Jane Williamson

The Rawlings/WBCA Player of the Year Award is selected by the ten-member Rawlings/WBCA Player of the Year Committee chaired by Jane Williamson, Valdosta State University, consisting of one WBCA-member head coach from each of the eight WBCA Division II Districts.Crouse will be formally presented this year to the WBCA coaches and convention registrants at the Rawlings/WBCA Player of the Year Luncheon on Friday, March 26 at the Ballroom in the San Jose Convention Center.

Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game in all of its aspects as an amateur sport for women and girls. --WBCA--.

Jane Williamson, 30, of .Edinburgh, was one of Kerry's first clients, and believes BSR has rid her of the back problems that have plagued her for more than 10 years.A sports development officer with the Scottish Golf Union, Jane has played the sport since she was 11, and years of lugging a heavy golf bag around had taken their toll."I was at my wits' end with the pain in my lower back," she says."I had difficulty getting out of bed in the morning and, as I do quite a bit of driving with my lob, sitting in the car for hours on end was just aggra­vating the problem."

Jane heard about BSR through a friend and signed up for a course of four treat­ments last November."I was sceptical at first," she admits.
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Jane was amazed at how quickly the treatment worked.After her first session, she was asked to return for a follow-up three days later and again seven days later."Since the third session I've had no lower back pain at all," she says.

Jane Williamson is one of the many sufferers of back pain, but fortunately has managed to find a successful treatment to end the constant ache in her lower back that she suffered for more than a year."I would wake up every morning with a pain in my lower back.It was like a niggling, dull pain, but it never really went away," she explains."I know I probably should have seen my GP, but I'm the type of person who doesn't like to make a fuss."

Jane, 29, from Edinburgh is a keen sportswoman, and plays County Golf for Midlothian.She is fit and healthy.However her job involves a lot of driving and desk work and she has played golf since she was 11.Jane believes that these have been contributing factors to the pains in her back.
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Jane is now looking forward to getting back to her rigorous golf training."I'm pleased that my back pain has gone in time for the start of the season.The fitness training for golf concentrates on the back and core stability areas of the body, which are key to your swing and that should be easier without the pain."Jane is also taking part in the Caledonian Challenge in June, which involves walking 54 miles of the West Highland Way within a 24-hour period for charity.

A keen golfer and a county player, Jane Williamson, 30, can remember the day she woke, five years ago, with a dull pain in her lower back."I have no idea what triggered it but that morning I had to get out of bed very slowly and carefully."She also began to suffer from severe headaches every few months, which would last up to a couple of days.But she didn't see her GP because she says: "I didn't think she could do much about it other than to prescribe painkillers.I just tried to carry on with life regardless."Williamson's job, a marketing and research manager for a junior golf initiative in Scotland, involves many hours driving, which made her back pain worse.The root cause, she believed, was carrying her heavy golf bag around the course, something she had been doing since the age of 11.Although her fiance, Richard, also a keen sportsman, tried to persuade her to try physiotherapy, she resisted."I didn't like the idea of manipulation,'," she says."Besides, Richard had regular treatments but his back pain would return a few days later."

The crunch came in 2003 when Williamson signed up for the Caledonian Challenge for charity - a gruelling 54-mile (87km) walk in 24 hours across the West Highland Way.She faced eight months of intense physical training.
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At the end of the session Teakle talked to Williamson about ways to improve her posture and recommended special cushions for her car.She also gave her exercises to strengthen her stomach muscles and to loosen the tightness in her neck.

She also warned her that she might feel light­headed after the session."In fact," says Williamson, "I just felt relaxed, and when I cooked dinner that evening I dropped a lot of pans, which is totally unlike me.
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"This time," says Williamson, "I could feel the muscles working straight after the session.
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Jane Williamson and Kerry Teakle clearly lbelieve that it does, but I found no clinical trials of BSR, and no research into its effectiveness.