Professional Footballer and Olympic Athlete account the innovative Kneehab for their return to pre injury fitness.

KNEEHAB®, from neurotech, is a unique, innovative and clinically proven, garment or ‘thigh wrap’ based Electrical Muscular Stimulation (EMS) device designed specifically to treat quadriceps atrophy (thigh muscle wastage).

Neil Mellor, ex Liverpool FC, and infamous for his winning goal from 30 yards out from goal, to clinch the win against Arsenal in Anfield.
Neil, however, has been crushed by his ongoing Knee injuries, known as bilateral knee tendinopathy (severe inflamation of the tendons), for the past 5 years, until recently, when he used Kneehab to aid with his complete knee rehabilitation. Neil used Kneehab twice a day for 6 weeks on both legs at a time when using gym equipment was too painful.

“Through a combination of physiotherapy and Kneehab, I am now the fittest I have been in five years. I believe that many of my fellow professional footballers would benefit greatly from using Kneehab as an aide to returning back to full fitness following injury.

I found Kneehab simple and comfortable to use, and would not hesitate to recommend it to anybody wishing to accelerate their return to the sport they love. “- Neil Mellor September 2008

Not only has Neil used Kneehab with great success, Olympic Athlete Eileen O’Keefe, from Ireland has also used the unit with fantastic success following a Knee Micro fracture surgery. It is possible to use Kneehab almost immediately post surgery, which allows you the ability to begin your rehabilitation programme quickly and effectively, to get you on your way to a speedy recovery. Eileen recently commented;

“ As an Olympic Athlete who sustained a serious Knee Injury, it was important for me to undergo the rehab process as soon as possible post surgery. Kneehab has played a major role in helping me get back on the road to recovery and has given me the hope that I can get back competing at the highest level again in the near future. I would highly recommend it”.

KNEEHAB incorporates MULTIPATH, a patented breakthrough stimulation technology developed by neurotech which enables KNEEHAB to deliver highly focused, accurately coordinated and comforatble quadriceps contractions

MULTIPATH works by sending co-ordinated electrical pulses through the electrode pads on the skin. The co-ordination between the pulse strength and delivery results in an advanced form of EMS technology with greater comfort for the patient and stronger, more effective contractions of the muscle which results in better outcomes and faster recovery times.

Kneehab is now available for web purchase, at www.neurotech.co.uk

EWA Expands New Business Team

Customer relationship management specialist, EWA Bespoke Communications has expanded its New Business team with two new appointments.

Liz Dowse and Kevin Seaman have joined the team as Business Development Managers and have been tasked with growing the company’s portfolio of public and private sector clients.

“We had been thinking about expanding the team for some time” commented Jason Elkins, EWA’s Sales & Marketing Manager. “But we knew we had to recruit the right people with the right experience in order to grow the business and we now have that with Liz and Kevin”.

Jason commented further, “The knowledge and experience of Liz and Kevin will add a new dimension to the department. Both have come from a solution selling background so understand the consultative approach required to building new client relationships.”

The appointments come as EWA looks to consolidate and grow its position as one of the UK’s premier marketing services agencies. With strong offerings in data management, contact centres, customer insight and digital services, the new team members will be actively sourcing new client opportunities and relationships.

EWA can be contacted on +44 (0)1245 492 828 or at: www.ewagroup.com

SENSORNET’S ENHANCES TECHNICAL EXPERTISE WITH NEW APPOINTMENTS

Sensornet, the global provider of the most advanced monitoring solutions, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and VP Production and Technology as it continues to expand its international network.

Dan Watley, a chartered engineer with a Masters and PhD from Cambridge University, UK has been appointed as CTO and will be responsible for establishing Sensornet's technical vision and leading all aspects of the company's technology development through research collaborations and strategic partnerships. He will also be responsible for the management and enforcement of intellectual property rights. He has authored 15 journal and conference papers and has filed seven patents to date.

Dan joined Sensornet in 2002 after ten years with Nortel Networks, where he was involved in the research and development of optical communications systems. Upon joining Sensornet he was responsible for the development of Distributed Temperature Strain Sensing (DTSS) technology before accepting responsibility for coordinating the development of the company’s entire product range.

With over 15 years of experience in research and development of fibre optic systems, Peter Kean has been appointed as VP Production and Technology. He will be responsible for the execution of the company's technology development, bringing new products to market as well as production of the company's instruments and customer support management.

