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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.

Monday 2 December 2013

Trauma Management training with England Rugby Football Union Chief Medical Trauma Consultant


Year 3 Sport Rehabilitation students have their trauma management section of the Advanced Clinical Skills module taught by Dr Andy Smith, Chief Medical Trauma Consultant for England RFU. 

Saturday 23 November 2013

British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers Annual Symposium

This year the annual BASRaT symposium was held at St Mary's University College, Twickenham.  Fantastic guest speakers such as Dave Tibiero (Gray Institute)



Thursday 14 November 2013

Good luck to the Fiji RL team in the Quarter Finals

The Fijian Rugby Team visited for the final time today before their quarter final game with Samoa. A winning result would mean a place in the semi finals! Great for our staff and students to have been a part of the team hosting in Bolton.

Friday 8 November 2013

Sanj Jari Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Guest Lecture

All Sport Rehabilitation students today had the opportunity to attend a fantastic and informative lecture from guest speaker, Sanj Jari, a Consultant Knee Orthopaedic Surgeon.  Students got an insight into the management of knee injuries from an orthopaedic perspective, with a focus upon anterior cruciate ligament injuries, surgery and rehabilitation. 

Thursday 7 November 2013

Wales Rugby League in Bolton for World Cup Match Recovery

The Welsh Rugby League squad came to Bolton One today for their recovery session. Players had the luxury of a three-treatment rotation involving whole-body cryotherapy (provided by BOC), pool recovery and deep tissue massage by our Sport Rehabilitation students.

Monday 28 October 2013

Fiji kick off Rugby League World Cup at Spotland

Staff and students had the chance to watch the Fijian RL World Cup team in action in their group games at Rochdale, St Helens and Hull.

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Rugby League Cup Trophy comes to Bolton



The Rugby League World Cup Trophy made its way to Bolton Town Hall and the University of Bolton and showcased prior to the approaching World Cup competition in England and Wales

Monday 16 September 2013

New students!

The 2013-14 academic year has kicked off with a bang with the largest intake of year 1 students so far with 55 new recruits on the Sport Rehabilitation programme

Wednesday 10 July 2013

Super League Injury Surveillance research club updates

Anna Fitzpatrick and Adam Naylor are doing the Rugby League Club rounds once again this week, visiting each club to provide some developing feedback from the Super League injury surveillance project, currently being analysed at the University of Bolton.  The catch up with the medical teams at each club will see their input and contributions to the project in up-to-the-minute feedback on injury occurrence and incidence.  Exciting times as there are only 3 months of the season remaining, and so the first ever complete Rugby League Injury Surveillance is nearly complete!  Thanks to all of the club physios, rehabbers and S&Cs for all their input so far.

Thursday 4 July 2013

Wanderers FC Academy Isokinetics testing

Today and Tuesday saw the Academy football players at Bolton Wanderers come to the Athlete Development Centre for isokinetics testing.  This basically looks at muscle output for their quadriceps and hamstrings at different speeds, as well as the balance between these important muscle groups, their fatigue rate and highlighting any bilateral imbalances.  This allows the medical and conditioning staff to address specific player needs and personalise their training programmes to help prevent injury and assist the players development at this important time in their career.

Wednesday 3 July 2013

Bury FC pre-season testing in the Athlete Development Centre

Bury FC's head sports physio Tom Walsh brought the first team squad in for their pre-season fitness testing session this morning.  This included isokinetics, sprint times, body composition and VO2max tests.  A big thanks to Dave Morris, year 3 sport science student for directing the VO2 tests!

Monday 1 July 2013

Cryotherapy and Warrington Wolves come to the University of Bolton!

The sports research team have been progressing their cryotherapy research with Warrington Wolves Rugby League Club, with the cryo unit coming to Bolton One for everyone to see!  Paste the link below to see the
full article on the University of Bolton's website.
With temperatures as low as -130 degrees celcius, it was well worth getting Adam from the research team
and a Northwest Tonight reporter thrown in to feel the effects!


Friday 28 June 2013

Bolton Wanderers FC pre-season testing in the ADC

Bolton Wanderers FC first team squad came in the Athlete Development Centre for over the last 2 days for Isokinetics, Jump Power and VO2max testing.  Good to see our students getting some hands-on with professional athletes.

