I teach all areas of First Aid from paediatric First Aid to First Aid At Work Courses.

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I am the 2nd Team Sports Therapist and under 17s Sports Therapist. My role is to assess injuries, sports taping, sports massage and also cover injury clinic if the Head Therapist is unavaliable. During my time at the club I have settled in and deleveloped good rapport with the team. I have already dealt with injuries from AC joint ruptures, lower back pain and hamstring injuries. I look forward to developing my skills and my furture at the club.

At this placement I am the sole first aider for the football team and have been for over a year now. I have developed a great relationship with the team and they have made me feel welcome. Whilst on the placement I have dealt with cuts and bleeding to swollen ankles. The welfare of the players is always my main priority and I truly enjoy my time with the football club.

I left Wigan in September of 2014 to commit to Heywood St James and Fylde Rugby Club. I am happy to say that I have been asked to come back to the club and perform post event massage alongside Heywood and Fylde. Once again the players have made me feel welcome at the club and I enjoying every second.

I have been giving the responsibility to assess players and help develop a clinical impression of the injury. I have settled in to the medical team quickly and am developing as a sports therapist week by week. Over the last five months at the placement I have treated a range of injuries from a ruptured anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL), a varied range of hamstring strains and even whiplash injuries. My communication and manual handling techniques have improved even more since the beginning of the placement amongst other things. The therapists at the club have faith in my ability as a student sports therapist hence they have let me carry out lumbar rotations and create rehabilitation programs for some of the players.

Myself and two other student sports therapists manage a team of 15-20 first aiders. The roles and responsibilities of the Head First Aider are to ensure that the team First Aiders have the right equipment, they are up to date with first aid protocols and also to help them learn and develop as a First Aider and Sports Therapist. The first aid is for university sports teams, the complex that we are based at consists of five football pitches, three rugby pitches and two hockey pitches. This means we can be accountable for twenty teams at one time. I have also done first aiding at the UCLan sports arena. I have managed incidents from spinal injuries to dislocated shoulders. This means I can be calm in stressful situations and take command of the team and organise what needs to be done.

This placement has given me the opportunity to develop myself further as a sports therapist and a sports masseur by giving me the chance to massage for their club. During the experience I got to massage the first team players which was a really honour and a privilege. Secondly I got to see how a high level club conditioned and managed their players after a game. The players made me feel welcome at the club and I enjoyed every second. One of the most important thing about this placement was the invaluable knowledge I gain when speaking to the physiotherapists and the other medical staff on how they manage a team at this level. I have a reference from the head physiotherapist