Peter, who is a member of the IET (formerly IEE) and IOP, holds a PhD from St Andrews University, Scotland and has worked within both university and industrial organisations. He latterly worked with Nortel Networks where he was involved in product development for fibre optic communications systems. Since joining Sensornet in 2003, Peter has been responsible for the production of the company’s Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) product range. Peter has authored over 20 journal and conference papers and is a co-inventor on two patents.

Sensornet CEO, Neale Carter, said: “The appointments of Dan and Peter will allow us to capitalise on our enviable expertise and buoyant sector conditions and will ensure the company stays at the cutting edge of innovation and product development.

“Both appointments are crucial to strengthening our global footprint and I am confident that both Dan and Peter will provide the necessary focus, leadership and ingenuity to ensure we remain industry leaders in advanced monitoring solutions across the globe.”

Sensornet’s newly appointed VP Production and Technology, Peter Kean (left) and CTO Dan Watley will further enhance the company’s expertise in advanced monitoring solutions

About Sensornet
Launched in 1998, Sensornet provides the world’s most advanced asset monitoring solutions, using real-time distributed temperature and strain measuring systems.

Sensornet provides the complete Digital Monitoring package to the global oil and gas, power, and hydro industries, and offers its own temporary and permanent DTS installation capability. The company is rapidly expanding and has offices based globally in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

Sensornet’s award winning technology is supported by a highly qualified and experienced technical, operations and management team, which has provided multimillion dollar turnkey solutions to many of the world’s leading blue-chip companies. From system engineering and design, to data interpretation services and post delivery support agreements, Sensornet is a full solution provider.
www.sensornet.co.uk

SENSORNET UNVEILS ORYX DTS FOR MONITORING IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS

Sensornet, provider of the world’s most advanced monitoring solutions, announces the launch of its revolutionary Oryx distributed temperature sensing (DTS) unit, designed for the toughest monitoring needs.

The company, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, designed the unique system for harsh environments and is ideal for monitoring applications from desert to sub-zero conditions. Combined with satellite, radio link, or fibre communications, the Oryx becomes a powerful remote logging DTS unit.

The autonomous, low powered system, able to operate from solar or wind power, has a continuous monitoring range of up to 5000m and a sampling resolution of one metre. It can operate in environmental temperatures from -40ºC to +65ºC. The housing enclosure is IP66 rated or above to ensure weather and dust proof deployment.

The Oryx boasts a wide range of flexible communications options and a direct link to PCs or laptops. Set-up, channel configuration and measurement can be performed remotely, eliminating the requirement to be in the vicinity of the DTS unit at the wellsite location. Additional on-board memory ensures a high quantity of measurements can be taken, ideal for “drive-by” collection of data where a communications system would be cost prohibitive.

The Oryx DTS is part of Sensornet’s range of digital monitoring solutions to ensure that every monitoring requirement is met, specific to any need, environment and challenge.

Mark Watson, Sensornet’s vice president Middle East commented: “The Oryx is the latest addition to our market leading range of DTS systems. It offers the most robust and reliable performance to ensure every remote harsh environment monitoring requirement is met.”

About Sensornet
Launched in 1998, Sensornet provides the world’s most advanced asset monitoring solutions, using real-time distributed temperature and strain measuring systems.

Sensornet provides the complete Digital Monitoring package to the global oil and gas industry, and offers its own temporary and permanent DTS installation capability. The company is rapidly expanding and has offices based globally in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

Sensornet’s award winning technology is supported by a highly qualified and experienced technical, operations and management team, which has provided multi-million dollar turnkey solutions to many of the world’s leading blue-chip companies. From system engineering and design, to data interpretation services and post delivery support agreements, Sensornet is a full solution provider. For additional information, visit www.sensornet.co.uk

For more information please contact:
Mark Watson, VP Middle East, Sensornet
E: mark.watson@sensornet.co.uk
T: +971 5 0459 7728

Celebrate the true spirit of Christmas with World Gifts from CAFOD

International aid agency CAFOD has launched its World Gifts catalogue full of presents that will warm the heart during these hard times and really make a difference to people’s lives.

It’s crazy that in the UK we waste £4billion a year on unwanted presents when so many people in the world don’t even have the basics in life.

This Christmas you can find something unusual for the relative that already has everything as well as help people living in poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America, through aid agency CAFOD’s World Gifts scheme.

Presents include bicycles to provide a health worker with transport in remote areas, chickens and goats to boost a family’s income and even a storm-proof house to protect poor families from the hurricanes and cyclones - with prices ranging from £7 to £1,500.

CAFOD will send you a card, with space to write your own message, and a colourful, illustrated bookmark to pass on to your relative or friend. Your gift will be used to transform the life of someone in the developing world.

