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Endorsements
Endorsements
for the Sport Dimensions Approach
Roger Taylor - LTA Davis Cup Captain
Dear Mike,
I just wanted to say thank you for doing such a tremendous job in getting Tim Henman fit to play in the Davis Cup Match against Thailand. I honestly wouldn't have thought it was possible especially knowing how badly Tim was injured when you took charge of him.
British Tennis certainly owes you a big "thank you".
Colin Bryce - Great Britain Bobsleigh Team
I
spent 16 weeks training for the Winter Olympics with the Frappier
Acceleration Programme at Sport Dimensions and I was running faster
than at any time before.
Disaster struck on the 30th of August, during a bobsleigh run I broke my ankle. I thought my chance of making the Olympic Squad were gone. I left hospital on September 1st with nine metal screws and a six inch plate in my foot, with the surgeons words in my ears, "you will be lucky to walk by Christmas".
After a few days of feeling sorry for myself, I hobbled to the Gym, crutches and cast, and hit the weights. After a second operation to remove the screws, there were just 10 weeks to the Olympic trials in December. I turned to Mike Antoniades and Sport Dimensions to try and get me fit.
We spent the first three weeks teaching me to walk again, doing a lot of back pedal and forward walking. It was a slow and painful process and it took four weeks before I could start running. I made the Olympic Trials in December and beat two other members to make the Olympic team.
I would never have made it on my own, the dedication and encouragement by Mike and the coaches at Sport Dimensions pulled me through. I am now stronger and faster than I was before the accident. I whole heartily recommend Sport Dimensions to anyone who wants to get faster and stronger.
Tracey Smedley - Over 35 1500m World Champion
After being injured in a car accident and not running for many years, I decided to start running competitively again. I came to Sport Dimensions to increase my Speed. They designed a programme specifically to my needs and allowed me to train around my work commitments. The sessions were tough and demanding but very enjoyable. It culminated with me winning the Gold medal at the veteran World Championships in Brisbane Australia.
Don Hutchinson, West Ham & Scotland
West Ham sent me down to Sport Dimensions when I was stepping-up my rehabilitation and they were pretty impressed with the results. I only spent a couple of weeks on their programme, but it was extremely beneficial.
Susie McLoughlin – GB Athlete (400m Hurdles)
“The training I do at Sport Dimensions has improved my speed, reactions, strength and endurance. It has also provided variety in my training regime and physio treatment whenever I need it. The staff great too (I’m now one of them!)”
Aki Rihilahti - Crystal Palace & Finland
I have always liked training hard but too often I didn't have the right knowledge to get best results out of my work. I experienced the revolution after some of my highly rated colleagues introduced me to Sport Dimensions. I found immediately that quality one-to-one training with sensible and motivation approach helped me dramatically in the grey areas of my game.
Since then I have regularly based all my fitness and speed training plus recovering from the injuries to Sport Dimensions with good results. The wide variety of training methods and the scientific knowledge behind them has improved me in all the physical sides of the game and helped me a great deal in my career. I recommend Sport Dimensions to everyone who wants to get best out of his training and sport.
Cherno Samba, Millwall
FC
I trained at Sport Dimensions during the summer break and it did me the world of good. My Speed and strength improved dramatically, so much so that that all the coaches at Millwall couldn't believe it when I came back so fit! I would recommend it to any young player who wants to improve their speed and strength.
Paula
George – Wasps & England Women’s
Rugby
“I thought Frappier was so good I joined the staff!”
Bonnie Mahler – Lacrosse, Wales
Antony Phillips - Recreational Rugby
I joined Sport Dimensions after suffering a tear in my abdominal wall, which led to a long period of inactivity and inevitably a huge increase in my weight. So much so, that when I returned to health, my rugby club fitness coach told me I would be put in “Chub Club” and not allowed to play again until I was back to full fitness. I was given ten weeks to get myself back into shape and ready for competitive rugby. Whilst having a full time job, this could have proved very difficult. Enter, Mr. Mike Antoniades and his outstanding team.
After totally breaking down my running style, or lack of one, I was put through a strict programme aimed specifically at increasing my speed and agility and to reduce my body fat percentage from a pork scratching like 38% to under 20%. I achieved my goals and was back playing inside 6 weeks. I 100% owe this to Mike and the guys.
Since then I have continued my training at sport dimensions and have had my most successful 7’s season to date and have recently accepted an offer to go and play in Italy.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Sport Dimensions to anyone. It is the closest thing you can get to a sure thing! From young athletes looking to set off on the right foot to those of us trying to squeeze a few extra years of life out of our playing days…..this is the place to be.
Mike,
I hope you and your team are all well.
The best news, is that Chris is really enjoying his rugby again, and
he's playing with a smile on his face. Most of this is due to you Mike,
and your excellent coaching abilities, and there is no doubt that
the technique and the re- structuring of his running style has given
him much more pace, acceleration, and with this comes a new found confidence
in his own ability.
Chris is scoring tries again, at a recent Under 16 Sussex County
Trial, he played on the wing! never before has he played there, but
he managed to score from 20 yards out, he wouldn't have done that last
year.
Thanks again, for all you have done.
Regards , Peter Wood
Heather
Bowen – Recreational Tennis
I was recommended to Sport Dimensions by a former client who gave a great endorsement to the treatment they received.
Before going to Sport Dimensions I could not walk down the stairs without feeling major pain in both of my knees and had to stop playing tennis, much to my dismay. After my sessions at Sport Dimensions I feel fantastic and can now run on a treadmill and enjoy it and have decided to take up running! All the staff were wonderful, and I found their friendly approach very nice, and really appreciate all the advice I received during the treatment and advice that they have given me to take away to avoid further injury.
