Our Team

Tim Deykin

Following his interest in sport and science subjects at school Tim completed the first Sport Science BSc Degree course in Liverpool in 1980. He continued with research into the 'effects of sleep deprivation on human performance' combined with the role of President of the Students Union. The following year he commenced a Masters Degree at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, but having suffered an knee injury whilst teaching sport, he returned to Britain before its completion in order to register on a Physiotherapy Training Course.

He spent three years at Withington Hospital School of Physiotherapy (which was recognised as one of the best school in the country) and qualified in 1985 gaining Professional eligibility and Membership of the Society of Chartered Physiotherapists.

He sought employment at one of the top Sports Injury Clinics in the North West working in St John Street in Manchester City Centre. After only a few months whilst treating the Captain of Great Britain Rugby League Team, Harry Pinner, Tim was head-hunted by St. Helens RLFC.

At St. Helens Tim re-organised the treatment facility, working three to four evenings a week and both days at the weekend, and covering all the scheduled training sessions and first team matches. He gained invaluable experience, dealing with a continual barrage of acute soft tissue injuries, and having to get the players back on the field for the next match.

He went to Wembley twice with St. Helens in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup Final's in 1987 and 1989. He was also the Team Physio for the Lancashire RLFC Team and for the Rest of the World Team when they played Great Britain in 1989. The Rugby League secured Tim's services to attend all GB Squad training camps and Fitness Assessments and he was also Team Physio to the GB Academy RLFC Squad.

In 1989 he had a chance meeting with his canoe slalom coach who was the GB Team Coaching Staff at the time, and was asked if he could provide physio cover for a series of races in Europe during the closed season.

He subsequently relinquished his post at St Helens to follow his favourite sport of Slalom Canoeing and attended the World Championships in the USA in 1989 and the former Yugoslavia in 1991. (which finished only days before war broke out!)

Tim travelled with the team all over Europe working not only as the team Physiotherapist but also helping out with team logistics and assisting the coaching staff. His work with the Team culminated in 1992 when he attended the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games at the La Seu Slalom site.

Having married the previous year to Alison (another slalom canoeist) he decided to spend a little time at home and relinquished his post with the team.

Tim had gained seven years of very intense, high-pressure sports injury management experience. Despite the weekend working schedules preventing him from attending many post graduate courses, he managed to make time to attend a few of the cutting edge training courses, keeping fully up to date with the latest breakthroughs in Physiotherapy and Sports Medicine.

