Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Find support at our Sports and Exercise Therapy Clinic
The Sports & Exercise Therapy Clinic is a student led sports injuries and sports massage clinic, based in the Carnegie School of Sport building on Headingley campus. The SETC provides a free service to students and staff of Leeds Beckett University, and is open Monday-Friday. The SETC is staffed by students from both our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, who are supervised by members of the teaching faculty.
What therapies are on offer?
We offer examination and assessment of sporting and occupational injuries, advice and programmes for rehabilitation, and sports massage.
We work with a wide variety of athletes, staff and students that reflects the broad range of activities that go on at LBU, and will work with you throughout the stages of your injury and look to return you to your sport as quickly and safely as possible by using an evidence-based approach to rehabilitation. Some of the services we offer are:
- Injury examination and assessment
- Rehabilitation programmes
- Prehabilitaiton (working with you whilst you wait for an operation)
- Post-surgery (orthopaedic) rehabilitation and return to sport
- Return to sport testing
- Sports massage
- Event preparation
Students conduct a sports therapy massage on a patient
Supporting student practical skills
Since the clinic re-opened in September 2021 after the pandemic, the students have worked with and helped a broad range of cases including post anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery, calf injuries in gymnasts and cheerleaders, shoulder and back injuries in cricketers, shoulder/neck pain in students furiously working to complete their dissertations.
The SETC offers a vital placement experience for our sports therapy students, who must gain 200 hours placement to be eligible for membership of The Society of Sports Therapists upon graduation.
Working under the supervision of professionally qualified and experienced teaching staff, who understand the course and curriculum content, the students quickly gain in both practical skills and confidence. By using the SETC you are providing valuable experiences for the students as well as receiving a free sports therapy service.
In the clinic I've learnt a lot, being hands on. You take in a lot because you see the injury for yourself. We get a big variety of injuries through - shoulder, quads, back, elbow. Everything really.
High-quality treatment and advice
Graduates from the Sports & Exercise Therapy BSc and MSc programmes go on to work in a variety of environments such as professional sport and pitch-side work (Leeds Rhinos, Blackburn Rovers, Otley Rugby Club), the NHS and work in and establish their own private practice.
You do not have to be injured to visit the clinic and you do not have to be an athlete, we are here to help you work towards your goals and manage the physical stresses of work and study.
Definitely come down, speak to Ed in the office and he'll explain what you need to do and make sure you get the treatment you need.
Clinic details
Opening hours: Monday-Friday (09:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00)
Location: Room CSS123, Carnegie School of Sport Building, Headingley Campus
Bookings: https://rebrand.ly/cecqamr
Contact: sportstherapyclinic@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
