During this session, I spent two hours in the sport and health clinic at Marjon providing pregame treatment to the Marjon women’s rugby team as well as participating in emergency trauma training run by the clinic supervisor.  The first hour was all about emergency trauma and going through different first aid scenarios to help prepare […]

During this session, I spent 2 hours pitchside for the Marjon women’s rugby team during the training session performing the exact same tasks as when pitchside for a game, as well as providing treatment for any players that needed it during the session. The warm-up included dynamic stretches followed by mobility work and two laps […]

During this session, I was in the Marjon sports and health clinic for one hour assessing the women’s rugby players before training as they have been having pain in their right shoulder for 3/52. Upon assessment and conversation of my findings with the clinic supervisor, we decided on an action plan to carry out before […]

During this session, post-game, any players that were injured during the game were taken back to the sports and health clinic where they are injuries were properly assessed and any players that potential head injuries were assessed and SCAT5 tests were performed. During this post-game treatment, session I had to fill out 3 first aid […]

During this session, I was pitchside for the Marjon women’s rugby game. This game posed a lot of first aid issues starting with a hit to the head face that resulted in a laceration to the lip. This player was immediately taken off the pitch and sent to the hospital. After having medical attention the […]

During this session,  I was providing pregame treatment for the Marjon women’s Bucs team. This included 2 hours in the Sports massage clinic providing treatment to the players that required it. During this session, I provided treatment to the lower back to help with tightness and tension before the game. This treatment was pregame and […]

During this session, I went to the training session of the Marjon women’s rugby team and spent 2 hours pitchside in case any injuries occurred during this session. the warm-up included dynamic stretches and mobility work, running a lap of the pitch, a simple passing drill to get the players used to handling the ball […]

During this session, I was in the training clinic for Argaum men’s team, providing treatment to any players that required it before the training session started. The first treatment I provided was a back massage, massaging the erector spinae muscles on a player who came into the clinic however, it was not training tonight. This […]

During this session, I spent 1.5 hours in the training clinic before the training session providing treatment to any players that required it. This session, a player game in for an assessment of the knee, they had been hit in a tackle which had resulted in swelling and inflammation of the knee. Due to the […]

During this session, I provided a post-game cool down for the players.  The cooldown included static stretching of the entire body working from top to bottom helping them to remove lactic acid from the body to help prevent the effects of delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS). A cool-down should provide a gradual decrease in […]