Privacy & Cookies

This privacy policy sets out how Journal of Sports Therapy uses and protects any information that you give Journal of Sports Therapy when you use this website.

Journal of Sports Therapy is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Journal of Sports Therapy may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 26/06/2012.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

name and job title
contact information including email address
demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping.
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at D.Gore@ucb.ac.uk

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us at D.Gore@ucb.ac.uk

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Cookies

This website uses things called "Cookies" to ensure your experience of the site, and our ability to improve it is enhanced. Specifically, the following Cookies are in use:

- Google Analytics (3rd party). We use this to see how many visitors we are getting, and how they found us. You can find out more about Google Analytics' Cookies here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/#toc-analytics

- Social Media Sharing and Integration (3rd party). We use Facebook and Twitter functionality within this site so that you can share items of interest, or become a fan of our Social Media Profiles. You can find out more about Facebook's Cookie use here: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=115180708570932 , and Twitter's here: https://twitter.com/privacy

- We also sometimes use video embedding, like YouTube or Vimeo (3rd party) to enhance your experience of content on our site. You can find out about YouTube's Cookie policy here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, and Vimeo's here: http://vimeo.com/privacy

Our site also uses Cookies to enhance the experience for members / users, as follows:

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Featured author

Keith Ward

Keith is the current Managing Editor of the Journal of Sports Therapy. Since January 2009, he has been based as a full-time lecturer at University College Birmingham. Having first qualified in sports therapy in 1995, Keith worked to carve out a career as both practitioner and educator. Along this route, he has achieved a degree in Rehabilitation Studies from the University of Wolverhampton; diplomas in subjects such as Naturopathy and Acupuncture; and a number of post-graduate qualifications. He maintains a weekly clinical practice in Cannock, Staffordshire, and is a member of the Society of Sports Therapists (SST), the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ECOSEP). Keith is also currently completing an MA in vocational education. In 2004, Keith devised and published the popular textbook Hands-On Sports Therapy (Cengage Learning). Keith is obviously passionate about contributing to the development and consolidation of the sports therapy profession, as such he has produced a number of commentary articles for the JST; he is also currently working on a new sports therapy textbook which is due for publication in Autumn 2013.

In recognising some of the major the challenges facing the profession, and its gathering number of practitioners, Keith feels that the best way forward is simply to continue to build the academic infrastructure of sports therapy; to forge greater working links (both inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary) with other health professionals; and to gradually, clearly and formally demonstrate (educate and inform) the potential evidence-based benefits, applications and indications of sports therapy (as well as the potential limitations). All individuals, institutions and associations have a role to play in this ongoing process.

Whilst Keith is appreciative and respectful of his position as Managing Editor of the JST, he is also mindful of the need to continue to promote the opportunity that the JST offers to all motivated practitioners, academics and writers. The intention, therefore, is to faciltiate the momentum of the JST and it’s website, to develop it’s use as a platform for relatively intellectual discussion, and to build steadily from the foundations. As identified in an article in the Winter 2013 Issue (Volume 6 Issue 1), the JST has a short but significant history and tradition, and people such as Rob Di Leva, Ian Lahart, Philip Smith, David Jenkins, Adam Hawkey and Aaron Caseley must each be recognised for having helped to build these foundations.