I wrote this blog a number of years ago (although still applicable now), when school sport was thriving and Government funding for schools was higher than it is today. In America and Canada Athletic Therapists and Trainers are widely used within schools to support their young athletes, so here is my list of 10 reasons why UK based educational systems should employ Graduate Sports Therapists: 1. To be able to give top performing athletes the best chance at being the best. My r

The functional movement screen is a regularly used tool in order to assess athletes and in commonly cited as a predictor of risk of injury. When screening, it is important to consider more than just the classification of movement patterns. When designing a screening process it is imperative to identify the energy systems involved, the strength qualities required, the joint angles and vectors associated with the sport, the external stimulus that the athlete responds to as well