Sports Massage Level 3

A great extra service for existing personal trainers, learning about sports massage will allow you to offer treatment and prevention of injuries. Our Sports Massage Level 3 course covers multiple units in order to help you consult with clients as well as carry out practical sports massage sessions designed to target areas of pain and aid recovery.

Sports Massage Level 3

Hard copy certificate - Included

Description

Our Sports Massage course teaches all of the requirements to begin as a sports massage therapist or for existing personal trainers to offer additional services to clients. Sports Massage allows your clients to recover from training sessions and reduce the chances of injury through targeted therapy.

Study Time: 100 hours

Enrolment Length: 12 months

Course Format: Online

Entry Requirements: None specific

Certification

Upon completion of this course students receive a Quality Licence Scheme certificate and an OLC Certificate. All certification fees are included in your course fees.

Method

All of our students are given access to our online campus through their own personal login and password. Once logged in you can access your course materials, lessons, resources and assignments in your own time. Assignments are uploaded through your account and the process is easy intuitive. Our online campus includes:

• 24/7/365 access to all of your course materials- all lessons, assignments and resources are available from the moment you enrol
• Instant access to your course after you enrol- start studying immediately!
• Integrated chat and messaging systems so that you can contact your tutor
• Online assignment uploads to save time in returning marks and feedback.
• Links to further resources and information available on courses
• Self-led learning on all courses- study in your own time and work through your assignments at your own pace
• Safe e-portfolio of your work is kept under lock and key on our secure servers
• Progress bar to show the work you have completed and how many tasks you still have to complete on your course
• Detailed help centre with step-by-step instructions on getting the most from your course and how to upload assignments and contact your tutor

Support

The most important tool that all of our students have at their disposal is their tutor. When studying for a course with us you are assigned a personal tutor with indepth knowledge and experience in your chosen subject.

You are strongly advised to make use of your tutors expertise and ask questions about the course content. Your assignments are marked by your personal tutor and detailed feedback is given. As well as this your tutor will provide you with pointers and advice on where you can improve- this helps you to get the most from your courses and constantly improve your skills.

Course Content

This course assesses the following units:

Unit 1: Anatomy and physiology – This unit will provide knowledge and understanding of the human body and its functions as the starting point of sports massage theory. The more we understand how the body functions, what may interrupt this functioning (such as trauma and injury), and what influence increased activity has on the systems that combine to make it function, the more the soft-tissue therapist can use their skills and knowledge to advise their clients.

Unit 2: Understanding sports massage – Sports massage is a type of massage that involves the manipulation of soft tissue to help people who participate in regular physical exercise. The term ‘soft tissue’ refers to the connective tissue that has not yet solidified into bone and cartilage. It includes the skin, tendons, muscles and ligaments. Repetitive and intense physical activity and injury can lead to soft tissue imbalances and injuries that can be treated with sports massage. The use of sports massage before and after exercise helps improve performance, speed up recovery and reduce the risk of injury.

Unit 3: Contraindications and injury – This chapter provides all the knowledge and understanding you need to differentiate between different soft tissue injuries to help you stay within your scope of practice when working with clients. The term ‘contraindications’ refers to medical issues that may be made worse using massage therapy. This protects the patient against worsening symptoms and avoids the severity of their injury or condition. This chapter will teach you about different types of contraindications and modifications to massage.

Unit 4: Client assessment and consultation – This chapter will cover the knowledge and understanding you need as a sports massage therapist to carry out your professional and legal responsibilities to your clients. This chapter will discuss the initial consultation process, including the value of client history and record-keeping, how and what to communicate with the client, and the physical examination.

Unit 5: Massage techniques – This chapter describes the various sports massage techniques and demonstrates how palpatory skills can be used. It also considers factors such as the therapist’s posture, the position of the hands for each method, and performing the correct movement to provide the most benefit for the client. Giving massage is very therapeutic, and once you start, it’s easy to focus on your client. Maintaining fitness for massage, especially over extended periods of time, requires the proper equipment, posture and techniques.

Unit 6: Practical application – This chapter explains how the responsibilities of the massage therapist may not end with just the practical applications on the massage couch. In conjunction with athletic trainers, coaches and medical professionals, the massage therapist will often implement warm-up, cool-down and stretching programmes. The post-massage advice given by the soft-tissue therapist is essential to the athlete in maintaining and improving their ability to perform sporting and everyday activities.

This course can be taken over a 12 month period but you can complete it as fast or as slowly as you wish.

Assessments

To pass this course learners must pass 6 assignments. These are completed after navigating through the corresponding lessons and writing your answers to assignment questions. Once these have been read and marked by your personal tutor, feedback and marks are provided to students which contain helpful tips to improve work in future assignments.

Enrolment Length

All of our courses are allocated plenty of time for students to complete their studies and all materials are self-led so that you can complete the course at your own pace. Should you require additional time on one of our courses you can extend your enrolment by 30 days for an additional fee of £60.

As well as this we operate a 14 day money back guarantee on every one of our courses- that’s how confident we are of how you will love studying with us!

Anyone wanting to progress from a massage therapist or personal trainer to a sports massage therapist.

No entry requirements.

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