London Marathon 2017 - Rocktape role for Sport Rehabilitation student Maisie Squibb

The London Marathon. One of the most sought after events of the marathon calendar.

On Saturday 22nd April, BSc Rehabilitation in Sport and Exercise second year student Maisie Squibb volunteered to support RockTape at the London Marathon expo, providing free RockTape applications to runners.

The atmosphere in the expo was electric with everyone pumped to be running the following day. Both the RockTape stands were rushed off their feet all day so a massive well done to everyone involved!

It was a great way to practice and learn new taping techniques from the other 'Rock Docs'. Most of the taping was for knees, ITB, Achilles, plantar fascia, lower back and shin splints. I couldn't even fathom a guess to how many people we taped on the Saturday, all I know is it was a huge amount. I'm sure if you watched the marathon on TV, you would've seen the tape (some of it is pretty bright!).

Maisie's Uniform and Pass for the London Marathon Expo 2017

For anyone wondering if they should volunteer, I would 100% say YES! I didn't know anyone before helping out, but they were all incredibly friendly and very knowledgeable. It is a great place to soak up the atmosphere for all the amazing people running for great causes, you may even get to see some famous faces - I got to see Paula Radcliffe on one of the stands! 

Volunteers at the London Marathon Expo (Credit: Rocktape UK)

To find out more about our BSc Rehabilitation in Sport and Exercise or our BSc Sports Therapy courses at Plymouth Marjon University, visit our website. Our courses have lots of built in and heavily subsidised CPD courses and qualifications which provide students with additional contacts for work placements such as Maisie's experiences working with RockTape. 

This blog post was edited by Sarah Martin, lecturer in Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation and course leader for the MSc Sport Rehabilitation at Plymouth Marjon University (smartin@marjon.ac.uk).

BASES Student Conference 2017

As first year Sport Rehabilitation students, we were excited to attend the BASES Student Conference for the first time. As the theme was clinical sport and exercise science, we were expecting to be out of our depth with the content. However, we found that the topics discussed were extremely relevant to our degree which gave us potential to pick up some top tips along the way.

BSc Rehabilitation in Sport and Exercise students Amy Day, Becky Jacob-Harris, Heli Radcliffe & Laura Woodbridge.

National Fencing Championships - Sport Rehabilitation support from Plymouth Marjon University

On Saturday 15th April and Sunday 16th April 2017, the International Fencing Tournament was held at the University of Birmingham.

Two of our Sports Therapy and Sport Rehabilitation students were invited to form part of the Soft Tissue Therapy team by Herman Fenton, Vice President of the Federation of Holistic Therapists.

First year Rehabilitation in Sport and Exercise student, Becky Jacob-Harris (@RJacobHarris) describes her experiences of being selected from a large pool of students to work at this event.

Working in Health & Fitness

There are many job roles in the Health & Fitness sector that can be very rewarding and in order to find employment in the best roles, employees require a mixture of academic and professional qualifications, practical experience and professional networks.

This article outlines some of ways in which people can be successful in making their passion for health and exercise into a career.

Roles within Health and Fitness

Many people are aware of the role of a fitness instructor or personal trainer, however there are a wide range of other roles and settings in Health and Fitness.

Follow this link for generic job descriptions provided by REPs

Follow this link for more information on strength & conditioning roles

Qualifications in Health and Fitness

In order to become a qualified fitness professional

Anatomy Dissection Trip

On Thursday 9^th February 2017, a group of Sports Therapy and Sport Rehabilitation students from the University of St Mark and St John travelled to the University of Bristol Centre for Applied Anatomy to study anatomy from human cadavers. 

Lauren Lyndon-Hill, third year BSc Sports Therapy summarised the day by saying: 

“Some anatomy aspects were completely different to what I expected, which gave a totally different perspective on the human body”. 

The gratitude and respect was shown to those families who offered their bodies to science so that our students could have the opportunity for this trip.

“This was a truly strange and enjoyable experience, being able to see muscle, tendons and ligaments etc.. up close and how different the perspective is compared to books and anatomy models. The size of the trapezius and how thick the Achilles tendon is just as an example! Students can only get to see these perspectives by actually going on these trips and gaining valuable knowledge. The doctors who over saw the day were very knowledgeable and always happy to answer question as well as encouraging us to be hands on.” Richard Haydon, year two BSc Rehabilitation in Sport and Exercise

Hydrotherapy Rehabilitation for our BSc Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation students

On Wednesday 1st February 2017, 23 final year BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation students visited Hannah’s at Seale-Hayne in Newton Abbot. 

The objective of the day was to integrate the principles of sport rehabilitation into group rehabilitation settings. The morning session, led by Vicki Evans and Alex Walker, enabled students mimicking a range of upper and lower limb pathologies to all participate in the same group rehabilitation session. Students were able to recognise that with small adaptations and considerations of progression and regression markers, full participation is achievable even with large groups.

Student trip to #WEMS17, Cardiff

This was third time that I’ve taken a group of Marjon Uni students to the Welsh Exercise Medicine Symposium in Cardiff. The event is organised by the Cardiff Sports & Exercise Medicine Society and has got better each year we’ve attended (here’s our notes from last year). The event was packed with lectures of a very high quality and on this page we’ve tried to capture some of our notes from the day, some of the papers and resources that were shared by presenters and our own personal reflections on attendance. Our group contained students from all three years of undergraduate study and most were either SPAH students or Sports Therapist/Rehab students. For many it was their first such event and for that reason it was a real pleasure for me to be part of that experience.