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Excellent Job Opportunity in UK Zamar Press Release - January 2007 In the world of professional sport and fitness, prevention and repairs of injuries is everything, if your players aspire to greatness then Zamar’s innovative hot and cold therapy system, is designed to help prevent injuries as well as greatly speeding up recovery times. The ZAMAR system provides cold and heat treatment, combined with massage therapy, to improve circulation and promote healing. It is designed to help reduce and prevent joints problems, muscular strains and soreness. The machine is non-invasive and can be used both prior to and following competition for general maintenance of all the critical areas such as the legs, arms and shoulders, as well as to help with recovery from an injury. “We have been extremely successful using the Zamar device as part of our treatment and rehabilitation programme for some time,” explains Mark Taylor, Head of Sports Medicine & Exercise Science at Bolton Wanderers FC. “The product is proven in greatly speeding recovery time of injuries sustained by our professionals. It is also an excellent way to revitalise tired legs and aid recovery. “Three seasons ago I was asked if I would test the prototype of a brand new machine that was being developed. The unit arrived at our training ground at Euxton and we installed it in the physiotherapy suite and started to use it. Shortly after this, one of the first team players Nicky Hunt sustained a heavy contact injury to the lower shin and ankle during a match against Manchester City. He was treated with the Zamar machine on the day of the injury for three consecutive days. The resulting bruising was substantially less than similar injuries treated previously with ice cubes or chemical ice packs. Nicky returned to full training and was extremely pleased at the speed of symptomatic relief. “We also had an excellent result with the second player that we treated, Kevin Nolan who had a haematoma (blood clot) to his calf area. He was treated four times over a four-hour period and then continued applying treatment at home for the rest of the evening. The intensity and versatility of the machine again accelerated the recovery of this player who was able to do an active warm down the next day with no pain. “These are only two examples of the many successful treatments that we have carried out using Zamarwhere the accelerated response of player’s injuries are evident.” “The unique and very positive benefits of the Zamar system are quickly evident to users and it is a great tool to have for assisting in preparation, rehabilitation and recovery from injury,” explained Patrick Riley, Managing Director of 3T Ltd (Temperature Therapy Treatments) the company behind Zamar in the UK. “When we started out we contacted a number of different people, first was Bolton Wanderers and then Bradford Bulls and the FA. We gave each of them a machine and asked them to test it for us. We also asked for any ideas or suggestions on how to improve the system that they might have. Everyone involved in the testing were extremely pleased with the results that the machine archived, non-more so than Mark Taylor who has been key to the development of the unit with many of the current features such as the adjustable massage function and extensive temperature ranges and the development of new treatment wraps being requested by him. We were invited to demonstrate the unit at the annual FA conference on sports injuries 2005 prior to our launch, Mark was our guest of honour along with Anna Everard who was then the senior physiotherapist at Bradford Bulls” “It is always frustrating when you sustain an injury. The most important aspect for a player is finding ways at speeding up recovery to get back into to training as quickly as possible. With the Zamar system the recovery process is now quicker than ever. The rehabilitation time can now be substantially reduced thus helping professionals getting back on the pitch at a more rapid rate.” |