Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation BSc (Hons)

Teesside University

Course overview: You become a practitioner to assess, treat, manage and prevent an array of musculoskeletal injuries. You help manage pain and dysfunction in sporting and clinical environments for athletes and sedentary people. The course gives you the latest evidence-based practice to facilitate the skills to become a confident, professional and successful rehabilitator. You develop skills in sports massage; hands-on anatomy; manual diagnostic testing; gym-based conditioning and Olympic lifting; biomechanical and physiological screening; land and pool-base rehabilitation; peripheral and spinal mobilisations and trauma care. You are supported to develop your working practice via internal placements and key links with external professional football, rugby and clinical/health-based placements, giving you exposure to high level industry specific knowledge and facilities. You gain valuable experience in a range of professional environments, from internal sports massage clinics, rehabilitation clinics, pitch-side first aid, external sports teams and musculoskeletal practice. Our industry relationships see employers access our facilities and knowledge base because they see it as pivotal to successful outcomes within industry. The academic team are research and industry active, meaning you benefit from live case research, and cutting-edge developments in sports therapy and rehabilitation. This ensures you develop an evidence-base practice approach to your working practices, meaning you follow the science to help their patients safely and effectively.

Top reasons to study this course

1. Industry-standard facilities include our hydrotherapy pool, biomechanical suite, clinical practice setting, sports injury clinic, strength and conditioning spaces and physiology laboratories.2.
2. Accreditation by the British Association of Sports Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT), with membership offering the ability to work in the United States of America, as well as the United Kingdom. After the course: You have numerous options available to forge a career. Becoming an accredited member of BASRaT you can work in professional sport, clinical practice or open your own practice. Through registration with governing bodies, you can seek careers specifically within the NHS, Ministry of Defence and numerous sports environments, including rehabilitation, sport, health and exercise. Pursuing an academic route, graduates can consider master’s and PhD-level study, go in to teaching or research.

Recognised by the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT) for the purpose of bestowing the title of Graduate Sport Rehabilitator (GSR) and entering onto the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) in Health and Social Care Accredited Voluntary Register.