Course: Introduction to Sport, Health, and Rehabilitation Sciences at University

Within school education, there is a lot of emphasis on exams at the end of the year, some essays or coursework, but primarily you took a lot of exams. Within …

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Knee injury can be really common in both elite, amateur and recreational sport. An injury that you may have heard of is an ACL injury; Anterior Cruciate Ligament. This is …

One key buzzword that you may hear a lot is ‘Blended Learning’. This just means the blend of online learning (often done at your own pace or ‘asynchronously’) and on-campus …

Sometimes there is a misconception that studying in these area’s just means you do PE-style activities like you did at school. This thinking over-simplifies what the field of Sport, Exercise …

Within elite sport, there are lots of people that are all working together to achieve success. Whilst on the outside we may only see the manager or head coach and …

Sport Rehabilitation is a profession consisting of clinicians who help people suffering from pain, injury or illness involving the neuro-musculoskeletal system. They help people of all ages to maintain their …

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) define physiotherapists as those that “help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice.” Physiotherapists use …

The British Dietetic Association (BDA) defines dietetics as ‘the science of how nutrition affects our health’. Dietitians are ‘qualified and regulated health professionals who use and interpret evidence-based practice to …

The role of a sports coach can vary; from working with elite athletes to recreational sports teams and in lots of different contexts. For example; you can specialise in strength …

You may have read or heard about certain athletes or teams and the words ‘doping’ before in the news. Essentially some athletes, teams, or support staff have ben caught ‘cheating’. …

Through the scientific principles of our main disciplines; biomechanics, physiology and psychology, we use and apply this understanding within sport and exercise. Sport and Exercise Science can be applied to …

Nutrition influences nearly every process in the body involved in energy production and recovery, therefore playing an essential role in sport and exercise. It is essential for health, physical activity …

You may be here to find out more about the University of Hull, or you may be here to find out more about Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences more broadly. …

Essentially we are referring to the application of key scientific principles to sport and health/clinical contexts. There are three main principles that we are talking about; • Physiology – understanding …