Gifts include:
A school starter pack £7
A Vegetable Garden £10
Emergency Basics Kit £15
Chickens £20
Goats £25
Water £30
A bicycle £50
Support for a child in need £75
Disaster Recovery £100
Fruit tree nursery £250
Storm proof house £500
Community water supply £750
Train a teacher £1,000
Community Shop £1,500

For more information about each gift go to http://worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/browse_gifts

To guarantee your order for Christmas Day, place your order by midday on 19th December by calling 0808 14 000 14 and using our Next Day postal service. Alternatively, you can send e-gifts up to and including Christmas Day.

For more information about this release please contact Debbie Wainwright on dwainwright@cafod.org.uk, 0207 095 5557, 07785 950378. Pictures and interviews available on request.

• Money raised from the sale of each gift will be spent on projects from one of five funds; education and skills training; livestock and agriculture; water and food; health including HIV and AIDS; emergencies and conflict and rehabilitation.
• Last year World Gifts raised almost £2 million, with over 84,000 gifts ordered.
• CAFOD is the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, working with communities in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, supporting people to find their own solutions to poverty. The agency works with all people regardless of race, gender, religion or nationality.
• Find out more about our range of charity gifts and fair trade gifts at http://worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/

Suffer from back pain? Baxolve could be the answer for almost 5 million* people who suffer from back pain every year.

So many people suffer from back pain, and many go on suffering or using pain medication on a long term basis. Neurotech, a medical device provider has created a solution- using two clinically proven therapies.

Baxolve, from Neurotech is an innovative dual combination device for the effective relief of back pain. It uses two, clinically proven therapies- a medical grade lumbar support belt, to support the lower spine, whilst simultaneously using TENS technology, a means of providing a drug free, non-invasive and a highly effective method of pain relief.

TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, and works by sending comfortable pulses to the nerves, through pads placed on the skin suppressing pain signals to the brain and releasing endorphins, the body’s natural pain-killers. TENS is proven by clinical research to be highly effective therapy for pain relief.

The Baxolve TENS unit provides pain relief in 2 ways:

1: Pain Gate Control: by delivering a strong comfortable ‘tingling’ stimulation sensation TENS blocks the pain pathway to the brain thereby masking the pain and offering immediate pain relief.
2: Endorphin Release: which encourages the release of the body’s own natural pain relieving chemicals to fight pain and reduce the pain sensation.

In addition to TENS therapy, the Baxolve also has the unique benefit of having a medical grade lumbar support belt which supports the spinal and abdominal muscles and restricts painful movement, which improves posture. Studies show that Lumbar support result in significant improvements in posture and chronic lower back pain.

Baxolve can be used to provide pain relief from a variety of back conditions such as a Herniated disc, Sciatica, Chronic Lumbago, Osteoarthritis, Lumbosacral Arthritis and general degenerative conditions.
*Based on statistics 1999.

Knee Injuries - so common, yet so difficult to treat

How often do you hear of people damaging their ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)? Knee Injuries are so common now that it is one of the most common causes for people to visit their physiotherapist for rehabilitation.

The quadriceps muscle, or ‘quads’ as they are more commonly known, is one of the quickest muscles to waste, or weaken after an injury. When we experience pain or discomfort a result of injury, we compensate for this by limping and or by not using the leg as we would ordinarily. The knock on effect of this is that our muscles weaken rapidly, making a complete recovery incredibly difficult.

Kneehab, from neurotech is an innovative means of rehabilitating quadriceps muscle after injury or surgery, by using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) to re-educate and rehabilitate the muscles. Kneehab uses, neurotech’s patented technology called ‘Multipath’, which enables it to deliver highly focused and accurately co-ordinated quadriceps muscle contractions. These contractions will build up and re-develop any wastage that has occurred.

ACL reconstruction is often inevitable with a damaged ACL, Kneehab is ideal for use both pre and post operatively. By using the Kneehab prior to surgery, you can prevent the onset of muscle wastage, and inevitably, will have a strong muscle going into surgery. By doing this, the immediate wastage after surgery is minimised, and Kneehab can be used almost directly after surgery- meaning that you will have the power to rehabilitate quickly and on your way an incredibly speedy recovery.

Kneehab is an innovative and clinically proven, garment based Electrical Muscle Stimulation Device, and has been designed specifically to treat quadriceps wastage, that arises from being unable to exercise after injury. Kneehab can also be used in conjunction with a voluntary exercise regime, which allows you to control and optimise your rehabilitation.