Become a qualified sports therapist! Study at Bournemouth University and gain hands-on experience in injury prevention and rehabilitation. Apply now!
Program Description Qualifying and practicing as a sports therapist will enable students to provide advice and treatment for the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries. Graduates will be able to empower athletes to achieve optimal potential and performance. The course is split between theoretical and practical elements, and students will learn how to provide advice and treatment to manage the individual needs of a person within their sporting environment.This may involve designing and carrying out injury prevention programs, providing immediate care of injuries and basic life support in a recreational, clinical, training and competitive environments. There will be opportunities to assess and manage sports injuries by providing specialist advice and treatments like sport and remedial massage and musculoskeletal interventions as part of rehabilitation programs. This course at Bournemouth University is accredited by the Society of Sports Therapists who will provide insurance for 250 hours of practice. On successful completion of this course students will be eligible to apply for membership with them.
