Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic (SIRC)

Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic

Sports Injury and Rehabilitation at UON

The Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic (SIRC) is open during University of Northampton term time and provides effective and affordable healthcare to University of Northampton staff, students and our surrounding community.

Our clinic is serviced by our BASRaT-accredited Sport Rehabilitation and Conditioning degree students with practice overseen by our fully-qualified clinic supervisor. The students providing services within in the SIRC are trained in delivering treatment options which include:

  • Injury Assessment
  • Manual Therapy
  • Sports Massage
  • Electrotherapies
  • Recovery Sessions
  • Rehabilitation Programmes

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Massage

Preparing or recovering from sport

Consultation

Assessing your injury

Rehabilitation

Bespoke plan after an injury

  • Initial Consultation

    This includes a subjective history of how, when and where the injury happened, how the injury is affecting you, and your previous injury/medical history, followed by a hands-on physical assessment of the injury itself. This is followed by and is inclusive of your first treatment.

    • Appointment time: approximately 60 minutes

    Follow-up assessment and treatment

    This is a follow up appointment following your initial consultation. Here we will reassess your injury and decide to either progress, regress or adapt our treatment strategy.

    • Appointment time: approximately 30-45 minutes

    Sports massage

    Used for part of preparation or recovery from sport, general relaxation or part of your wider rehab plan.

    • Appointment time: 30-minute and 60-minute appointments available

    Exercise Rehabilitation

    This session is aimed at clients who are looking a bespoke rehabilitation plan following an injury. It is recommended that you have an initial consultation before booking a rehabilitation appointment.

    • Appointment time: approximately 45 minutes

    Recovery sessions

    We offer a range of post exercise recovery strategies including pneumatic compression sleeves (Normatec), cryotherapies (Game Ready), percussive therapies (Theragun) and electro-muscular stimulation.

    • Appointment time: 30-minute and 60-minute appointments available
  • For more information, please contact SIRC via email: SIRC@northampton.ac.uk

    The SIRC operates on a Wednesday during term time only and is open from 11am-7pm (last appointment at 6pm).

    UON staff, students, and Super 7 employees:

    • Initial consultation (60 minutes): £20
    • Follow Up Appointment (45 minutes): £12.50
    • Massage (60 minutes): £20
    • Massage (30 minutes): £12.50
    • Recovery + Rehabilitation (30 minutes): £12.50

    Public:

    • Initial consultation (60 minutes): £25
    • Follow Up Appointment (45 minutes): £15
    • Massage (60 minutes): £25
    • Massage (30 minutes): £15
    • Recovery + Rehabilitation (30 minutes): £15

    Payments can be made online when booking or on arrival by card.

    If you have any enquiries, please e-mail: SIRC@northampton.ac.uk

  • Our Address

    Room CH210.2
    Creative Hub Building
    Waterside Campus
    University of Northampton
    NN1 5PH

    Get directions to the Creative Hub.

    Opening times

    Wednesday, 11am-7pm

    Car Parking

    Car parking is available on Waterside campus; the nearest car park to the clinic is Car Park 4, off New South Bridge Road entrance (NN4 8RP).

    Get directions to Car Park 4.

    All University of Northampton car parks are privately managed and parking charges are required. This fee will be approximately £1 (up to 3 hours) and must be paid at either the payment machines (card payments only) or via the RingGo app. The SIRC clinic does not take any responsibility for unpaid parking charges and fines that may be incurred due to non-payment.

    Should Car Park 4 be full on arrival, additional spaces may be available in Car Parks 2 or 1 on campus. Alternatively, parking can be located off-campus in the St Johns multi-storey, with access to the clinic via the Beckets Park footbridge.

  • We operate under the current BASRaT clinical practice guideline and ask if you could take a moment to read the following points below:

    To conduct your assessment and treatment effectively, it is important to wear appropriate and comfortable clothing to your appointment. This is to ensure that your therapist can examine the affected area easily. Shorts and a vest are often the most suitable clothing. Please do not wear jeans as these are quite restrictive.

    Please also bring with you any relevant operation notes, investigation results, medication information etc.

    On arrival we ask that you arrive NO more than 10 minutes before your appointment time to minimise contact with others.

    We ask all clients to sanitise their hands on entering and leaving the clinic.

    As you enter the Creative Hub building, you will see a sign to indicate the waiting and seating area.  A student will meet you here and take you through the security barriers and into the clinic for your appointment.

    If you require someone to accompany you to the appointment (if disabled or under 18 years of age), then please let us know in advance by emailing – SIRC@northampton.ac.uk

    For more information, please visit the BASRaT website.

  • We understand that sometimes unexpected events occur that mean you need to rearrange your appointment. We request that all clients give at least 24 hours’ notice for cancellations, so that we have the opportunity to fill the appointment space.

    We reserve the right to charge appointments (at 50% of the cost) that are cancelled or unattended without notice.

  • Our use of your data will be in accordance with data protection law and the University of Northampton Data Protection Policy.

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