Karen May
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Since qualifying as a physiotherapist, Karen has held a number of different positions in the NHS, the private sector and professional sport. Karen joined the teaching staff at UCLan in 2005 and became a Principal Lecturer for the Division of Physiotherapy and Sports Therapy in 2012. Karen set up and managed UCLan's Physiotherapy Clinic, before joining the School of Medicine and Dentistry as Principal Lecturer in Performance & Rehabilitation Medicine in 2018. She is now the Course Leader for MSc Sports Medicine & Musculoskeletal Management
Karen is the academic lead for Performance and Rehabilitation Medicine and is responsible for the development of Post Graduate medical education in Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Management and Lifestyle Medicine. Working closely with the Allied Health Research Unit Karen has published across a wide variety of topics aligned to Sports Medicine and Musculoskeletal management.
Since qualifying as a physiotherapist in 1990 Karen has held a number of different positions working both in the NHS and private sector. In 1995 she became the Head Physiotherapist to Bradford Bulls RLFC, a position she held for three years before having a year out working with England Junior Women Basketball. In 1999 she joined Huddersfield giants RLFC as Head Physiotherapist and joined the physiotherapy books of UK Athletics in 2001/02. Karen has run her own private practice for a number of years providing physiotherapy treatment for a wide range of professional footballers, athletes, squash, rugby players from union and league, and Olympic athletes from several disciplines. She is currently the physiotherapist of choice for many England and British Fell & Mountain runners. Karen is co-founder of the West Yorkshire ACL group set up to maintain and improve standards of practice in the treatment and rehabilitation of ACL deficient and reconstructed knees.
After completing her MSc in Sports Medicine at the University Of Nottingham in 1997, Karen taught on the undergraduate sports science degree program at Leeds Metropolitan University. She also lectured for Sports coach UK in the development of power and speed.
Karen joined the University of Central Lancashire as Senior Lecturer Sports Therapy in 2005 completing her PGCE L&THE in 2009. She became Principal Lecturer & Academic Lead for the Division of Physiotherapy and Sports Therapy in 2012. She developed several new programmes alongside setting up and managing the on-site University of Central Lancashire Physiotherapy Clinic. In 2018, Karen joined the School of Medicine and Dentistry as Principal Lecturer. She has developed Post Graduate medical education in Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Management and Lifestyle Medicine.
Karen is a member of the University review panel and is actively involved in course validation and development events, and has been a serving member of the University's Academic Board.
- Course Leader
- PGDip (Dist) Business Administration (Change management leadership) University of Central Lancashire 2018PGCE (LTHE) University of Central Lancashire 2009
- MSc (Sports Med.) University of Nottingham 1997
- Grad Dip Physiotherapy University of Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Physiotherapy 1990
- Sports Medicine
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Knee Injuries
- Spinal Biomechanics
- Cryotherapy
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
- Fellow of HE Academy
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- Allied Health Research Unit
- 2018 Jim Richards, Steven Lindley, Antonin Gechev, Liane Brito Macedo, Jill Alexander, Karen May. The relationship between Motor unit (MU) behaviour and Nerve Conduction Velocity following cooling at the elbow: An exploration of conduction dependent MUs rate block. International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN)
- 2018 Jim Richards, Steven Lindley, Antonin Gechev, Liane Brito Macedo, Jill Alexander, Karen May. The effect of cooling at the elbow on Nerve Conduction Velocity and Motor Unit behavior: An exploration of a novel Neurological Assessment. ISEK Congress, Dublin, 2018
- 2017 Richards, J., Selfe, J., Sinclair, J., May, K., Thomas, G. The effect of different decline angles on the biomechanics of double limb squats and the implications to clinical and training practice. Sports Kongres Copenhagen 2-4 February 2017
- 2017 Hanzlikova I, Richards J, Tomsa M, Chohan A, May K, Smekal D, Selfe J. The effect of proprioceptive knee bracing on knee stability during three different sport related movement tasks in healthy subjects and the implications to the management of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries. Sports Kongres Copenhagen 2-4 February 2017
- 2014 Roddam, H., Janssen, J., Hart, C., Stewart, H. and May, K. Building future research capacity in student healthcare practitioners through research-informed teaching: a pilot study. Undergraduate
- Research Internship Scheme (URIS) Conference, UCLan 8 Oct 2014
- 2014 May, K., and Alexander, J. Determining the clinical effectiveness of the LumbaCurveTM in the management of simple, mechanical low back pain. Society for Back Pain Research (SBPR), Dublin, Ireland; October 2014
- 2014 May, K., and Alexander, J.Differences in skin temperature responses during three different (-135°c) whole body cryotherapy exposure durations in elite rugby league players. Conference: Thermomed Frankfurt, Germany. July 2014
- 2014 May, K., Lindley S, Richards J. Whole Body Vibration and Balance Training: A Proprioceptive Overload.European College of Sports Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands. July 2014
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Email: Email:Karen May
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