First year students support Rugby 7's tournament

First year undergraduates from UCLan's Division of Physiotherapy and Sports Therapy provided support at the Kukri Fylde 7's competition.

The students supported Doctors and UClan Alumni Megan Furey with First Aid coverage for the two day event.

The tournament attracted 23 teams from schools and colleges from across the UK to Fylde's Woodlands venue.

Biomechanics of the Knee - Osteoarthritis (OA) with Professor Jim Richards

Students support St Helens 10K Run

Undergraduates from UCLan's Division of Physiotherapy and Sports Therapy provided event support at the St Helens 10K Run 2014.

Supervised by UCLan's Greg Littler, three first year & two final year students treated club runners, amputee runners and social runners with pre and post-race massage throughout the day.

The group offered their services for free, with all donations they received going straight to the Steve Prescott Foundation.

Biomechanics of the Knee: ACL - with Professor Jim Richards

Students support BBC's Sport Relief event

A team of UCLan Sports Therapy students have been supporting the BBC's Sport Relief fund-raising efforts.

Division Lead Karen May and Greg Littler from the UCLan Physiotherapy Clinic took the group to MediaCity, Manchester following a request from the BBC.

Karen was delighted to accept the invitation: "Shirley Benson, one of the producers behind Sports Relief, contacted me asking if we would be interested in supporting their event 'BBC Radio around the World'.

"Essentially they were encouraging staff to run either outside around Salford Quays or inside on a treadmill to raise money for Sport Relief. It's really important our students get as much varied work experience as possible and they love the hands on treatment opportunities like this bring them.

"A number of our final year students jumped at the chance and names were randomly selected. The four students chosen did a mixture of sports massage, taping and gave advice to the runners throughout the day.

"They were a credit to themselves, their course and the University as a whole, offering a very professional service."

The group ended the day by running their own mile on the treadmill, before taking a tour around the iconic MediaCity building, where they took the chance to sit in the hot seats of Breakfast News and Match of the Day.

For more about this weekend's BBC Sport Relief activities please click here.

Sports Therapy Alumni Day 2014

The Division of Physiotherapy and Sports Therapy recently staged our annual Sports Therapy Alumni Day.

Undergraduates were treated to a variety of guest speakers from The Society of Sports Therapists and UCLan's Careers and Employability service.

Four of the Division's Alumni also came along to share their experiences since graduating.

Lewis Hiney, Jill Alexander, Kristian Weaver and Graham Theobold delivered presentations detailing their journey from undergraduate study into the world at large.

Division Leader Karen May was delighted with the event: "It's a really important day for our students to have an input from people from different backgrounds.

"People come in with the idea they want to be a Sports Therapist for Manchester United, but not everyone ends up working in professional sport.

"This event is about broadening horizons and having a look at what else is out there and getting different ideas of ways they can use their degree, both within UCLan at postgraduate level and also in the industry as a whole."