Tim's Post-Graduate Courses

YEAR	PLACE	TUTOR	TOPIC
1982	Liverpool	Dennis Wright	Sports injuries
1988	Warrington	Malcolm Robinson	Back Pain Mckenzie Part A
1988	Nottingham	Malcolm Robinson	Neck Pain Mckenzie Part B
1988	London	Peter Wells	Adverse Mechanical Tension
1988	Manchester	Seminars	British Assoc. of Sports Medicine
1989	Liverpool	Peter Legeard	Back & Neck Pain Mckenzie Part C
1989	Stockport	Martin Weingarten	Spinal Dysfunction Kaltenborne Technique
1989	London	Brian Edwards	Back & Neck Pain Combined Movements
1989	Derby	Andy Sweaney	Repetitive Strain Injuries
1989	Manchester	Seminars	British Assoc. Sports Medicine
1990	Birmingham	Ace Neem	Back Pain Mckenzie Part D
1990	London	Bob Elvey	Adverse Neural Tissue Tension
1990	Stevenage	Brain Mulligan	Back & Neck Pain NAGS and SNAGS
1990	Stratford	Seminars	Cranio-mandibular disorder - TMJ -Whiplash
1990	Newcastle	Andy Sweaney& Dr Phil Evans	Repetitive Strain Injury and Adverse Neural Tissue Tension
1991	Birmingham	Ace Neem	Back & Neck Pain Mckenzie Part D refresher
1991	Birmingham		Western Style Acupuncture for Pain Relief
1991	London	Peter Wells	Adverse Neural Tissue Tension
1991	London	Brain Mulligan	Back & Neck Pain- NAGS and SNAGS
1992	Letchworth	Leon Chaitoe	Cranio-sacral Manipulation-12 day course
1992	Sheffield	Andy Sweaney	Adverse Neural Tension
1992	York	Seminars	Medico-legal Workshop (OCPPP)
1992	Manchester	James Carroll	Lazer Therapy
1993	Sheffield	Bernard Nolan	Shiatsu Oriental Medicine
1993	Manchester	Diane Farragher	Eutrophic Stimulation for Bells Palsy
1993	Manchester		Tempero-mandibular joint dyfunction
1993	London	Jenny McConnell	Patello-femoral Taping Techniques
1993	Nottingham	Seminars-ACPOH	Ergonomics with Practical Applications
1993	Abergaveny	Brain Edwards	Back & Neck Pain Combined Movements
1993	Peterborough	Seminars OCPPP	Computer Software in Medicine
1993	Keele	Paul Bartlett	Langer Lower Limb Biomechanics Course
1993	York	Professor Mariano Roccabardo	Cranio-cervical and Cranio-mandibular Dysfunction
1993	Harrogate	Jeff Boyling & Mark Comerford	Muscle imbalance implications of Repetitive Strain Injuries
1993	London	Prof Nikoli Bogduk	Cervical Headaches-Seminars & Workshop
1993	London	Prof Nikoli Bogduk	Update on the Lumbar Spine (MACP)
1994	Sheffield	Louis Gifford	Advanced Adverse Neural Tissue Tension
1994	London	Pete Emerson	Pelvic Somatic Dysfunction and Corrective MuscleEnergy Techniques
1994	Harrogate	Mark Comerford	Muscle Imbalance - Trunk Stability/Back Pain
1994	Liverpool	Jeff Boyling	Overview of RSI and muscle imbalance
1994	Manchester	Prof Vladamir Janda	Motor Recruitment / Muscle Reprogramming
1994	Manchester	Louis Gifford	Clinical Biology of Aches and Pains
1994	Edinburgh	Gwen Jull	Update - Lumbo-pelvic Restabilisation
1994	Edinburgh	David Butler	Update - Neuro-meningeal Dynamics
1995	Liverpool	Dave Fitzpatrick	Work Related Upper Limb Disorder
1995	Liverpool	Jeremy Lewis	Myo-fascial pain / Shoulder Impingements
1995	London	Seminars	Recent Concepts in Pain Science
1996	Edinburgh	Caroline Richardson	Update on Lumbo-pelvic Restabilisation
1996	Liverpool	Mick Thacker & Louis Gifford	Whiplash and Chronicity
1996	Edinburgh	Paul Hodges	Update on Trans Abs and Muscle Imbalance
1997	Manchester	Seminars	Current Trends in Sport
1997	Manchester	Glen Hunter	Dynamic Tissue Healing / Effects of Physio.
1997	Cheltenham	Dr Phil Evans	Prosection Study of Knee Pathology
1997	Southampton	Prof James Taylor	Clinical Pathology - Cervical & Lumbar Spine
1997	London	Dr Phil Evans	Prosection Study of the Shoulder Girdle
1997	Huntingdon	Dr Phil Evans	Proscetion Study of the Elbow & Wrist
1997	Manchester	Seminars-GP Forum	Back and Groin Pain
1997	London	Seminars	Rehabilitation for Back Pain
1998	Manchester	Louis Gifford	The Problem of Nerves
1998	Manchester	Seminars GP Forum	Aspects of Orthopaedics
1998	Manchester	Dr Tim Watson	Electrotherapy Update
2000	Manchester	Louis Gifford	Aches and Pains- Graded Exposure
2000	Manchester	Dr Nigel Lawes	Pain Science and the Patient
2000	Manchester	Dr Nigel Lawes & Louis Gifford	Current Thinking on the Problem of Pain
2000	Manchester	Seminars- GP Forum	Lower Limb Biomechanics
2000	Liverpool	Vladamir Bobic	Lower Limb Pathology and Biomechanics
2001	Derby	Louis Gifford	Symposium on Pain
2001	Bristol	Glen Hunter	The Soft Touch -Tissue Healing Dynamics
2001	Daventry	Football Assoc.	Sports Injury Conference
2001	London	Seminars	Back Pain Pathophysiology
2001	Liverpool	Seminars	Sports Injury, Surgery and Rehabilitation
2001	Sheffield	Seminars	Current Trends in Lower Limb Rehabilitation
2002	Manchester	Seminars	Upper Limb Sports Injury & Management
2002	Manchester	Seminars	Growing Pains in Children
2002	Warwick	Tony Wilson	Anterior Knee Pain- no tape required
2002	Nottingham	A Taylor & R Kerry	Altered  Haemodynamics
2002	Liverpool	Seminars	Sports Injury, Surgery and Rehabilitation
2002	Liverpool	Prof Gordon Waddell  & Paul Watson	Working Backs
2003	Stockport	Jo Gibson	The Shoulder: What's new?
2003	Manchester	Howard Turner	EMG Biofeedback
2003	Manchester	Warrick McNeil	Ultrasound imagin, trans abs
2003	Liverpool	Dr Jill Cooke	Tendinopathies
2003	Daventry	Football Assoc.	Sports Injury Conference
2003	Liverpool	Seminars	Sports Injury, Surgery and Rehab
2004	Rotheram	Amanda Blake	Understanding MR and Ultrasound imaging
2005	Rotheram	Dean Watson	Role of C0-3 in Benign recurrent Headache
2005	Sheffield	Tony Wilson	The Shoulder Unplugged
2005	Epsom	Dr John Reynolds	Acupuncture Update and Review
2005	Manchester	John Annan	Myofascial Release Level One
2005	London	Dr J Bullock-Saxton	New Exercises with Bands and Balls
2005	Nottingham	Dr J Bullock-Saxton	About Muscles
2005	Nottingham	Joanne Elphinston	Functional Stability Level One
2006	Oxford	Joanne Elphinston	Functional Stability Level Two
2006	Loughborough	EIS East Midlands	ISO.com and KING.com Training Update
2006	Loughborough	Ron Sharp	Acupuncture and Sports Injuries
2007	London	Dr Chan Gunn	Intra-muscular dry needling Part one
2007	Prague	Dr Van Hagen	Body Works Exhibition
2007	London	Dr Chan Gunn	Intra-muscular dry needling Part Two
2007	Cambridge	Dr Dean Watson	C0-3 Benign Headaches Level Two
2007	Reading	Tony Bettison	Sports First Aid and Trauma
2008	Bolton	Mr Gordon Shephard	Recent advances in knee surgery in sport
2008	Manchester	Dr G Van Hagen	Body Works Exhibition
2008	Cambridge	Dr Dean Watson	One-on-One study day/tutorial
2008	Stoke	Haken Alfredson	Tendinopathies - Patella and Achillies
2008	Birmingham	N/A	Diagnositc Ultrasound Imaging

