Stephen Bateman

Senior Lecturer

Health, Education, Policing and Sciences

Graduated in 1998 from University of Wales, Bangor.
Practicing sports therapy since 1994.
Former director and head therapist of BackOnTrack UK Ltd Sports Therapy Clinics.
Extensive field and clinical experience at both elite and recreational level sports.
Strong focus on innovative teaching and learning through via digital applications

Expertise

  • Injury Assessment

  • Soft Tissue Therapy

  • Injury Treatment and Rehabilitation

  • Lower limb coordination and relationship to chronic injury

  • Innovative teaching design and digital innovation

Research interests

Co-ordination of knee, hip and ankle joints within functional movement patterns and their relationship with common chronic complaints.
Adherence to rehabilitation programmes in elite and recreational athletes
The impact of innovative teaching and assessment on student engagement attainment and development

Enterprise and commercial interests

Manage Staffordshire University Sports Therapy (SUST) Clinic

Teaching

L4 Sports Massage and Rehabilitation Tools
L4 Foundations in Sports Therapy
L4 Clinical Anatomy
L4 Academic Skills and Employability
L5 Research and Graduate Employability
L5 Sports Injury Assessment
L5 Sports Injury Treatment and Rehabilitation
L6 Sport Therapy Practice
L6 Professional Placement in Sports Therapy
L6 Vertebral Mobilisations and Interventions
L6 Business and Entrepreneurism in Sports Therapy
L6 Personal and Professional Development

Publications

Woodward, K.A., Unnithan, V.B., Bateman S.J. and Hopkins, N.D. Effect of Kinesiology Tape on Forearm Blood Flow in Elite Adolescent Soccer Players. European College of Sports Science Conference, Barcelona, Spain, June 2013.

Current research: The effects of cryo-compression (GameReady) therapy on shoulder proprioception in healthy adults: A randomised crossover trial

in the UK for Quality Education

Sustainable Development Goal 4, Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023

for Career Prospects

Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023

for Facilities

Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023

for Social Inclusion

The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023

of Research Impact is ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Very Considerable’

Research Excellence Framework 2021

of Research is “Internationally Excellent” or “World Leading”

Research Excellence Framework 2021

Four Star Rating

QS Star Ratings 2021