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Page 4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 1, 1997 Section Two Slo Pitch Champions The Clarington Boys' Slo-Pitch league concluded its season on Saturday, September 6, at the Recreation Complex with the 'A' and 'B' championship games. The following arc the 'A' winners of their respective divisions. The Jr. Ducks defeated Clarington Pel Connection 7-5 in the Junior Division. In the Peewee Division, Purplehill Orangemen beat Hooper's Trophies 26-19. Lange's Photo Shutout 3-0 ■ The behind the scene iwork of Manager Ruth ;Ross has been under way and she is pleased now to announce the minor peewee peewee team, sponsored by Lange's Photo, v This year's team is hgain well coached by the Experienced Paul Robinson, assisted by Dan Ross and goaltender coach •Terry Lynch. Attending to ithc players' aches and pains will be trainer Gary Emond. The goaltending will be shared by Ryan Hibbard and Kyle Moore. Defence will be made up of Zachary Vine, Jeremy McKee, Drew Sharp, Jason Morrison, Justin Ross and Michael Oliver. The offence will be provided provided by Patrick Lcnchan, Jesse Bradburn, Andy Chamberlain, Michael Taylor, Michael Bcrtoni, Andrew Oliver, Brooks Robinson, Jason Emond and Michael Daly. The team played their first game of the year and experienced the first loss of the season. A goal crease scramble and two poor giveaways cost the team a 3-0 loss to East Gwillimbury, only to spoil a fine effort in goal by Ryan Hibbard, who made many stellar saves. On a positive note the boys came on stronger in tire third period, adjusting to the body contact and made many fine physical checks. Mini-Blades is for the Mini-Player by Chris Rourke Staff Writer Nan Spencer's Mini- Blades hockey program provides provides kids with the opportunity opportunity to learn the game without without the pressures and politics politics of minor hockey. Mini-Blades is strictly an instructional hockey program program that teaches kids the basics of hockey in a fun way. "We let the kids have fun, because there arc too many pressures and too much politics involved with minor hockey," Spencer told The Statesman recently. Spencer started the Mini- Blades program in 1992 after coaching minor hockey hockey for years and feeling like she had to do something to help the young players out. "The kids didn't know the basics, so I thought I would start something to help kids learn the skills needed to play hockey," she said. Mini-Blades, which runs every Saturday starting October 4 at Newcastle Arena, is modelled after the Canadian Hockey Association's Chrysler Initiation Program. The program program ends on the last Saturday in March. The Mini-Blades program program is for four to 11-year- olds and the emphasis of the program is to have fun, learn the basic skills, learn teamwork and fair play. "The best part of the program program is seeing the smiles on the kids' faces when they finally learn the skills," Spencer said. Currently, over 75 kids have signed up for the program. program. There arc 32 on-ice instructors and 10 of them look an eight-hour class to become certified instructors. instructors. This year the program has added a tyke group and the Newcastle Village Minor Hockey Association will soon be putting their tyke-aged players through the program. The cost of the program is $60 per child. With their registration each child gets Preston the Movers Ready To Begin Minor Atom Season The 1997/1998 hockey season has officially started and not a minute too soon for the eager young bulls of the Minor Atom Toros' hockey club, sponsored by Preston the Movers. Head coach Don Farrow, aided by assistant coach Bill Austin, trainer Kirk Kemp, manager Mike McCron and goalie coach Ken Ferguson, have laid out their road map for the season season ahead, stressing team work and the development of individual individual skills as the season progresses. Returning to the squad for another season of Toro excitement excitement arc forward and defenders Jordan Bcaudric, Tyler Beers, Robbie Campbell, Brad Farrow, Eric Kemp, Alex Ley, Derek McCron, Nathan Murray, Matthew Parker and Kurds Sahvay. They arc joined by newcomers Derek Cobb, Marc Rogers, Mike Syer, Matthew Smith and Ryan Webb. Veteran netminder Robbie Goddard will share the goal lending duties with newcomer newcomer Matthew Cooper. The Preston the Movers Minor Atom team will be playing their home games out of the Darlington arena in Hampton, and also the new Oshawa Ice Sports Arena. The players and coaches coaches welcome your support. + ROSSLAND LU O O □ z o £ U) ADELAIDE a: HWY. 401 ©J.P. 328 Ritson Rd. N., Oshawa 725-4744 if busy call 725-2831 WHOLESALE & RETAIL 4x4 Cedar 854 lin. ft. (seconds) Canadian Hockey Association insurance. When Spencer started the program five years ago she needed a name. She bor rowed the name, Mini- Blades, from the Ottawa Girls' Hockey Association, which gave Spencer permission permission to use the name. by Telma R. Grant r.p.t. Are Your Orthotics Doing Their Job? QUESTION: Telma, how can I tell if my orthotics are doing their job? The job of an orthotic is to try to help distribute the weight going through the foot in a more biomechani- cally sound manner, ip a way that minimizes the strain to the feet and to the rest of the body. , There are tests we run in clinic to see if an orthotic is performing its job. People get orthotics for various reasons. reasons. For some people it is because they have sore feet, for others because they have sore knees, and for others because they have sore backs. Orthotics help with these conditions by helping the person walk in a more supportive, better aligned manner, so they are less apt to strain the tissues of their feet, knees and back. In clinic, there are two things you are looking for when you are testing an orthotic, whether it is a new pair of orthotics that the patient has just received from us, or whether it is an old pair that they are bringing bringing in for testing to see if they require a new pair. The two things are: A) Is it alleviating the patient's condition; and, B) Is it doing it's job of redistributing redistributing the weight in a more supportive manner. For the second aspect we do balance test. For example, with the patient's orthotics off you ask them to stand on one foot and then on the other foot and compare compare the steadiness of both feet. With everyone you will find that one foot is not as steady, we note that and then we have them put the orthotics on and compare if they are more steady. Another test which is especially good for people with knee pain is that you have the person stand on ne leg again and then bend c the knee and see how their knee feels with that. Then once again, with the orthot- ics on you have them do the same test. Not only will that give an idea of how steady they are balance-wise, but it also may give an indication in realigning the pulled knee joint, does it change the pain component for that patient. So, then balance is a very critical test because with an orthotic, by realigning realigning the foot, leg, and hip better better by giving it more support you are going to see better balance with a patient, that is what you are looking for in an orthotic. Now, the second factor is flexibility. A good flexibility test especially for patients who are coming in with back pain or back stiffness is to have them bend over and touch their toes with the orthotics off and also to bend sideways to the right and then to the left. Then compare these three movements movements with the orthotics on. If the orthotics are doing the proper job, you find that flexibility flexibility improves a little bit or that It is a little bit easier to go down again by supporting supporting the feet and giving a better foundation for the back. You should note a somewhat better flexibility with the orthotics on. What you do not want to see is that with the orthotics on they are less flexible because what this can indicate is that the orthotics are over correcting the patient and causing tension in the foot, knee and back muscles. When I see this in a patient I advise them to consider getting their orthot- ics upgraded because later on it could lead to problems up the chain. 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