During this session, we had a player return from being out of training the last few weeks, they had been to the hospital after the game on the 12/10/19 and had confirmed that they had a sprained ankle. This was good to reflect back on due to the advisories given to the player and the […]

During this session, I spent 1.5 hours in the training clinic for any players who wanted/needed treatment from the game on the weekend before the training session. During this session, I performed a massage on the calf to help relieve tension and tightness. I used techniques including effleurage and petrissage massage the superficial fibers to […]

During this session, I performed a MET, which is also known as autogenic inhibition. Autogenic inhibition is an active technique of sub-maximal contraction of a muscle followed by the stretching of the same muscle. The muscle tension caused by the stretch the Golgi tendon organ in the muscle belly is activated allowing the muscle to […]

During this session, I spent 45 minutes doing a shoulder assessment on a player who had previously had treatment with the NHS, they knew what they’re injury was and they allowed me to do an assessment on them to see if I could work out what the issue was. I started by observation looking for […]

During this game, one of the players got a knock to the head, there was no bleeding, no loss of consciousness and they passed the on-pitch assessment from the SCAT5 test and therefore they were cleared to continue playing and the referee allowed them to continue with play. during half time the player did a […]

During this session, I was in the training clinic at the clubhouse before the game for 2 hours before the game started to ensure any players that needed treatment were able to come in and get treated, the first half of this session included taping a supraspinatus impingement of the shoulder using another technique and  […]

During this training session,  the player from the previous game with the suspected sprained ankle came to get it assessed. The initial observation of this player is that they came in limping suggesting that they were not fully weighted bearing on the injured side. Active and passive movements caused them pain especially on the medial […]

During this training session, a SCAT5 test was performed on the player you were showing signs of concussion from the game on the 12/10/19 and compared to the baseline of the players SCAT5 test they would have been fine to return to play as they had no difference in their results, no abnormalities and we […]

During this session, I was pitchside for the men’s rugby team for 3 hours due to one of the injuries that occurred, the treatment and the duration of time it took for the player to be moved from the pitch the game went on slightly longer than it usually would. The first treatment of the […]