Course Overview
A level 4 sports massage practitioner’s role includes planning, providing and evaluating sport massage treatments to seek to correct common patterns of dysfunction, and/or pre-diagnosed injuries, using a range of basic and advanced massage techniques.
…you’re a Performance Massage Therapist looking for further continuing professional development.
…you’re a Performance Massage Therapist wanting to further enhance their experience.
…you’re a Performance Massage Therapist who wants a recognised qualification which meets professional standards.
This course will cover a range of activities including:
Knowledge and understanding relating to the qualification:
- Anatomy and physiology of the major joints of the body
- The pathophysiology of common injuries/soft tissue patterns of dysfunction
- The principles and practice of objective assessment techniques and the influences and effects which such information has upon treatment planning
- How heat and ice may be used to safely support the soft tissue repair process
- The purpose and use of a range of soft tissue mobilisation and neuromuscular techniques used within sports massage therapy
Skills relating to the qualification:
- Conducting subjective and objective assessments
- Devising sports massage treatment plans to help correct identified areas of soft tissue dysfunction and /or support the soft tissue repair process of previously diagnosed injuries
- Application of a range of soft tissue mobilisation and neuromuscular techniques
- Evaluation of sports massage treatments
100% attendance is required for the duration of the course to ensure you are getting all the necessary information and hands on experience that is required to prepare you for the assessments and to ensure professional competence for industry.
On fully completing the course and having completed all assessment elements successfully, you will be qualified to deliver the various elements covered within the course.
Learners must hold a Level 3 Diploma in Performance Massage Therapy or equivalent.
The course is taught by qualified sports massage therapist lecturers.
This course is delivered for 17 weeks.
This course has 2 different methods and is ran part as day provision and evening provision.
Day provision: The in-person delivery is on a monday and a Friday from 9am-16:30.
Evening provision: The course is a mixture of in-person (on campus) and online remote learning. The in-person delivery is Tuesday’s from 4pm-9pm.
