BSc (Hons) - Sport Rehabilitation

Year one

In your first year, you will develop practical and clinical reasoning skills, as well as foundational knowledge of human movements and functions. Explore basic exercise techniques and training to achieve CIMSPA Gym Instructor qualification upon completion of the module. You will commence personal and professional development through dedicated modules designed to support the transition from level 3 to level 4.

• Personal and Professional development
  A practical introduction to a range of skills to help you make sense of academic research, including how to find, evaluate and read academic sources.
• Sports Massage
  A hands-on introduction to massage therapy which develops clinical reasoning to justify how best to implement sports massage in order to aid sports performance and recovery.
• Functional Anatomy & Sports Injuries: Lower Limb
  Explore the human anatomy for the lower limb before taking a hands-on approach to understanding how these structures become injured, particularly through sport, and how to practically assess for injuries.
• Functional Anatomy & Sports Injuries: Upper Limb & Spinal
  Further your knowledge of human anatomy and sports injuries and study the upper limb and spinal. Practically assess for these injuries as part of the role of a Sport Rehabilitator.
• Exercise Techniques & Training
  Learn how to instruct safe and appropriate exercise techniques related to developing basic components of fitness, designed to improve health and sporting performance.
• Principles of Human Movement & Function
  Develop a physiological understanding of the human body’s systems related to sports performance, and clinical knowledge of biomechanics related to sports injuries and dysfunctions.
• Qualificatory Practice Unit 1
  Conduct your first 100 hours of placement, focused on sports massage therapy and pitch-side first aid, whilst under the supervision of a vocational practice supervisor.

Year two

In your second year, there will be more emphasis on developing the clinical skills needed to become an independent learner and practitioner. You will have opportunities to work in small groups as part of clinical problem-based learning, to plan, discuss and apply evidence-based therapeutic interventions. This will be accompanied by further applications of functional sports rehabilitation and later-stage strength and conditioning modules. These will be designed to integrate the educational requirements of the CIMSPA Strength & Conditioning Trainer qualification.

• Pathophysiology & Therapeutic Practice
  Explore the pathological processes of injury, healing and repair. Examine the evidence and practically apply a variety of therapeutic modalities for rehabilitation, such as electrotherapy and cryotherapy.
• Functional Sports Rehabilitation
  Rationalise and practically apply exercise prescription following injury to help return people to their sport, including late-stage sport-specific exercise rehabilitation.
• Applied Manual Therapy: Peripheral
  Develop manual therapy techniques applied to upper and lower limb joints/musculoskeletal structures, such as joint mobilisations, myofascial release therapy and deep transverse friction massage.
• Applied Manual Therapy: Spinal
  Advance your manual therapy skills to apply your knowledge and techniques to more complex spinal injuries and dysfunctions, including spinal manipulations.
• Strength & Conditioning for Performance
  Understand the physical requirements of athletes and learn how to construct, deliver and evaluate training plans aimed at meeting athlete needs and maximising sporting potential and performance.
• Investigative Techniques
  Prepare to conduct a personal research project in an area of interest aimed at developing professional knowledge and expertise. Consider research methodology, ethics, data analysis and formulating a research question.
• Qualificatory Practice Unit 2
  Conduct 100 hours of vocational placement across a wider variety of settings, from sports injury clinics, sports clubs, health and fitness centres, the NHS, and many more. This may also include the opportunity to undertake a 10-day residential placement in the Lake District.

Year three

In your final year, you will have the opportunity to lead discussion groups during advanced problem-solving scenarios to enhance the critical thinking and reasoning skills needed as independent practitioners.

Alongside continued, advanced educational content related to Sport Rehabilitation, you will study a module in Professional Development and Employment. This module is designed to develop critical self-reflection, careers, and goal planning. In this time, you will develop your CV, personal statement, and interview techniques.

Following your Evidence-Based Practice module in the second year, during your final year, you will conduct an advanced investigative project, which will allow further specialisation in your chosen discipline.

• Neurodynamics in Sport
  Learn the underpinning knowledge and manual therapeutic skills to assess, treat and evaluate common neurodynamic conditions.
• Professional Development & Employment
  Critically self-reflect and evaluate on own clinical and academic performance to promote future goal planning and professional development to prepare for employment, including how to develop a curriculum vitae, personal statement and interview skills.
• Advanced Athlete Care
  Gain an understanding of psychological aspects of sports injuries and rehabilitation, as well as considering risk factors and influences of more complex illnesses and conditions on rehabilitation.
• Screening & Pre-habilitation
  Develop a more advanced understanding of injury mechanisms, including screening for muscle and postural imbalances, and learn how to implement preventative strategies for injury prevention.
• Independent Investigative Project
  Conduct an original research investigation of your own choice, supported by a dissertation supervisor, and communicate your findings.
• Qualificatory Practice Unit 3
  Conduct the final 200-hour requirement for enabling BASRaT membership. This will involve working more independently as a Sport Rehabilitator in a variety of settings to help prepare you for future employment.