Details
Intensive format: 10 days of practical training covered in 2 weeks in a row, excluding weekends.
- Next one starts on the 7th September in Manchester
Monthly format: 10 days of practical training covered in 2 months, 1 week per month, excluding weekends.
- Next one starts on the 19th October in Manchester
Weekend format: 10 days of practical training covered in 5 months, 1 weekend per month.
- Next one starts on the 1st August in Manchester
Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Therapy) This qualification furthers learners the knowledge and skills in sports massage to be able to treat, and /or seek to; correct common patterns of dysfunction and suitable pre -diagnosed injuries. Successful achievement of the qualification will allow the learner to gain employment within an organisational setting of alternatively in a self-employed environment.
Entry requirements:
Anatomy and Physiology level 3
An Access Course is available for candidates without the Entry Requirements.
Outline
- Applying neuromuscular and soft tissue mobilisation techniques including Trigger Points, Myofascial Release, Soft Tissue Release and Peripheral
- Joint Mobilisations
- Conducting an objective physical assessment
- Prescribing corrective exercise to support the treatment of common injuries / soft tissue dysfunction
- Assessment
- Coursework
- Portfolio of Evidence
- Practical Demonstration / Assignment
- Multiple Choice Examination
Special Offer
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 Massage course in June 2015, by paying the £300.00 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 5 months, until December. That means that Joe will have 8 months to pay out the rest of fee.
Please, contact us for more detail on the instalment options.
‘Active Health Group’ was formed in 1997, as ‘Active Health Sports Therapy’, by its founder Richard Johnson. Initially, Richard ran a busy clinic, worked for various sports clubs, as well as teaching Sports Massage and Sports Therapy.
In 1999, Richard co-founded ‘Sports Therapy Organisation’ (STO), as a small networking group of physiotherapists and sports massage therapists working in sport which mainly covered the North West. Its main aims were to provide support and advice, and also to ‘exchange’ ideas and techniques through small workshops.
As STO grew, the need for a good quality Sports Therapy course became more apparent as there were very few around.
In 2000, Christian Platts joined the team, and ‘Active Health Group’ was born. Its main aim was to provide a good alternative to the traditional sports therapy courses offered mainly at colleges of further education.
Since then, Active Health Group has provided consistent professional training in Sports Therapy and Massage, and was the first company to develop externally accredited qualifications at Level 5 in Sports Therapy and Sports & Remedial Massage, and at Level 4 in Myofascial Release. Where we have lead, others have followed. ...
