About Terry Ritson
Firstly i'd like to introduce myself as the founder of T.I.C, Terry Ritson.
I qualified as a Sports Therapist in 2005 and began treating players from various Football Clubs in the Area, looking to expand my knowledge of Sport related Injuries i accepted an offer from Whickham FC (WFC) to join the club as their Sports Therapist not only handling their 1st Teams Match Day medical requirements, but also being in charge of the ongoing Treatment of the clubs other 4 Teams. (1xU8, 2xU10, 1x U21).
I hold weekly clinics at the Glebe Sports Club home of WFC treating anything from 1 to 10 players each session. During this time I also made himself available to two other Football Clubs in the Area once again holding weekly clinics at Gateshead Redheugh Boys club in the heart of Gateshead.
Although this is primarily a Treatment not Prevention role, I also spends a lot of time discussing injury prevention to players, giving advice on long term injuries and how to avoid them.
I have used football as my route into the Sports Therapy industry gaining valuable experience along the way, and although Football and other Team sports will form the backbone of my business i feels it’s now time to look at other forms of Treatments and i'm especially interested in Injuries at work or long term recuperation programmes.
My approach is a very friendly but Professional one, and having spent 30 Years as a volunteer at Gateshead Redheugh in which time i've managed many players who’ve went on to become Professional Footballers, i feels i'm fully equipped to deal with any injury having i believe ‘Seen the Lot’ in 30 Years.