Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Clinical Sports Therapy

The treatment of sports related problems has grown over recent years, due to the vast increase in leisure activities and the interest in sport and fitness.  The demand for a therapist with a wide based knowledge will always find plenty of opportunities to find work.  Since the announcement of the London Olympic Games in 2012, Sports Therapists have been in great demand, and its success has led to more people taking up sporting activities, and using the services of a Sports Therapist.

Sports treatments vary greatly from sports massage routines to help prevent injuries, maintain suppleness and improve performance, to full treatments using electrotherapy.  Sports Therapists are also involved in rehabilitating after injury, and in promoting fitness through exercise.

A Sports Therapist is trained to assess common musculo-skeletal problems, and offer treatment for such conditions as whiplash, back pain, Repetitive Strain Injury, frozen shoulder and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, amongst others.

Our Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Clinical Sports Therapy course will provide you with all the skills required to work in the exciting and rewarding field of Sports Therapy.  We train candidates in the safe use of electrotherapy equipment, which is now widely used in most professional clubs and clinics.

This Advanced level course also offers further training in vertebral mobilisations, kinesiology taping, interferential and microcurrent, and advanced trauma care, including the use of AED.

As we as practical training, candidates are also required to undertake home study assignments.

We also provide the following text-books:

AHG – Homestudy Pack

For learners that have not undertaken the AHG access course, we would recommend you purchase Trail Guide to the Body – Andrew Biel.

Entry requirements:

• Level 3 Anatomy & Physiology Level 4 Sports Massage

We do not accept distance learning courses such as Stonebridge for the Sports Massage pre-requisite.

If you do not hold the entry requirements you will be able to undertake one of our own Access Courses.

Formats offered:

Intensive format: 25 days of practical training covered in 5 weeks in a row, excluding weekends.
- Next one starts on the 7th September in Manchester

Monthly format: 25 days of practical training covered in 5 months, 1 week per month, excluding weekends.
- Next one starts on the 19th October in Manchester

Weekend format: 25 days of practical training covered in 13 months, 1 weekend per month. 
- Next one starts on the 1st August in Manchester

Theory course content:

• Sports Therapy in Context
• Anatomy and Physiology for Sports Therapy
• Preparation for Therapeutic Practice
• Physical Assessment Techniques
• Sports Injury Overview
• Nutrition
• Sports and Remedial Massage Techniques
• Passive Stretch and Friction Techniques
• Neuromuscular, Positional Release and Muscle Energy Techniques
• Electrotherapy, Cryotherapy and Thermal Therapy
• Taping and Strapping Techniques
• Remedial Exercise Techniques
• Fitness Testing Techniques
• Sports Psychology
• Business and marketing
• Research Methods

Practical course content

• Functional Anatomy & Kinesiology
• Static, Functional and Dynamic Postural Assessments
• Sports Massage techniques
• Effleurage
• Petrissage
• Tapotement
• Frictions
• Soft Tissue & Mobilisation Techniques
• Pre and post event
• Inter Event
• Comprehensive Effleurage
• Deep Frictions
• Active and Passive Stretching;
• Soft Tissue Release
• Trigger Point Therapy
• Muscle Energy Techniques
• Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
• Peripheral Joint Mobilisations Vertebral Mobilisations
• Myofascial Release
• Superficial and deep techniques
• Postural re-alignment
• Injuries
• First Aid
• First contact management
• Sports strapping and taping
• Thermal & Cryotherapy Treatments
• Clinical Examinations
• SOAP Analysis
• Active, Passive & Resisted ROM
• Muscle Testing
• Special Tests
• Exercise therapy – early, intermediate and late stage rehabilitation
• Back Care
• Advanced fascial release techniques combined with Pilates exercises to treat and rehabilitate back problems
• Kinesiology Taping
• Taping techniques for posture, injuries and rehabilitation
• Electrotherapy
• Ultrasound
• Interferential
• Microcurrent

Tutors:

Richard Johnson

Christian Platts

James Henson

Dawn Rothwell

The outlined price for this course is £3,195.00. However, if you decide to pay in full, you will receive a discount, which will take the fee down to £2,995.00.

We also offer various monthly instalment plans, which would enable you to spread the cost over a preiod of months, depending on the length of your course. The full fee for the course must be paid out before the completion of it.

Example: 

Joe Bloggs enrolls on our weekend Sports Therapy Diploma in June 2015, by paying the £500.00 deposit, which is required for us to secure his place.He has chosen the instalment option and his course starts in August and will run for 13 months, until August 2016. That means that Joe will have 15 months to pay out the rest of fee. 

Please, contact us for more detail on the instalment options.