BSc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Therapy
A Graduate Sports Therapist is a muscloskeletal clinician with expertise in the sports and exercise environment.
Aimed at students with an interest in working with sports and exercise injuries, this course will teach you to assess, diagnose, treat, rehabilitate and prevent injuries to the musculoskeletal system.
As an accredited degree, graduates are entitled to full professional membership of the Society of Sports Therapists.
In addition to the BSc (Hons) degree, students can gain valuable experience working with individual athletes and sports teams at USW and with external placement providers.
Students can also study vocational awards such as Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer alongside their degree.
What you will study
Year 1
At level 4 you will start your clinical studies with basic pitch-side first aid, functional anatomy, introduction to clinical assessment, screening and soft tissue techniques. You will gain experience working with our university sports teams and through our popular sports massage clinic.
Year 2
At level 5 you will be taught to assess and diagnose injuries to the spine and peripheral joints, use a number of treatment methods to reduce pain and improve range of movement and function, and finally, by the end of your second year you will be competent in early to intermediate stage rehabilitation.
Year 3
In your final year, you will complete a dissertation in an area of your choice. You will also study a clinical placement module, late to predischarge rehabilitation and prevention module and sports trauma management.
All of your clinical modules are joined with our BASES endorsed sport and exercise science modules such as exercise physiology and biomechanics at each year of study.
Careers
The Graduate Sports Therapist will go on to find employment in the following areas:
- Professional/ semi-professional/ international sports teams
- Private practice/clinics
- NHS Physiotherapy assistant
- NHS Health Trainer
- Rehabilitation Assistant
- Teaching
The Graduate Sports Therapist is also well prepared for further post graduate study such as Masters or PhD programmes.
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