The first 2 of today’s 5 hours were collected during Pregame treatment in the clubhouse treatment room. During this session I did not do any treatments for previous injuries, the only players that came to me were for tapping on the head and tapping on the upper leg. however, I was available in the treatment […]

During this session, I went up to the training pitch to watch the team play. This way I could establish what training, skills tasks, warm-up procedure and if they did a cool down at the end of their training sessions or not. The main aim of this session for me was to work out the […]

During this session I was not treating players or pitchside at training, however, I sat with my supervisor going through the normal operating procedures (NOP) and emergency action plan (EAP) that the club follows. This is where I found out where I would be situated before the game and training sessions for pre-event treatment as […]

During this session I turned up to my first training session with the team I will be completing placement hours with over the coming months. I met the team and went through the injury logs to see who currently had injuries, what rehabilitation programs were ongoing and what stages of the return to play process […]

During this session, I spent 1 hour in the sport and health clinic at Marjon after the women’s rugby game. This included 3 SCAT5 tests to ensure that the girls who got hit in the head during the game although played on as they showed no signs of concussion, were in fact not concussed. each […]

These hours were collected pitchside during a Marjon women’s rugby game against Exeter university  During this game, there was a head collision between 2 of our own players and both went to group. Myself and the third-year student ran onto the pitch to assess the girls, as we got over there they were both conscious, […]

During this session, I was in the Marjon sport and health clinic performing pregame treatments for the university’s Women’s Rugby team. from the previous session, I did the same taping of the wrist using K-tape and rigid tapping to help provide stability and support for the player. I did pregame massage treatments on 2 separate […]

women’s rugby BUCs pre-game treatment over the 2 hour period however, due to being in the clinical environment scenario training was on in the clinic to help BUCs therapist learn how to treat in emergency situations. When I did not have any of the rugby team needing treatment I say in on the training. to […]

Women’s Ruby BUCs placement- Marjon sport and health clinic- 1 hour- injury assessment During this session, I assessed a player from the Marjon women’s rugby team who has been struggling with pain in her wrist for the last 3 days. She had swelling of the joint with no noticeable trauma however, she has a recent […]

A group presentation discussing the hypothetical diagnosis of a 50-year-old menopausal woman complaining of anterior shoulder pain when participating in CrossFit. A group presentation by Michael O’Hare and Natalie Wayne This presentation had to be 10 minutes long the following script was what we intended to say about each topic discussed during the presentation however, […]