Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic (SIRC)
Sports Injury and Rehabilitation at UON
The sports injury and rehabilitation clinic will be CLOSED from Wednesday 13 May (last appointment day) and will reopen towards the end of September. Thank you to those of you who have used the service this academic year. We look forward to your custom in September. If you would like to be added to the email list for when we reopen in September, please email SIRC@northampton.ac.uk.
Our clinic is serviced by our BASRaT-accredited Sport Rehabilitation and Conditioning degree students with practice overseen by our fully-qualified clinic supervisor. You can find the clinic on the University of Northampton’s Waterside campus. 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
If you encounter any issues while booking an appointment after completing your payment, please contact us at SIRC@northampton.ac.uk.
A therapist treats a patient during a consultation at SIRC
Sports Rehabiliation and Conditioning students have the opportunity to put theory into practice at the Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic (SIRC)
Close-up of treatment at SIRC
A consultation at SIRC
A student therapist observes a patient's movements at SIRC.
Students enrolled on our Sport Rehabilitation and Conditioning BSc can gain practical experience in our onsite Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic (SIRC)
Student therapist adjusts electrical analysis device on a patient's leg at SIRC.
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Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic
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).
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.
