Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic
Our services
Led by our sports therapy and rehabilitation students, under the supervision of dedicated clinic staff who hold professional qualifications in sports therapy and rehabilitation, the clinic provides services to support with pain or injury involving the musculoskeletal system.
We have purpose-built clinical facilities to support with recovery from injury, injury prevention, reduction of pain, and maintenance of health and fitness through exercise, movement and manual therapeutic modalities or interventions. Sports therapists and sports rehabilitators work with people who have pain or injury involving the musculoskeletal system. Patients come from all backgrounds and ages
Injuries and conditions we treat include:
- pains and sprains to areas such as knees, ankles, hips, shoulders, groin, elbows
- post-operative rehabilitation such as spinal, shoulder, knee surgery, and joint replacements
- achilles tendinopathy
- cruciate ligament rehabilitation
- tennis and golfers elbow
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- bursitis
- chronic pain
- repetitive strain injuries
- low back pain, neck pain.
Clinics:
- Massage clinic - provides massage and associated soft tissue modalities. Whether you are looking for help to recover from sports or would prefer a relaxing massage to ease stress and anxiety, we can provide a treatment to help you. You do not need to be injured to benefit from this service.
- Injury assessment clinic - specialises in common and sport-specific musculoskeletal injuries and conditions. Students ask you about the history of your injury or condition and how it's affecting your life. They conduct a full physical assessment, including postural and gait analysis, and diagnose your injury, explaining what it is and how it may have occurred. They discuss management options, how pain can be eased, improving your range of movement and making your day-to-day life easier. They discuss treatment options and how they could help your injury or condition. With your consent, a bespoke treatment and rehabilitation plan is created, and treatment is carried out in the clinic. You also receive a home rehabilitation plan. Initial assessment appointments normally last 60 minutes and follow-up sessions may be 30 to 60 minutes.
- Rehabilitation clinic - aims to help you fully recover following an injury, with advice on whether to participate in a specific sport, or how to enjoy your best standard of life. Each session is tailored to your individual needs and may include flexibility, mobility, strengthening, proprioception exercises, sport specific exercises and fitness protocols. Sessions last 40 to 60 minutes and you receive home advice or exercises to continue your rehabilitation at home. To fully benefit from the service, we recommend attending three to six weeks of sessions.
The clinics are open to the public, including children (with an appropriate adult), and accepts direct self-referrals for all services. You can see a sports therapist or rehabilitator for any musculoskeletal problem.
What to expect
An initial consultation and assessment enables the students to identify possible causes of injury or pain, any predisposing factors to injury and any other health-related issues or complaints.
The students use their training and clinical reasoning to create a personally tailored treatment and rehabilitation plan, designed to restore optimum function and return you to physical activity. The plan includes advice, assessment, and education, in addition to exercise rehabilitation.
Treatment begins with a detailed assessment and diagnosis. All treatment plans use evidence-based therapeutic modalities and exercise and are continually evaluated and modified where required. Your treatment plan could include exercise, joint mobilisations, taping and electrotherapy, massage and other soft tissue work. Students are trained to select the most appropriate modalities for you and your injury.
Students are trained to record and protect all of your personal information, including relevant sensitive information, as part of your appointment. By keeping detailed records, we can ensure accurate and suitable progressions in your treatment and rehabilitation.
There is no cost for University staff and students. For Teesside University graduates and members of the public, the costs are £10 for the massage clinic, £20 for the injury clinic and £20 for the rehabilitation clinic.
How to make an appointment
Email SHLSmassageclinic@tees.ac.uk. Clinics run from late September to mid-May, except over Easter and Christmas.
Contact us
Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinics
School of Health & Life Sciences
Centuria (room HS0.17)
Teesside University
Middlesbrough
TS1 3BX
