Still the star sponsor
Pro-Motion remains top donor for golf outing
Printed in Morris Daily Herald, Tuesday, June 7, 2011
MINOOKA - Minooka-based Pro-Motion Physical Therapy has once again become the main sponsor for the Athletic Boosters Golf Outing charity event.
This earns the physical therapy practice the recognition of being the event’s top donor for the second year in a row. In honor of its continued dedication to the area’s young athletes, it has been bestowed with the Champion of the Children award and given a plaque during an appreciative ceremony at the Minooka High School board meeting.
The eighth annual golf outing event is run by the athletic boosters for both Channahon Junior High High School and Minooka Community High School. Proceeds go toward supporting the schools’ athletic communities. The MCHS Athletic Boosters specifically have used the proceeds of their donations toward such items as a new scoreboard, an end zone camera, a tennis ball server, a cross-country tent, a baseball tarp, a wrestling clock, major upgrades to the concession stand and all the athletes’ plaques and awards.
Pro-Motion Physical Therapy is a practice in Minooka run by physical therapists Paul Humphries, one of only eight physical therapists in the U.S. with a Master of Manipulative Therapy degree, and Jayne Sutcliffe, who holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy (with honors) from the University of Brighton, England.
Humphries and Sutcliffe studied their unique approach to physical therapy in a renowned physical therapy program in Perth, Australia, a veritable hotbed for the latest research in spine, orthopedic/sports injuries. The duo then moved to the Minooka community and founded Pro-Motion, where they focus on the treatment and prevention of spine, orthopedic and sports injuries, in 2004. In addition, they have worked at the University of Chicago and lectured at the prestigious Northwestern therapy program.
Nearly 25-30 percent of Pro-Motion’s patients are local students who participate in sports, so they are well-acquainted with the group of young Minooka athletes the golf outing will be benefitting.
“We are very committed to be giving back to the community again this year,” Jayne comments.
Community leader, former Mayor of Channahon and business leader Mike Rittof elaborates, “Paul and Jayne are very dedicated in what they do, in serving the community, both through their practice and in their community outreaching.”
In addition to their contribution to the Golf Outing benefit, Pro-Motion is also working to begin putting out a seasonal article in the Minooka and Channahon school newspapers on preventing injury. It will correspond with the respective sports seasons.
Humphries notes that the practice, which is currently located in Minooka on Ridge Road, is looking to expand to a new location soon.
“We’ve grown 50 percent each year since we opened,” remarks Humphries. He attributes their growing business to the power of one-on-one care and individualized treatment — something he says is rare in other physical therapy practices.
“Every patient is different and comes to us with a unique set of needs,” he explains.
“But our years of experience with pain and injury help us to identify an individual’s problem and use the best evidence-based treatment to get you back to work and play.”
Carol Sceniak, a patient at Pro-Motion Physical Therapy, reflects, “They’re just very intelligent people, and they have received training that rivals none in this country.”
The Minooka Athletic Boosters Golf Outing event is being held Monday, August 1, 2011 at Heritage Bluffs Golf Course in Channahon, IL . It is pleased to have sold out all 144 golfing slots at the benefit for the last three years.
