Wattbike Blog » Rehabilitation http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog The Wattbike Blog Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Wattbike at Chelsea FC http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/02/wattbike-at-chelsea-fc/ http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/02/wattbike-at-chelsea-fc/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:36:36 +0000 Alex Skelton http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/?p=147 Yesterday afternoon Wattbike were out in force at the Chelsea FC training centre in Cobham yesterday. The state of the art facility was opened in April 2008 and hosts the training centre for the First Team, Reserve Team, Academy and Community programme. We set up in the Academy Gym and introduced them to the capabilities of the Wattbike. They were especially interested in the ability to monitor fitness and balance in their players during recovery from injury. Some of the ways that they were wanting to use the Wattbike were new to us, including standing cycling, both facing forwards and backwards without holding onto anything. This would help to develop good balance whilst also developing the musculature around the injured areas. They were also very interested in the possibilities of demonstrating the impact of injuries on the ability to produce power, especially where a player may feel fine, but the underlying weakness is still there.

Of course there was also the obligatory power tests, Steve Hughes, pictured below had thet top score at over 1250 Watts.

 

Steve Hughes, Chelsea Academy Physio, testing the Wattbike

Steve Hughes, Chelsea Academy Physio, testing the Wattbike

]]> http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/02/wattbike-at-chelsea-fc/feed/ 0 Wattbike and the Military http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/01/wattbike-and-the-military/ http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/01/wattbike-and-the-military/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:03:43 +0000 Alex Skelton http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/?p=74 In the last week a trial of teh Wattbikes has started at the Defence Medical Rehabilityation Centre at Headley Court and the Regional Rehabilitation Centre at Aldershot. The Wattbike ticks all of the boxes for a rehabilitation tool for the military and the initial signs are good that the bike will be adopted within the rehabilitation programme across all Military Rehabilitation Centres, but that will depend on the findings of the Joint Services Commitee for Rehabilitation Equipment. 

 There are 25 bikes in place  at ITC Catterick. and will be put into action in the Pre-Conditioning Programme with recruits. This is an attempt to improve fitness of recruits which is currently well below the required levels.

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