What is ironic is that I planned on having five sessions but had more than that, I feel that every penny has been well spent as you get great value for your money in return.
Donna Goodfelow- Recreational Sport
I promised to e-mail you all my comments on the lovely treatment I experienced at Sport dimensions... Sorry for the delay, but got caught up in the chaos of the end of term, then the chaos of the beginning of the summer holiday etc. Anyway out of sight definitely not out of mind. I am very pleased to have found a place where there is such an all round approach to injury; I felt fully involved in a real team effort. I am so happy with the treatment I received with you all from beginning to sad end. Kim, who was patient and kind during my reluctance to be 'stuck with pins', gave me back a decent nights sleep, whilst Mike and the team have inspired me and given me fresh challenges both on the treadmill and off.
My sessions on your treadmill have completely changed my feelings about running, which was becoming a dread and no longer something to enjoy. It was fantastic to learn a technique that has made so much difference; no headaches, no dizziness, no fear. I run harder at speeds I thought I'd never go at - not as quick as the fantastic athletes I shared my sessions with, running up those enormous slopes with elastics tied to their legs, but I have new goals. I'm not scared to push now. Most of all, thank you all for making it such fun. I was sad when my sessions came to an end and will definitely come back for top up sessions as a treat. Best wishes to all.
Hugo Lynch – Junior Rugby
I came to Sport Dimensions on the very outskirts of fitness; I had fractured my scapula playing rugby and had spent in excess of six months without much improvement. My dad was desperately looking for a treatment to fix my shoulder but had had no luck; this is when I found out about Sport Dimensions. My dad booked some appointments and I started up and I went from there. Sport Dimensions gave me back my health and given me added confidence for next season. I would recommend Sport Dimensions to anyone who is serious about their fitness or recovering from injury.
Graham
Booth – ‘Bilateral ACL reconstruction? Not
a problem!’
Over 10 years after my failing knees had forced me to give up football, squash and skiing, I finally had the diagnosis: detached ACLs in both knees along with cartlege damage. If I was ever again to play footie with my kids or step confidently down from a stepladder, the only solution was surgery.
Impressed with Sport Dimensions' approach in a handful of prehab sessions, I started rehab 3 days after bilateral ACL reconstruction and cartilage repair at the start of March 2006. There followed 3 sessions a week at 7am for 12 months. We started with walking backwards on the bizarre Frappier running machine, enabling me to build leg strength immediately without pain. But I looked on enviously at the people I would see on the machine sprinting up 20 degree inclines, dreaming but not really believing that, in the future, it could be me.
Every session was planned to build my strength, speed and agility progressively, with members of the team personally coaching me with humour and expertise. Inevitably I had occasional setbacks as joint and muscle problems stored up during over a decade of compensating for my knees worked their way out. Each time, the team at Sport Dimensions were able to get straight onto the problem with an accurate diagnosis and a tailor-made solution. Over time, I was not only recovering my knee strength and flexibility but straightening my body out and building the core strength and balance important for my future fitness.
Testimony to their efforts was the fact that, 10 months after the op and for the first time in 15 years, I was back skiing. It was just half a dozen easy blues, but the knees gave me no problems and now I knew I could return to a sport I had loved but sadly accepted I would never do again. A year on from the op and, sure enough, I am the one sprinting up the inclines on the running machine, feeling fitter, stronger and more physically together than I have for 20 years.
Julien McGuire
I broke my ankle playing football at the trials for the Premier League Allstars football tournament on Sky One. However, I was selected to play for Middlesbrough at the competition and I only had 7½ weeks before my first game and 4½ of those were spent in plaster. This meant I only had 3 weeks once the cast was removed in which to recover.
I searched the internet for a specialist sports injury physio and luckily for me I came across Sport Dimensions. Not only did they have me jogging after 5 days but they had me ready to take part in the tournament. It was hard work but I am probably fitter and stronger than I have been in a long time.
I had the most amazing 5 days of my life as I helped lift the trophy for Middlesbrough and also scored one of the goals of the tournament. I could not have achieved this without the expert help and guidance of all the team at Sport Dimensions. Every member of the team knows the plan and their enthusiasm is infectious.
I would highly recommend Sport Dimensions to anyone.
Emma Kelso
" I came to Sport Dimensions with an achilles tendon injury, on the recommendation of a friend. As a keen recreational runner, the prospect of not being able to get out and enjoy running on a regular basis was not a pleasant one. Sport Dimensions took an approach to treating my injury, and subsequent rehabilitation, that took into account my own personal goal, which was not only to recover from injury, but to do so in a way that would allow me to return to running, and to minimise the risk of future problems.
For me, one of the key advantages of Sport Dimensions is that they go beyond the "usual" approach of simply making recommendations. Being able to go in and work on your rehab in the Sport Dimensions gym provides a regular opportunity to make sure you are doing your exercises properly, and to pick up more and more tips on how to aid your recovery. Every session is different, which keeps things fresh, and the staff are very approachable, knowledgeable and positive. The staff understood how important it was for me to be able to continue exercising during my treatment and rehabilitation, and they were full of advice on how I could do so safely. I would recommend Sports Dimensions to anyone who puts a high priority on their sport, and for whom simply stopping doing the activity they enjoy is not a long term solution."
Matthew Burgess
Dear all at Sport Dimensions,
I’d like to let you know (belatedly) how grateful I am for all the professionalism (yours), perspiration (mine) and pain (mine again) that went into rehabilitating my knee injury. It was really appreciated.
Thanks again.