• Question: How Would Your Work Affect Me

    Asked by limey5298 to Helen, Jenni, Mark, Martin, Stu on 13 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by ellynsmall, mtnc09.
    • Photo: Jenni Tilley

      Jenni Tilley answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      In the same way it would affect me!

      The chances are that at some point in your life you will tear or damage a tendon, or it will experience disease – by the time they’re 70, most people have some sort of tear or damage in the tendons of their shoulders making it difficult to lift their hands about shoulder height (which is suprisingly important – try not to put your hands above shoulder height nexttime you put on a jumper!).

      My work is trying to work out what causes the damage, how we can prevent it, and how we can cure it if it does happen because at the moment it can take months to fix, if it fixes at all.

    • Photo: Martin Lindley

      Martin Lindley answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      If you have asthma then my work is directly relevant !

      If you are an elite athlete then again my work would help you !

      Everyone breaths 🙂 so if the diet and exercise research I do helps you breath more easily then I can help everyone 🙂

    • Photo: Helen O'Connor

      Helen O'Connor answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Sport psychology techniques can be used not just by athletes but by anyone who wants to perform better at whatever they do.
      Finding out what motivates athletes can also help other people who need to be motivated to study for an exam for an example; the same techniques I study and use to help athletes cope with anxiety before a competition can be used to help people who get nervous or anxious before an exam or having to speak in public. And one area I am interested in – mental toughness – can be applied just as much to the emergency services or the military as to professional sport.

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