CONTENTS APRIL 2011 ISSUE 28
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TECHNICAL ADVISORS Steve Aspinall BSc (BASRaT), MSc Paula Clayton MSMA, MCSP Steven Cluney MSMA Dr Marco
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Cardinale Dave Clark MSc, BSc (Med Hons), BPE Dip SST
Stuart Hinds
Brad Hiskins BSc, Dip SST Ian Jeffrey
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Michael Nichol BSc (BASRaT) Joan Watt
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The Health Professions Council, which is the UK regulatory body for health care, has recommended that sports therapy should become
a statutorily regulated profession. This follows a long campaign by the Society of Sports Therapists and The British Association of Sports Rehabilitators and Trainers, among others. The recommendation is long overdue but it is not yet a done deal. There are two main obstacles. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy argues that their members already do what the sports therapists do. In my view, this isn’t true. Physiotherapy training is broad-based encompassing clinical areas like neurology, respiratory care as well as many musculo-skeletal elements. Sports therapy is mostly the latter and performed in the specific context of performance and sport. The second problem is that UK Government policy is leaning towards voluntary rather than statutory regulation but again in my view, this won’t work. There are already at least 3 organisations claiming to represent sports therapy in the UK. It’s unlikely that any of these will ever come together without an outside influence. In the meantime the public we serve are understandably confused. The next step in the sports therapy regulatory process is for politicians to make a decision. They need to be lobbied by their constituents. That’s you! Get writing to your MP by visiting the website www.writetothem.com. There is also an ongoing discussion on sportEX’s blog at http://bit.ly/HPCsportstherapy
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A look at some of the latest research
Back to basic biomechanics to reduce the frequency of these commonly occurring injuries
11 Posture assessment - part 1
How to assess posture in the clinical environment
working in sport and private practice
17Screening professional cyclists 28Balance and co-ordination 25Book reviews
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