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An interview with Sports
Therapist
Kate Cady
Why did you choose Sports Therapy as a career?
It was something that I had wanted to do since I was 11 years of age when
I watched my first football game. I did initially want to do Physiotherapy
as this course was not available then but luckily I saw the sports therapy
degree at clearing and got in. I haven’t looked back since.
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An interview with Sports
Therapist
Alan Stewart
Your educational/career background?
I finished my ‘O’ grades in 1975 and joined the Army at 16 to do
electronics as a telecommunications technician; I then became an Army
Physical Training Instructor in 1979 and stayed in until 1986. I then joined
Scottish Prison Service and became a Physical Education Instructor (PEI)
which I still do.
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University
of Hertfordshire Graduate Julia Hamilton recalls a trip of a lifetime to
Virginia Commonwealth University
Julia Hamilton
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Professor Graham Smith
Congratulations to Professor Graham Smith, Chair of The Society of Sports
Therapists who has just taken up the position of Visiting Professor at The
University of Teesside. Professor Smith has stood down from his position as
Visiting Professor at the University of Hertfordshire.
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Application for Statutory Regulation Update
On Wednesday 1st March the Health Professions Council (HPC) considered
the application by The Society of Sports Therapists for the statutory regulation
of Sports Therapists.
The Council has had the opportunity to look at the documentation and has raised
questions and issues which The Society must now respond to before the
application is considered at the HPC Council Meeting on the 11th May. Professor
Graham Smith, Chair of The Society of Sports Therapists and Roz Nottingham, a
member of the Executive Committee attended the meeting to listen comments and
observations made by Council members of the HPC.
An FAQ flyer on the application for the statutory regulation of Sports
Therapists is now available. Please complete the attached form and email to The
Society office.
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 Josie
Goes Live on Women’s Hour
Society member Josie Mitchell recently appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s
Hour programme. Josie, who works at the Bimal Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic
in London and is a graduate of The University of North London (now London
Metropolitan), was invited on the show to talk about the increase in injuries in
‘over-exercising’ women within the 40-60 age group. Research recently conducted
in America has shown that the ‘Baby Boom’ generation of women now aged 40+ are
suffering more sports-related injuries resulting from their exercising habits
before giving birth and their bid to get fit after child-birth. Josie, alongside
Julie Sparrow (Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the University of Teesside),
spoke to presenter Jenni Murray about this research, looking at how such
injuries occur and how they can be prevented. Josie was asked why such a high
proportion of women in this age bracket take up exercise and become injured and
was able to use her experience at the Bimal Clinic to support her theories -
using some of her clients’ sports related injuries to highlight examples for
listeners. Josie also mentioned the problem of incorrect footwear worn when
exercising and how this can lead to injuries. Other points raised included a
lack of preparation before undertaking exercise, the pressure some women feel
they are under to lose weight after the birth of a child and the importance of
obtaining the correct advice before exercising. Josie had to travel to the BBC
studios in central London where she was then linked into the show which went out
live from the BBC Manchester studio. We thank her for accepting the invitation
to represent the Society in such a positive and professional manner and for
giving up her time to appear on the show.
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