Sara Sayer

Sara Sayer is a Lecturer in Sports Therapy at Bournemouth University, with a career spanning both academic and applied sports medicine settings. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Sports Therapy from the University of Hertfordshire and an MSc in Physiotherapy from Oxford Brookes University.

• Research focuses on women's health, rehabilitation, and injury risk mitigation in sports contexts.
• Professional experience includes roles at the NHS Specialist Spinal Injuries Rehabilitation Centre and AFC Bournemouth as Senior Academy Physiotherapist.

Her 2020 publication in the European Journal of Sport Science explores maturity-related injury risks in academy football, emphasizing youth sports safety and risk assessment strategies.