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ABOUT

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KATIE
STIENLET

What is Delos?

The Clinic was founded in 2020 by Katie Stienlet focusing on injury prevention, injury recovery and performance enhancement using UK first Delos technology for proprioception training, as well as sports massage. Katie graduated with a 1st class honours BSc degree in Sport and Exercise Science from Newcastle University and has a level 3 diploma in sports massage.  Katie has also been trained in Italy on the Delos system and the Riva method, by Dr Dario Riva.

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Katie worked with the Newcastle Eagles for 6 and a half years, starting in sports massage, and then expanding into additional pitchside cover for both the BBL and EABL teams.  After seeing a significant number of injuries, Katie decided to specialise in injury prevention and recovery.  She then received a research grant from Newcastle University to further study the most effective ankle injury prevention methods.  Linked with this, she travelled to Italy to study with Dr Dario Riva (founder of Delos which has the highest published rates of ankle injury prevention in basketball) in his proprioception centre.   After graduating she continued training with Dr Riva and started working in Delos in 2020, bringing the first Delos DPPS system to the UK.

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Katie is currently working with the Newcastle Knights basketball team, based out of Newcastle University.  Katie has also completed a Pnoé certification course for metabolic fitness testing, and will be working alongside other practitioners from Sound Mind and Body to deliver this testing.

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Delos training using the Riva method provides high-frequency proprioception training and is highly effective for injury prevention, injury recovery and fall prevention. 

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For injury prevention, Delos has the highest published rates of ankle injury prevention, proven in a six-year study with a 1st league team in the Italian Basketball Federation.  Compared to a baseline of the previous best ankle injury prevention training (reduced ankle sprains by 35%), Delos decreased ankle sprains by a further 81%, knee sprains by 64.5% and low back pain by 77.8%.  In this study, they also used Delos for injury recovery purposes, as well as most participants finding performance enhancement effects from the training.

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Delos provides an evidence-based practice approach to training, with statistical feedback available in every session.

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Everyone can benefit from Delos including use within:

  • Elite athletes across all sports for injury prevention and performance enhancement.

  • Athletes recovering from injury such as ankle, knee and back

  • Fall prevention and prediction in older adults

  • Altering posture (especially in children)

  • Anyone with a Neurological disease or movement disorder

  • Orthopedic pathologies – such as reducing need for orthotics

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