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UK news update<br />
Time for health delivery<br />
action is now, says Stalker<br />
Indie fuses fitness with physio<br />
Stalker urged the physical activity sector<br />
to seize its public health delivery chance<br />
ukactive CEO David Stalker has said now is<br />
the time for the physical activity sector to<br />
step forward and take action to become a<br />
‘central pillar of the public health strategy’.<br />
During his keynote speech on the<br />
second day of Leisure Industry Week at<br />
Birmingham’s NEC, Stalker said the industry<br />
must begin to lay the foundations for growth<br />
by harnessing the knowledge gained from<br />
a broad range of recent research projects.<br />
Having established the extent of the<br />
UK’s inactivity epidemic and the impact it<br />
is having on the NHS, Stalker believes the<br />
physical activity sector must now seize its<br />
chance to become a health delivery partner<br />
– an opportunity previously identified as<br />
being worth up to £8bn to the industry.<br />
Stalker concluded that, if the activity<br />
sector can improve in key areas, it will be<br />
ideally placed to become the centre of health<br />
delivery at both national and local levels.<br />
Details: http://lei.sra=M5n7H<br />
The décor maintains the club’s urban theme through exposed timber and wall murals<br />
A new independent health club in<br />
Christchurch, Dorset, is bidding to bring<br />
healthcare and fitness under one roof as part<br />
of an enhanced integrative offering.<br />
Manoj Patel, a chartered physiotherapist, is<br />
the brains behind Urban Health and Fitness –<br />
a health club venture which aims to provide<br />
a joint package of care to members through<br />
qualified PTs and a team of physiotherapists<br />
and chiropractors. In addition to around 165<br />
exercise classes a month, the facility – which<br />
opened at the start of September – offers<br />
specialised back care pilates classes as it bids<br />
to cater for as wide a market as possible.<br />
“Our focus is on engaging people who<br />
want to change their lifestyle,” said Patel. “At<br />
some point, people will consider a more active<br />
lifestyle and we offer one solution to this. A<br />
small club such as Urban Health and Fitness<br />
cannot afford to target pockets of people. We<br />
must engage and be accommodating to any<br />
person that comes through the door.”<br />
The 297sq m (3,200sq ft) gym features a<br />
range of cardio machines (from Bodycharger<br />
in Taipei) and resistance machines (from Shanxi<br />
Yeekang Fitness products in China) which<br />
Patel sourced during his visit to FIBO 2013<br />
in Germany. There’s also a free weights section,<br />
a separate rooftop yoga and pilates studio, as<br />
well as specialist fitness equipment designed<br />
for rehab patients from the club’s health clinic.<br />
Details: http://lei.sra=q5U2G<br />
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