Go under the knife.
I had tried other stuff. Carrying on and hoping the complaint would clear up. That didn’t work. Seeing the doctor – he just recommended taking lots of pills, that didn’t work. Seeing a physio, that didn’t work either.
My shoulder hurt a lot, in fact pretty much most of the time. It often kept me awake a night. A few of my friends had had shoulder operations and come back and climbed okay again – so it couldn’t be that bad. So I thought that it was simply my time. As a last ditch resort I thought I would try a new physio – Kim Baxter – who came highly recommended.
Kim’s approach was refreshing and scientific. “Really! you can tell that much about me from my stance?” Kim’s diagnosis was that I had a muscle imbalance due to years of climbing (Lots of years…..). The good news was that I only had a mild case and that with rest (yes, no climbing) stretching and building up I would be back climbing in no time. I was hopeful and pleased that I wasn’t going to need an operation. She gave me weird diagrams and equally weird exercises to do to stretch my back and train my distorted muscles back into shape.
After a couple of months stretching and doing the weirdo exercises at home I returned to the climbing wall and built up my strength slowly. I was just glad to be climbing again even if it was easy stuff. The weirdo excercises raised a lot of laughs at the gym. They had never seen a grown man doing angels in the snow against a wall before – I didn’t care because they were working. After a few months I was climbing properly again.
So would I recommend Kim? Absolutely! Her knowledge of the body is extensive and the way she scientifically approaches the diagnosis and solution are very professional."