Sport Rehabilitation (part-time)

Why study with us?

Do you want to have a hand in keeping sports people in tip top condition? As a sports therapist or rehabilitator, you can have an integral part in helping athletes get back on their feet after an injury or showing people how to enhance their performance levels safely and effectively, from average joggers to professional footballers.

The Sport Rehabilitation degree focuses on guiding people to return to or maintain safe involvement in sport and exercise. It is built around a blend of theoretical understanding and the development of practical competencies and applications, which is designed to integrate with the emerging requirements of the Health Professions Council and support professional accreditation. You’ll gain additional vocational qualifications as well as applying your knowledge in real life situations on placement.

We have a range of highly-qualified practitioners, including sports rehabilitators, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and sport scientists, eager to share their expertise with our students, so you will be in the best hands.

What can this course lead to?

Sport Therapists and Rehabilitators are in high demand in the exercise and fitness industry. A degree in Sport Rehabilitation can lead to opportunities in GP referral programmes, therapeutic work with sport clubs, teams and individual performers, or in consultancy.

Where appropriate to do so, the course will follow the Health Professions Council (HPC) guidance on professional accreditation.

Resources and facilities

Sport Rehabilitation students have access to the physiological and biomechanical equipment in our Physiotherapy and Sport Laboratory, for exercise and fitness testing, and injury screening. Find out more about the Physiotherapy and Sport Laboratory.

We also have a sports centre which boasts a large, multi-purpose sports hall and an air conditioned fitness suite with 12 cardiovascular stations, eight fixed weight stations and a free weights area. The facility is run by Register of Exercise Professionals accredited staff. Read more about the Sports Centre.

Entry requirements

240 UCAS tariff points.

GCSEs at grade C or above in English.

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Please check selection criteria for any additional entry requirements.

Credit and UCAS requirements UCAS code: CB69 UCAS points: 240 Selection criteria

All places are offered subject to successful CRB clearance.

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Modules

• The Neuro-musculoskeletal System
• Biomechanics
• Foundations of Sport and Exercise Performance
• Introduction to Sport and Exercise Therapy
• Complementary Therapies – Therapeutic Massage
• Sport and Exercise Physiology
• Therapeutic Assessment and Management
• Therapeutic Techniques
• Exercise Testing and Prescription
• Therapeutic Practice
• Injury and Rehabilitation
• Therapy Practice in Sporting Environments

Course summary

The course is designed to develop specialised sport therapy professionals who can work with a range of sport and exercise clients or groups, and co-ordinate their work effectively with other professionals, for example, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, masseuses and sports scientists.

The development of practical competence in a range of sport therapies and recuperative activities, such as fitness assessment and recovery techniques, is embedded within the programme. You will develop skills associated with the prevention, examination, treatment, referral and rehabilitation of sport-related injuries. These are supported by in-depth study of physiology, kinesiology, anatomy, psychology, nutrition, research methods, and ethical and legal issues associated with practice. You will be expected to engage in supervised clinical practice and to develop a portfolio of your professional experience.

You will learn through a range of practical and theoretical activities, and your assessment will include a mixture of reports, case studies, essays, presentations, reflective logs, practical demonstrations and examinations.

Opportunities are made available throughout the course for you to gain supplementary exercise and massage vocational qualifications, including gym instruction and first aid.