Thursday 27 June 2013

Oldham Athletic FC pre-season testing in the ADC

Over the next 2 days, we are having Oldham Athletic FC first team squad come in to the Athlete Development Centre in Bolton One for a range of pre-season fitness tests including isokinetics, sprint time, jump power, VO2max and body composition tests.  This should set some standards for the coaching and medical staff to work from through the pre-season period!  Thanks to all assisting sport rehab and science students for making the session run smoothly!

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Barnsley FC pre-season testing in the Athlete Development Centre

Bolton Sport Rehab graduate John Lucas brought the Barnsley FC first team squad into our Athlete Development Centre in Bolton One for some pre-season fitness screening, covering isokinetics, sprint times, body composition and VO2max tests amongst other measures with the assistance from our sport rehab and science students.  This is the first of several teams to attend our fantastic facility and benefit from the 'one-stop shop' of being able to collate all necesary data for setting up a pre-season schedule.

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Warrington Wolves Fitness Testing in the ADC

Today saw a punishing set of fitness tests on elite rugby league side Warrington Wolves.  An inclining VO2max treadmill test to exhaustion followed by a wingate power test put the lads through their paces in  our Athlete Development Centre in Bolton One.

Friday 31 May 2013

Cryotherapy with Warrington Wolves

Adam Naylor and Mark Gallamore of the Sport staff team at the University of Bolton are driving ahead with their research into the effects of cryoptherapy on the recovery of rugby players with Warrington Wolves Rugby League Club.  Promising results to follow......!

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Visit to London Broncos

Today Adam met with the club Physio from London Broncos RFL Club to discuss progress with RFL injury audit.  A long but successful trip to the capital!!

Thursday 23 May 2013

More Football Player Testing

Today, players from Wigan Athletic youth team and Bury FC visited the Athlete Development Centre in Bolton One for fitness testing, isokinetics and movement analysis.

Friday 17 May 2013

Bolton News article on Sport at Univeristy of Bolton

Today, a reporter from Bolton news visited the Sport Rehabilitation and Sport Science staff teams in Bolton One to gain an insight on the rapid developments emerging from the Sport staff and students at Bolton.  Article soon to be published....more to follow.

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Ads crosses Scotland in a canoe!

Over this weekend, Sport Rehabilitation staff member Adam Naylor joined five others from Parkin Fabrics www.parkinfabrics.co.uk  based in Oldham in a battle against the elements in canoeing the Great Glen Trail across Scotland from Fort William in the west to Inverness in the East.  This was all in aid of the Calvert Trust, a charity in the Lake District who set up outdoor activities for disabled adults and children....for whom we raided over £2000, so all for a good cause! Feel free to donate to the cause at http://www.justgiving.com/parkinfabrics2013 Paddling the Caledonian canal, crossing Loch Lochy and battling the 6 foot swells on Loch Ness, we completed the 60 mile trip in 2 days and 2 hours, carrying all our food and camping equipment.  All good fun!  Well done to all!




Sunday 12 May 2013

Charity cycle ride support

The Sanctuary of Healing based in Blackburn have held their annual charity cycle ride in the Lancashire hills today.  Andy Schofield and year 1 Sport Rehabilitation student Lurdes Corlett provided the post event massage to ease the aches and pains from the gruelling hilly circuit.

Tuesday 30 April 2013

Oldham Athletic FC end of season testing

Lee Johnson and Jon Guy from Oldham Athletic FC brought their first team squad to the Athlete Development Centre in Bolton One for their end of season testing covering VO2 max and body composition measures.  We look forward to having them back in the pre-season to help set their focus for the season ahead.




Wednesday 24 April 2013

Bury FC end of season testing

Tom Walsh and Ben Futcher of Bury FC brought their first team squad to the Athlete Development Centre in Bolton One to have several physiological markers tested before their off season period.  Then later in June we will see them again for the start of pre-season where we can re-test and the staff can set their training schedules for the early season.




Sunday 21 April 2013

Bolton 10k race

Today was the annual Bolton 10k race,  with our sport rehabilitation students providing the sports massage both pre and post race,  all donations going to cancer research UK. Even staff and students got involved in the race and all putting in impressive performances!