Courses & Lecturing
I have run several weekend courses at Stepping Hill Hospital on ‘ Understanding Necks and Backs’ for other practitioners, and have also run another weekend course on Knee and Shoulder rehabilitation, re-stabilisation and neuromuscular re-programming.
I have lectured in a part-time capacity at Salford University on the BSc. (Hons) Sports Rehabilitation programme, and at the Manchester Metropolitan University Physiotherapy programme..

Clinical Placements
I currently receive twelve to fourteen undergraduates on clinical placement from Sports Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy degree courses from Manchester, Salford, Sheffield Universities at the clinic in Stockport, as well as welcoming year 10 and A-level students on work experience placements, during the summer vacation.  

Publications
"Affects of partial and complete sleep deprivation on certain aspects of human performance"
Reilly T. and Deykin T. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 1983.

Andy is a very keen sportsperson and has engaged in a really wide variety of sporting activities. He has represented the district at soccer and in cross-country and athletics. He has also played at a competitive level, golf rugby and tennis. Prior to starting his degree course at university, he took a gap year and worked in an Outdoor Activities Centre in Wales as an Instructor in climbing and canoeing.

Andy completed a Bachelor of Science in Sports Rehabilitation (Honours) at Salford University in June 2004. He had undertaken a successful clinical placement at Sport-Med earlier on in the year and benefited from the experience enormously. He gained great insight into the application of the therapeutic skills which he had learned and practiced over the previous three years.

Whilst training at university Andy provided injury assessment and treatment for the university rugby league team at training and pitch side, which kept him very busy indeed and provided enormous exposure to different types of injuries. He provided Team Physio support to the Salford Football Association Teams of Excellence at the U14 and U15 levels.

Within a few weeks of joining the Sport-Med clinic Andy had his own patient caseload and played a fully active role in delivering the best possible treatment to his patients. He has successfully completed annual performance reviews and identified a specialist area of interest in Ergonomics and Occupational Health, and in upper limb injuries, in particular the shoulder joint. Andy has undertaken courses and credentialed Professional examinations in Ergonomics and is now the clinics lead practitioner in undertaking Work Station Assessment and Risk Assessment for local companies.

Since joining the clinic he has worked for the English Institute of Sport at Sportcity in Eastlands, delivering massage rehabilitation to GB athletes and has also provided support to the Australian Paralympic Team.

