May 2021 - by Jo Waterworth

On 20th February 2021, Jasmine Harrison from Thirsk, set a new world record and became the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The 21-year-old rowed 3,000 miles from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua. Her row took her 70 days, three hours and 48 minutes and raised over £20k for her chosen charities, Shelterbox & the Blue Marine Foundation. Not only was Jasmine the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, but she was also the youngest female to do row across ANY ocean!

Northallerton Osteopaths were proud sponsors and supporters of Jasmine throughout her world record attempt.

During her one year of training and preparation, Jas attended our clinic regularly for treatments across the different disciplines offered here.

Weekly Osteopathy optimised her posture to cope with rowing up to 18hours a day and sleeping in a tiny cabin and we helped her to recover from her training niggles with Massage. We also supported her mental preparation her for 70 days alone at sea with a course of Hypnotherapy sessions.

On her return, we helped her recover from two capsizes resulting in an elbow injury and we balanced out her shoulders as she took 3 times more strokes with her left arm than her right as she battled prevailing winds pushing her north!

We are excited at what Jas is going to do next, and will definitely be supporting her on her future adventures.

Pic: Jo with Jas and her boat Argo back on dry land with our logo on the boat