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University of Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
We are lecturers and practicing professionals in Sports Science and Rehabilitation. Our undergraduate BSc/BA (Hons) Sports programmes are dynamic vocational degrees delivered with the physically active in mind, whether that is within the local community, the recreational or professional athlete. Our experience and expertise in professional sport and private industry allows the sports student to gain first hand and current knowledge in the field of sports medicine, exercise and training. We maintain strong links in industry, which provides our students opportunities for excellent work experience placements. Community events also allow students to voluntarily offer their skills to assist the competitor, which further strengthens the role and credibility that our sports students play within the health and exercise medicine spectrum. Our in-house Sports & Spinal Injuries Clinic and Athlete Development Centre also provide our means of actual practice and teaching where we welcome anyone wishing to have their injury managed, or fitness tested, advised and monitored to the highest standards using recent and researched methods to access our facility in Bolton One.

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Warrington Wolves Pre-season Screening Day 1

Ben Stirling, Paddy Mulligan and Pat Robertson from the medical team at Warrington Wolves brought their first grade squad in today for their first preseason screening session.  Today focussed upon upper limb testing, making good use of our isokinetic dynamometer as well as the players being fascinated with our Alter G treadmill!  Next week is lower limb, we look forwards to putting them through their paces once again.

Sunday 25 November 2012

Fin & Ads at the Heaton Park Manchester Mo Run 10k

The art of looking daft while doing a charity 10k run seems easy for these two!  Ads sports a monobrow, and Fin with the trademark Movember tash!

Friday 23 November 2012

Wigan Athletic FC player on the Alter G

A premier league player from Wigan Athletic FC visited us today with a specific goal in mind - to get back running again.  The Alter G anti-gravity treadmill allowed him to run at 20-30% of his body weight in order to gradually increase the ground reaction impact going through his lower limb.  Great to be involved with the rehabilitation of a professional footballer of this level!

Wednesday 21 November 2012

Wigan Athletic player in for motion screening

Today we welcomed a premier league player from Wigan Athletic to the University of Bolton's biomechanics laboratory in Bolton One for an in-depth motion screening assessment.  This consisted of several filmed movements that relate to lower limb and pelvic function in order to gain a real-time scope of possible injury-related dysfunction.

Sunday 18 November 2012

British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers Annual Symposium

Today, the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT) held their 13th Annual Symposium and AGM at our new Bolton One - a day that saw over 100 delegates attend the symposium, gaining knowledge from keynote speakers, skills from workshop sessions and generally enjoying a well spent Sunday!  Ben Cormack, Mike Nicol, Mark Airey, Tom Sturdy, Dr John Morgan, Cyclone Airwalk, and our own Fionnuala Geoghegan put on excellent sessions and presentations that made the day so well.  Thanks also to Bolton students - the day wouldn't have gone smoothly without you!

Friday 9 November 2012

Super League Warrington Wolves player in for isokinetic assessment

This afternoon we welcomed a  Warrington Wolves Super League Rugby player in for a shoulder assessment on our isokinetic dynamometer.  All helps in getting these guys back to full recovery!