Sports Science Physiotherapy Centre

Why is Evidence-Based Practice important?
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an important approach for physiotherapists as it helps to ensure that their treatments are effective, efficient, and safe. There are several reasons why it is important for physiotherapists to follow evidence-based practice:

Best practice: EBP involves using the best available evidence, such as research findings, to inform treatment decisions and guide clinical practice. This helps to ensure that physiotherapists are providing treatments that have been proven to be effective, rather than relying on personal experience, tradition, or intuition.

Patient outcomes: The ultimate goal of physiotherapy is to improve patient outcomes, and EBP helps to achieve this by providing evidence-based treatments that have been shown to be effective. By using the best available evidence, physiotherapists are able to provide treatments that are more likely to result in positive outcomes for their patients.

Safety: EBP helps to ensure the safety of patients by relying on evidence-based treatments that have been proven to be safe and effective. This reduces the risk of harm to patients and helps to prevent complications and adverse events.

Cost-effectiveness: Evidence-based treatments are often more cost-effective than treatments that are not supported by research, as they have been shown to be effective and efficient. By following EBP, physiotherapists can help to reduce the cost of healthcare while still providing high-quality treatments.

Professional development: EBP requires physiotherapists to continuously update their knowledge and skills by staying informed about the latest research findings and evidence-based treatments. This helps to maintain their professional competence and ensures that they are providing the best possible care to their patients.

Trust and credibility: By following EBP, physiotherapists demonstrate their commitment to providing the best possible care for their patients. This helps to build trust and credibility with their patients and the wider community, which is essential for the continued success and growth of the profession.

In conclusion, following evidence-based practice is important for physiotherapists as it helps to ensure that they are providing effective, efficient, and safe treatments, while also promoting professional development, cost-effectiveness, and credibility. By relying on the best available evidence, physiotherapists are able to provide the highest quality of care to their patients and achieve the best possible outcomes.

Dear clients
Our resident massage therapist, Clive, will be away for the first few weeks of 2023. We are welcoming the very capable Amanda Pepper to the practice to continue the massage therapy service. Here is a little more about her:

Qualified Holistic and Sports Massage Therapist. SETA accredited ITEC, CIDESCO and SAAHSP

I am passionate about treating athletes through sports science as I am through the philosophy that the body is based on a tensegrity model. Through analysing your body as a whole, your habits and your lifestyle the aim is to melt away the densification of hyaluronic acid and by doing that get mobility and function back again.
With unilateral sports overuse of one area in the body is common. If we are using only one set of muscles in the body all the time, they become stronger, once we overuse them the hyaluronic acid becomes more gluey and the viscosity of it becomes higher which means that it braces and glues that area of over use together which has an effect on all the other areas of the body. Shortening of muscles in one area of the body has a lengthening effect in another and if this happens to muscles, we have muscles locked in a short position which are stronger, and the muscles locked in a long position become weaker and locked so that we cannot use them properly. This affects the balance and the alignment of the body resulting in injuries, aches, and pains.
I have combined my sports, holistic and Thai massage in order to treat the body as a whole.
Sporting Events include SA Masters Southern African Tournament, World Masters Hockey and Rugby 7’s World Cup and most recent being the 2022 World Masters Hockey

Struggling with chronic Achilles pain? Try this evidence based rehabilitation protocol from the Journal of Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT).

Are you still using an ice bath for recovery? Here's some food for thought.

Postexercise cooling impairs muscle protein synthesis rates in recreational athletes Protein ingestion and cooling are strategies employed by athletes to improve postexercise recovery and, as such, to facilitate muscle conditioning. However, whether cooling affects postprandial prot...

A big thank you to Sherbourne School (UK) for trusting us once again to look after your young rugby players. A very well mannered bunch with great enthusiasm for rugby. Good luck with the upcoming season.

For all those getting in mileage for the Comrades marathon, recovery is incredibly important. Get the basics of recovery (nutrition and sleep) in before looking to the fancy gadgets and treatments.

🏃🏻‍♀️🚲 🏊🏻 Need a reason to exercise? ⁠
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😳 See the difference between a 70-year old triathlete and a 74-year old sedentary man!⁠
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🥩 The difference in fat, muscle tissue and bone size is extreme.⁠
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📖 From this paper: Wroblewski AP, Amati F, Smiley MA, Goodpaster B, Wright V. Chronic exercise preserves lean muscle mass in masters athletes. Phys Sportsmed. 2011 Sep;39(3):172-8. doi: 10.3810/psm.2011.09.1933. PMID: 22030953.

Developing a strong core will result in you and your partner being able to perform functional movements more effectively.

LINK: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3806175/

Welcome Robyn Page! The newest member of our team.

Robyn received her Bsc Physiotherapy Degree from the University of the Western Cape in 2018. She has since completely her certification in Dry Needling and Kinesiology Taping, and has focused on rehabilitation of injuries and correction of body ailments.

Robyn completed her Comprehensive Pilates course in 2013. It is through her background as a contemporary dancer and Pilates instructor that lead to her increased understand of, and passion for human movement.

Robyn uses a hands on approach in her treatments, ensuring pain relief, while simultaneously addressing the underlying causes of the condition. Her holistic approach both relieves her patients symptoms as well as works towards a pain free future and long term body health.

If not at our centers, Robyn spends her time along our various hiking trails, in the gym, or enjoying a variety of water sports.

Practice update:
To all our patients, a long-standing member of our team, Wade Clayton Kerspuy, has decided to leave the practice. He has been at the Sport Science Institute of South Africa for many years and his presence will be sorely missed. SSPC thanks him so much for his time and dedication to the practice over the years and we wish him all the best in this new chapter of his life.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our clients a happy and healthy New Year. We hope your Christmas and New Year holidays was a wonderful time spent with family and friends. We also hope that 2022 brings you many new opportunities and possibilities.

We have resumed normal opening hours.
If you would like to book an appointment with one of our Physiotherapists please do not hesitate to contact the department!

MEET THE BOSS

Rashaad Jakoet
BSc Physiotherapy UWC
MPhil Exercise and Sports Physiotherapy UCT

Rashaad Jakoet is the Owner and Director of the Sports Science Physiotherapy Centre (SSPC) and the Sports Science Massage Centre (SSMC) completed his undergraduate degree in physiotherapy at the University of the Western Cape in 2001. He furthered his studies and graduated with an MPhil (Exercise and Sports Physiotherapy) degree from the University of Cape Town.

He started working at the Sport Science Institute of South Africa in 2001 and over the years has worked with a large amount of professional and amateur athletes from a variety of different sporting codes, including a few years spent working as a physiotherapist in the UK.

Sports Science Physiotherapy Centre updated their info in the about section.

We are now available via What's app on the weekend!

Back our boy this Saturday, the 9th October!!🏆
Wade Kerspuy

We are now on Instagram!and.ssmc

Dear clients, a reminder that we are open during the current lock down level 4. Stay safe

We would like to welcome a new member to our team. Megan Torrington is a young enthusiastic and energetic addition to the Sports Science Physiotherapy Centre and will be based mostly at our Hout Bay branch. She will be available for home visits to existing SSPC patients only. Megan is also available for physiotherapy treatments for your injured pooches! Yes, she is also trained in canine physiotherapy. Give us a call for any more information.