Running The Virtual London Marathon For Charity

On Sunday 2 October 2022, a group of staff from the Personal Injury Department at Lanyon Bowdler took part in the Virtual London Marathon with the route taking us twice around Lake Vyrnwy. We were raising funds for the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) Orthopaedic Institute which supports research and education for patient benefit.

As well as providing life changing treatment to patients, the RJAH Hospital is a hub of scientific investigation contributing to the developing field of Orthopaedic research. A current focus of their research is the Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) disease, which is a rare, hereditary condition that usually appears in the first 10 years of life which causes sensory and motor nerves to die leading to muscle wastage causing significant impairments including inability to talk, joint pain and deformities. Despite this disease having an enormous impact at such a young age, there is limited research making it difficult to develop