For any athlete, injuries happen. Be the one they turn to, with the specialist knowledge and skills to manage their rehabilitation and drive their recovery to peak performance.
Get the opportunity to learn critical sports therapy theory and the matching hands-on skills that make it happen. It’s your chance to get to grips with the expertise that’s vital for caring, managing and rehabilitating sports people.
You’ll learn how to assist athletes with wide-ranging injury assessments and sport-specific rehabilitation programmes. We’ve crafted our modules to give the underpinning principles of sports science and strength and conditioning, so you’ll cover the areas of physiology, psychology, pathology and manual therapy. Moreover, we’ve focused on actual industry skillset demands, so our course also explores functional rehabilitation and contemporary approaches in sports injury management.
We recognise that specific skills can’t always be developed in the classroom. So, you’ll work practically in our industry-standard sports facilities and build up clinical practice experience on our paid placements. Our students are supported to gain experience in real-world environments using our strong industry links of over 120 placement providers across the Northwest - ranging from professional to amateur-level sports clubs.
Why study with us
- Hone your skills on placement with premier league or championship football clubs, National Rugby or Super League Rugby Clubs, or in a range of other sports and clinical environments.
- Ranked 2nd in the North West for Graduate Prospect Outcomes in Sport Science - Good University Guide 2023.
- Ranked in the top 3 in the North West and the top 5 nationally for Student Satisfaction in Sports Science - Good University Guide 2023.
What you'll do
- You’ll study a range of modules designed with the support of the Society of Sports Therapists (SST) so that, when you graduate, you can become a full member.
- Throughout your studies, you’ll work with state-of-the-art facilities, giving you the chance to put the theory into practice, helping injured athletes in their return to competitive sport.
- As part of your studies, you’ll gain an external qualification for FA Pitch side First Aid Qualification, together with a VTCT Level 4 Sports Massage Therapy qualification.
Module overview
Compulsory modules
• H11000: Fundamentals of Movement and Exercise
• Hn007: Physiology for Sports and Exercise Therapy
• PU1001: Anatomy
• PU1002: Research Methods and Evidence Based Practice 1
• PU1006: Foundations in Therapy and Practice
• PU1007: Management: Treatment and Referral in Sports Injury
Year 2
Compulsory modules
• H12106: Screening Techniques for Sports Injury Prevention
• H12107: Manual Therapy for Sports Injuries
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PU2007: Soft Tissue Therapy and Practice
• PU2010: Rehabilitation of Sports Injury
• PU2011: Functional Anatomy and Pathology in Assessment
• PU2016: Research Methods and Evidence Based Practice 2
Year 3
Compulsory modules
• H13000: Applied Strength and Conditioning for Sports Therapists
• H13010: Functional Rehabilitation
• H13011: Dissertation
• PU3005: Sports Therapy and Clinical Practice
• PU3100: Complete Management of the Injured Athlete
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PU3914: Single Research Project
Optional modules
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H13012: Work Based Learning
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PU3306: Skills for Leadership and Business
Course delivery
Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Future careers
Our Sport Therapy BSc (Hons) degree programme is shaped around your future, offering the specialist knowledge, practical skills and vital experience to get you ready for professional practice.
This is a degree with a professional focus. We know the value of real-world experience, so you’ll have a range of opportunities to put what you’ve learned into action with real athletes and sportspeople. On one hand, you’ll have placements throughout your studies, helping you gain both skills and contacts of your own. On the other, you can also work in our student-led Sports Therapy and Sports Massage Clinic at the Preston Campus – a fully-functional injury clinic with the availability of the movement analysis lab.
That’s why it’s no surprise that so many of our graduates have developed very successful private injury clinics, while others have jobs in professional and semi-professional sports clubs and organisations. And, now that Sports Therapists often work alongside other health professionals, there are also opportunities to work within the NHS.
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