Monday 25 March 2013

Wilmslow Half Marathon 2013

Sunday 24th March was the annual Wilmslow Half Marathon.  On of our clinical placement providers, Sport Med Physiotherapy Clinic, Stockport, provide the pre and post race massage support, with the help of our University of Bolton Sport Rehabilitation students.  On a freezing, wind-howling day the guys managed to raise £637 (about 125 massages!) for East Cheshire Hospice. Well done everyone!

Friday 22 March 2013

Barnsley FC's SRB John Lucas Guest Speaker

Yesterday, John Lucas, Sport Rehabilitator at Barnsley FC delivered a guest lecture to our year 2 Injury Prevention & Functional Rehab group. He covered a muscle activation session he uses with his players, Kinesiology taping, and general rehabilitation, training and injury prevention sessions.  Really useful info....Thanks John!

 

 


 


Friday 15 March 2013

Year 3 Dissertations nearly ready!

The year 3 students have their final week of preparing their dissertation projects.....that final rush will bring in some worthwhile research for the Sport Rehabilitation profession to benefit from. We are looking forward to all of the submissions (as much as the students are looking forward to finally completing it after a full year's slog!).  Well done in advance guys!

Wednesday 13 March 2013

More student placement visits to Premier League, Championship and League Football clubs

Adam and Anna did the football rounds these last couple of weeks with visits to Wigan Athletic FC, Blackburn Rovers FC Academy, Tranmere Rovers FC and Stoke City FC to check on our year 3 students getting hands on and excellent experience with professional level football teams.  All doing great work and learning lots!!

Sunday 10 March 2013

Bolton Hill Marathon


The Bolton Hill Marathon was held for first ever today, with support of Stansfield Sports Injury Clinic in providing pre and post race massage at Moss Bank Park, Bolton.  Sport Rehabilitation students were there to brave the freezing cold and blustery winds in assisting Maria Stansfield with the massage.  Here's to helping again next year!

Friday 8 March 2013

Meeting the Catalan Dragons

This morning, we caught up with the French Rugby League side, Catalan Dragons, a good morning's work in further boosting our Rugby League research in injury incidence. 

Monday 4 March 2013

We visit Wolves for a change!

Anna and Adam headed over to Wolves training ground for another student placement visit, with one of our year 3 students gaining the fantastic experience in working with the medical team in a top Super League team.

Tuesday 26 February 2013

Fitness tests for potential Wigan Athletic Signing

Today, we were able to assist Wigan Athletic FC through providing a set of fitness tests in our Athlete Development Centre for a potential signing to the club.  Providing baseline data in this manner can assist any professional club in their decision making for such cases - the fitter the player the better they can hit the ground running at a new club!

Monday 25 February 2013

A short hop over to Huddersfield Giants RLFC

Today, Anna Fitzpatrick and Adam Naylor from the Sport Rehabilitation team headed Yorkshire-bound to Huddersfield Giants RLFC for a quick visit to our year 3 student on clinical placement with the medical team at the club.  Good to hear she is getting stuck in and doing well!  The journey had a two-fold purpose, the Rugby League injury surveillance research we are carrying out is in it's first full year of collection, so it's great to have the input and support of Dave, the lead physio at Giants.  Watch this space!

Friday 15 February 2013

England Athletics North West Endurance Runners in the Athlete Development Centre

Within the past few weeks, endurance runners from various centres connected to England Athletics North West centre have been accessing our Athlete Development Centre for  performance assistance, including Strength and Conditioning programmes set by Sean Sankey (Sport Biomechanist & CSCS), and movement screening and prevention exercise set by Adam Naylor (Sport Rehabilitator & CSCS).  Looking forward to more of the same!

Wednesday 13 February 2013

More Isokinetics for Wolves

This week has brought more use of isokinetics for Warrington Wolves RLFC, providing IKD testing and exercise training for shoulder and elbow conditions.

Thursday 7 February 2013

Cheadle Hulme School 6th Form Students University Visit




Yesterday we welcomed 6th form students from Cheadle Hulme School to our Sport Rehabilitation and Sport Science department in the Athlete Development Centre in Bolton One.  In a fantastic afternoon, the students engaged and showed their developing knowledge in injury assessment, rehabilitation and sports fitness testing activities that the sport practitioner would expect to encounter in our industry.