Rehabilitation Coaching

What should I expect?

Your first appointment will involve listening to your medical health history, and a thorough screening and physical assessment to identify your limitations as well as your strengths. We will uncover any predisposing factors to injury and any other health related disorders.

Using clinical reasoning to tailor a recovery plan to return you to optimum function and physical activity, we will integrate advice, assessment, education and rehabilitation into all aspects of your life.

Trained to carefully record and protect all personal information, including relevant sensitive information as part of the session we make notes to ensure accurate and appropriate progression in your ongoing care.

What might my appointment include?

We incorporate a comprehensive assessment, evidenced based therapeutic interventions and exercise therapy with the plan being monitored and modified where needed. This could include exercise rehabilitation, graded activity, workplace assessment and modification.

We use a complete approach, considering the whole needs of the individual to allow optimal recovery placing the client at the center of their own care. This autonomy is essential in empowering the recovery and steps needed for your specific lifestyle.

What sets Sport Rehabilitators apart?

Sport Rehabilitators have a strong focus on biomechanics, exercise rehabilitation and returning patients to high levels of function. The overall skill set and focus is why the Ministry of Defence, UK, chooses BASRaT registrants for their most demanding exercise rehabilitation roles.

Registered Sport Rehabilitators are trained to carry out a comprehensive assessment, including cardiovascular disease risk stratification, pre-participation screening and the recognition of conditions that require referral to General Practitioners and other members of the healthcare team. Injuries helped include:

• Back, neck and spine pain – lower back pain, sciatica, disc problems and more
• Pains and sprains in ankles, knees, shoulder, neck, groin, hip etc
• Post-operative rehabilitation - (spinal, shoulder and knee surgery, joint replacements)
• Total knee replacement rehabilitation
• Achilles Tendinopathy
• Cruciate ligament rehabilitation
• Tennis elbow
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Bursitis
• Injuries with an uncertain diagnosis
• Post spinal surgery
• Post trauma, including fractures
• Chronic pain
• Repetitive strain injuries
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Registered Sport Rehabilitators are included in the General Medical Council referral guidelines and can take referrals from the wider healthcare team. Some of the patient populations they are trained to work with include:

• Osteo and Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Cancer
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Mental Health and Dementia
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Stroke
• Heart disease
• Peripheral artery disease
• Hypertension
• Obesity
• Older Populations
• Osteoporosis
• Sarcopenia
• Falls Prevention
• Pregnancy
• Living with Chronic Conditions
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Throughout the process, clients will continue to be assessed and monitored with appropriate medical referral as needed.

Are there any risks?

Sport Rehabilitators assess the risks and benefits of their treatment plans and associated interventions as part of their person-centered complete approach. The evidence-based treatment interventions recommended for you will be based upon an accurate and effective clinical assessment, as well as ongoing monitoring of your progression through rehabilitation.

Simple examples of the types of risk management your Sport Rehabilitator will undertake are:

• Accurately assessing the stage of healing or recovery of your injury, illness or condition and matching the graded exercise rehabilitation intervention to your status.
• Effectively assessing the presence or probability of underlying medical conditions before recommending a manual, electrophysical or exercise-based intervention.
• Maintaining equipment used for treatment according to manufacturer guidelines.
• You can expect your Sport Rehabilitator to discuss the risks of individual interventions with you and refer your care on to other members of the healthcare team if it is appropriate.
• Occasionally, a treatment plan or individual intervention will have an unforeseen consequence. An example of this might be a skin reaction to healing products or other manual treatment applications that a patient experiences for the first time. Or, more post-treatment soreness than would be expected, as a patient takes a step onward in their exercise rehabilitation plan. These unforeseen consequences are usually minor, and you can expect your Sport Rehabilitator to identify them and respond to adapt their approach accordingly.

Registration with BASRaT

BASRaT registered Sport Rehabilitators complete an accredited three-year BSc honors degree or an accredited Masters degree along with the successful completion of more than 400 clinical hours supervised by a healthcare professional. The course content and teaching methods are continuously monitored and annually audited by BASRaT to ensure consistently high standards. In addition to successfully passing an accredited programme, all BASRaT registrants must pass an independent national registration exam.

International Recognition

BASRaT has always been a vocal supporter of the multidisciplinary healthcare team and the strong role that Sport Rehabilitation and Athletic Therapy play as a vital part of that team both nationally and globally. BASRaT has been working alongside our professional peers in the BOC (USA), NATA (USA), CATA (Canada), ARTI (Ireland) and others for the last few decades and we have seen our respective local professions grow in both quality and strength. We are now part of the International Arrangement, which further ensures high standards across our all our professions and includes an independent national exam that is tested annually for validity and reliability:

https://basrat.org/member/internationalcertification

BASRaT Register

BASRaT’s register is accredited by the PSA (Professional Standards Authority), the UK’s top healthcare and medical oversight body. Sport Rehabilitators on the BASRaT register must adhere to a strict code of ethics, conduct and professional practice. All registered Sport Rehabilitators have comprehensive insurance, a current first aid qualification and follow strict standards for the management of medical records and appropriate referral to other members of the healthcare team.

The Evidence Base for Sport Rehabilitation Practice

The Sport Rehabilitation profession is based on an established and growing body of research that spans several hundred thousand research papers across the disciplines of medicine, rehabilitation, pathology, physiotherapy, biomechanics, physiology, sports science and the allied health professions. All BASRaT registrants must complete continued professional development activities in order to keep up-to-date on new information, practices, techniques and research.