During this session, I spent 1.5 hours in the training clinic, as only a few players needed treatment this evening myself and the remaining medical staff for the club sat down before the training session with the coaching staff to discuss improvements and solutions that could be put in place for training sessions and the […]

During this session, I spent 1.5 hours in the training clinic providing treatment to any players that required it. The first treatment was an assessment of a potentially sprained ankle of a player that got injured in the previous game. After completing the objective and subjective assessment, and special tests the most likely pathology of […]

During this session, I spent one-hour post-game ensuring all inhalers were labeled individually for each player that requires them and I also spent the time filling out two first aid forms describing the injuries that occurred during the game ensuring to get them signed and dated by the relevant medical staff at the rugby club. […]

During this session, I spent 2 hours pitchside during a game for the Argaum rugby club. The first injury of the game that required treatment was a shoulder dislocation unlike the player in the previous game, this player’s shoulder did not replicate itself and they listened to my advice to go to the hospital and […]

During this session, I spent 2 hours providing Pre-Game treatment at Argaum rugby club to any players that needed it. The first 3 treatments included using K-Tape on the knee, and two players on the shoulder to help provide support and stability but without restricting movement. Shoulder taping is important to get right as if […]

During this session, I spent 1.5 hours in the training clinic performing a knee assessment on a player with a knee injury. After observation, palpation, active, passive, resisted ROM, special tests, and functional movements this injury seemed to be presenting itself as an MCL injury most specifically the Valgus stress test for the MCL was […]

During this session, I spent 1.5 hours in the injury treatment clinic at Argaum rugby club going through ROM actively, passive, and resisted ROM with the player that dislocated their shoulder during the previous game. I provided them with exercises and stretches to perform while at home away from training and playing to help strengthen […]

During this session, I spent 1-hour post-game going through a shoulder assessment on a player that dislocated and relocated their own shoulder during the game. After relocating their own shoulder, they described pain in the shoulder which would suggest an impingement of some sort, and therefore an assessment was in place. The player decided to […]

During this session, I spent 2 hours pitchside where I provided treatment and assessment for any injuries that occur. During this game, there were two potential concussions where the players were showing signs of concussion and after reporting the situation to the referee they were both asked to leave the pitch for further assessments.  The […]

During this session, I spent 3 hours in the training clinic providing pre-game treatment to any players that felt they needed it. The first treatment of this session consisted of a massage of the hamstrings followed by hamstring stretches using the SLR and the MET technique followed by MET stretching of the quadriceps by getting […]