To keep up to date with the latest research into soft tissue injury and treatment protocols Andy has attended various courses including the Annual Symposium by the FA for Consultants, Doctors and Physiotherapists, cold therapy in clinical practice, as well as knee and shoulder courses. Andy will be completing the next professional exam in Ergonomics next year and will be expanding his expertise on the shoulder and on deep soft tissue myofascial release techniques.

Rachel was always a keen participant in sport from an early age.

Her main sport was netball and she represented Stockport Netball Team for several years culminating in playing in the World Youth Games. She also developed her skills in athletics and in particular the discipline of Javelin which she threw in the Stockport Athletics Championships. Her sporting activities were also in the water and she trained seriously with the Manchester Aquatics Swimming Club based at the Commonwealth Pool.

Unfortunately for her, after sustaining an injury in a minor car accident she was forced to put her sporting participation on hold. This curved the pathway for her career as a sports rehabilitation specialist. And she pursued this profession to help people with the sort of musculo-skeletal injuries she had sustained. After applying her new found knowledge to her own injuries she has returned to sports activity but now mainly for her own well-being.

Rachel completed her Batchelor of Science Honours degree at Salford University in June 2007. She had previously worked in and under-graduate capacity at Sport-Med clinic whilst on clinical placement through the University. Her exceptional aptitude and skills were evident at this very early stage, and Sport-Med asked her to keep in touch.

This Rachel did and after completing a successful placement we were able to offer her supervised clinic work on a part time basis to cover staff holidays and sick leave.

During this time she further demonstrated that she was more than able to provide effective treatments and excellent outcomes.

Sport-Med business development progressed it was inevitable that there was a need for Rachel’s continued assistance in the clinic and she joined the Team on a permanent basis.

During her time at Sport-Med she has successfully undertaken performance reviews and identified a specialist interest in neuro-musculo-skeletal injuries to the lower limb in particular hip and knee injuries. She has attended various courses to gain advanced skills in diagnosis and current treatment protocols which she incorporates into her rehabilitation programmes. She recently attended a 3 day international Knee Symposium at the Emirates Stadium.

Rachel has provided pre- and post- massage at local Triathlon competitions in a national series in Sprint and Olympic distances.

Rachel is integral to the organisation of our annual Charity Massage Team for the Wilmslow Half Marathon which raises funds for Christies or MacMillan Nurses.

Victoria is the resident Podiatrist at Sport-Med who can provide detailed biomechanical assessment of the lower limb and prescribe relevant exercise advice and often orthotic shoe inserts to remedy your aches and pains.

Equally as important, Victoria can deal with soft tissue complaints of the foot and ankle, namely toe nails, verucas and corns!

More information about Victoria coming soon !

Our Medical Professionals

Our team can give the widest perspective on your injury or condition and offer you the most effective and comprehensive programme of treatment and rehabilitation.

All of our Professionals have undertaken a three-year full time degree course and examinations, written, oral and practical, which enable them to gain membership to their relevant Professional Governing Body.

The Professional Governing Body sets standards, codes of practice and codes of conduct by which each practitioner must abide. In return the practitioner can apply for State Registration, and is given Professional Indemnity Insurance. In the case of physiotherapy this is now set at £5,000,000 and can be supplemented by becoming a member of the Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice.

Other members of staff include the following:
Secretary
Bookkeeper
Accounts Clerk

Work experience students are usually year 10 students (approx. 15 years old). They will have sent us a brief CV, and attended an informal interview. They are given a place here only if they can demonstrate that they really want to follow physiotherapy as their chosen career.

This work experience is vital to progress into physiotherapy, as Universities will no longer take students on their academic results alone. They must have shown some commitment to gaining exposure to the profession of physiotherapy or in the medical caring environment.

We may ask your consent for students to sit in on the treatment or evaluation sessions. This is entirely at your discretion, but your co-operation would be much appreciated.

Clinical placement students are over eighteen years old studying at University and usually in their third and final year, either studying Sports Rehabilitation or Physiotherapy. In many cases they have completed nearly all of their training and have only a final dissertation to complete to conclude their course.

These students by no means know it all, but what they lack in breadth of experience, they more than make up for in commitment, excellent treatment techniques and enthusiasm to demonstrate their newly honed skills. You will also find it very enlightening listening to the senior therapist, who supervises the student, explains in medical terminology exactly what is happening in your condition! Before they undertake any treatments we check out their treatment techniques and knowledge base.

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