MSc
Sports Therapy is an emerging profession within the UK that is based on providing elite and non elite sportsmen and women the highest standards of care in relation to their sports injury and performance needs. Sports Therapy as a profession is seeking HPC recognition and protection of title, in the same way that other allied health professions are regulated and protected.
A Sports Therapist has a unique skill set which serve to prevent, diagnose and rehabilitate sports related injuries in the clinical or sporting environment. Upon graduation from the MSc, the Sports Therapist is able to deliver:
- Screening for injury prevention,
- Taping and strapping,
- Sports massage and other soft tissue manual therapies,
- Sports trauma management and pitch side first aid,
- Examination and assessment of injuries that lead to a diagnosis or onward referral
- Treatment of the injury which may involve electrotherapy and manual therapy including joint mobilisations
- Rehabilitation that returns to player to full sports participation and sports conditioning
Sports Therapy relies heavily on an underpinning and awareness of sport and exercise science disciplines such as physiology and biomechanics, which is why this MSc is open to all sport and exercise science graduates.
Upon completion of the MSc, graduates will be eligible for full membership to the Society of Sports Therapists.
Some of our Modules
- Sports Therapy
- Manual Therapy
- Postgraduate Enquiry
- Independent Project
Benefits
- This is a practical degree that places all learning in the context of working as a sports therapist
- You are taught by experienced sports therapists who work/have worked in elite sporting environments
- Upon graduation you will have all of the skills required to prevent, diagnose and rehabilitate athletes to a functional sporting level
- opportunity to gain a whole range of different placements in elite and amateur sport throughout the degree
Career paths
Sports Therapists find employment in team sports (elite, semi-professional and amateur),with individual athletes (elite, semi-professional and amateur) and at sports Injury clinics
Entry requirements
Students must have completed a BSc (Hons) in Sport Science, Sport and Exercise Science or related area.
Mode of attendance
Full-time or part-time
Location
Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester
Enquiries and applications
Guidance & Recruitment Office
Waterworth Building
The Park, Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL50 4BS
Tel: 01242 714500
Fax: 01242 714827
Email: postgrad@glos.ac.uk