Darren Crocker

Lecturer

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

01752 636700

dcrocker@marjon.ac.uk

Role Summary

Darren joined Plymouth Marjon University in 2022 as an experienced sports therapy and injury rehabilitation lecturer and applied practitioner, with 17 years higher education experience and a focus for delivering student-centred teaching and learning, assessment, and industry-driven contemporary curriculum design.

Qualifications

MSc Sports & Exercise Medicine – University of South Wales
Pg.Dip Sports & Exercise Medicine – University of South Wales
BSc Health & Fitness – University of Plymouth
Certificate in Education – University of Plymouth
UCCE Sports Rehabilitation – Teesside University
FdSc Sports Therapy – University of Plymouth

Teaching

Sports therapy
Exercise rehabilitation
Musculoskeletal anatomy, physiology, and human movement
Injury pathophysiology and clinical assessment
Electrotherapy and manual therapy techniques

Research

Interdisciplinary and non-pharmacological management of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

Publications

Nedza, K., Rhodes, J., Turner, C., Crocker, D., & May, J. (2021). Examining the Effects of Exercise and Functional Imagery Training on Quality of Life in POTS: Feasibility study: Oral Presentation B5. 5. The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, 14(3).

Turner, C., Rhodes, J., Crocker, D., Nedza, K., & May, J. (2020). An interdisciplinary approach to improving the quality of life in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A case study. Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4(1), 134-141.

Expert Membership of professional bodies

Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Association (SFHEA)
British Association of Sports & Exercise Medicine (BASEM)
Sports Therapy Organisation (STO)