Everybody Active Every Day: 'Moving at Scale'

 

On Tuesday 23rd February, the University hosted one of a series of regional events, “Everybody Active Everyday: ‘Moving at Scale’”. The day was a joint venture by Public Health England, the BHF National Centre, the NCSEM and the CSP Network and was designed to bring together physical activity professionals from across the region to discuss the evaluation, of ‘what works’ in increasing activity levels at both individual and community levels and the barriers and facilitators to scaling up the effects of the most successful programmes. This article contains some links and notes from the day that we thought were worth sharing.

Book Review: Clinical Exercise Science

There are a range of books that address the evidence and guidelines for working with people with chronic health conditions but many of them approach the topic from either a physiological, psychological or epidemiological perspective. Clinical Exercise Science (£34.99, Routledge, 2016) has attempted to capture the range of content and considerations that should be of interest to anyone working in a real-world setting with real people.


The book contextualises the current landscape of provision and employment in health and exercise and opens with a description

Plymouth Argyle Football Club Sports Therapy Placement

As part of his degree, Peter Geller, a final year BSc Sports Therapy student has completed his work experience through our partnership with Plymouth Argyle Football Club. Here we have interviewed Peter on his experiences with working in a professional club, his reasons for choosing sports therapy and his advice for future students considering a career in sports therapy.

Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation Hydrotherapy trip

Final year students from the BSc Sports Therapy and BSc Rehabilitation in Sport and Exercise degrees took a day out from clinical practice to experience rehabilitation in a hydrotherapy versus land-based environment at Hannahs at Seale-Hayne in Newton Abbot.

AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill

Charlotte Robinson-Hodge, a third year Sports Therapy student has been in our sports and exercise laboratory using our new state of the art AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill to help with the rehabilitation of her client. 

"The Anti-Gravity Treadmill enables a therapist to reduce gravity’s impact and rehabilitate lower extremity injuries with less pain and impact than a normal treadmill. My client has suffered with chronic lower back pain which has resulted in her being unable to walk unaided, and she has altered movement patterns, pain, instability and low levels of confidence. The Anti-Gravity treadmill has allowed my client to exercise with reduced pain whilst minimising stress on the joints and the injured region. The rehabilitation programme will continue to encompass the Anti-Gravity Treadmill to improve her overall independence and wellbeing."

Welsh Exercise Medicine Symposium

On Saturday 30th January, a group of Marjon staff and students attended the 3rd Welsh Exercise Medicine Symposium in Cardiff. The day was designed to bring together physical activity experts from across Wales and the UK and was organised by the Cardiff Sports and Exercise Medicine Society.
For content from the day, try searching twitter for @WalesExMed & #WalesExMed2016 or read this post for our overview of the day. We've outlined the sessions and also supplemented this list with some of our notes and additional links to reading and resources referred to by the presenters.