Sports Massage Level 3
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Overview
Interested in exploring a career as a sports massage therapist or learning how to assist athletes recovering from sports injuries? Our Sports Massage Level 3 course has been uniquely designed to provide you with detailed knowledge on anatomy and physiology, so you can successfully assist patients and ensure that they receive an effective massage.
In just 100 hours, you can complete this home study course and learn everything that there is to know about how to boost athlete performance; aid their recovery (from sports injuries) and create safe and tailored treatment plans to suit a variety of injuries and physical discomforts.
More importantly, you can achieve all of this from the comfort of your own home!
No classes. No exams. No strict deadlines. Instead, you’ll be able to integrate this course into your life; fit it around your current work commitments, and complete it at a time, location and pace of your choosing.
In other words, you can remain in full control of how you study. And this is great news if you are just stepping back into education or are looking for a career change, as this course will easily mould itself to suit you.
From sending all of your course materials to your home, to the continuous support of our personal tutors; by the end of this course you will have a deep and thorough knowledge of massage theories and techniques which you’ll be able to transfer into your work.
Description
Course Benefits
Split into 6 concise units, every element of our Sports Massage Level 3 course is designed to broaden your knowledge on anatomy, physiology and sports injuries, so you can tailor your massage techniques/treatments to suit the type of injury you are presented with.
This course covers everything, supplying you with real and transferable skills that can easily be deployed within your work as a therapist. In turn, this course will help you to achieve a deeper appreciation for the difference sports massages can make to an athletes recovery.
This course will:
- Enable you to study on your own terms, in your own time and at your pace – all course materials will be sent straight to your home.
- Allow you to achieve a healthy work-study balance – our course are highly adaptable and will easily fit around your current work commitments.
- Help you to climb the career ladder.
- Expand your knowledge, understanding and comprehension of sports massages and their influence on treatment and recovery.
Course Units
Module 1: Health, Fitness and the Principles of Sports Massage
- What is Sports Massage?
- Sports Massage Techniques
- Sports Massage as a Treatment
- Benefits and Physiological Effects of Sports Massage
- Equipment Needed to Perform Sports Massage
Module 2: Anatomy and Physiology for Sports Massage
- The Function of the Skeletal System
- The Muscular System Structure
- Structure and functions of the Nervous System
Module 3: Contraindications and Soft Tissue Dysfunction
- Contraindications
- Soft Tissue Dysfunction
Module 4: Professional Practice in Sports Massage
- Code of Conduct and Professional Practice
- Safeguarding
- Consent
Module 5: Practical Delivery of Sports Massage Treatments
- Professional Bodies
- Massage Environment
- Sports Massage Practitioner Safety
- Client Assessment – client history
- Treatment Plans
- Setting up a Sports Massage Practice
Module 6: Massage Techniques
- Massage Strokes and Techniques
- Massage Positions
Assessment
This course is assessed using a series of written assignments that are designed to test your knowledge of the syllabus. These will need to be submitted to your personal tutor for marking, whereupon they will supply you with value feedback and tips which can be used to boost your grades. No external examinations are required.
Requirements
No prior knowledge or experience in sports massage is needed in order to enrol on this course, making it ideal for those just starting out in this field
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Digital certificate - Included
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