Sport Rehabilitation

This course is designed to give you the industry knowledge, skills and enhanced employment prospects to kickstart your career in sport rehabilitation.
Sport Rehabilitators are registered healthcare professionals specialising in musculoskeletal injury assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. You will learn to prevent, examine and treat sports related injuries, while practising in facilities including our rehabilitation clinic, strength and conditioning room, and biomechanics and physiology laboratories. Our tutors are industry professionals who will support you throughout the degree.
Beyond the university setting, you will complete at least 400 hours of work experience, with opportunities to work with professional sports teams and in sports rehabilitation clinics, fitness centres, and the NHS. You will also support ultraendurance runners taking part in the annual Brathay 10 in 10 (10 marathons in 10 days) event.
You will enhance your CV by completing a range of courses and qualifications, including Rocktape, Pre-Hospital Immediate Care in Sport, and a Strength and Conditioning Trainer qualification endorsed by the Chartered Institute in the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
Accredited by the industry leading British Association of Sport Rehabilitators (BASRaT) and in association with the World Federation of Athletic Training and Therapy (WFATT), our course will set you up for success through enhanced national and international employment prospects.

Module Examples

• Sports Massage

• Exercise Techniques and Training

• Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Practice

• Strength and Conditioning for Performance

• Neurodynamics in Sport

• Injury Screening and Prevention

• Manual Therapeutic Techniques

https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate/sport-rehabilitation/

Assessments within this programme have been designed to reflect the authentic professional requirements of the working practice in Sport Rehabilitation.

Examples of assessment methods include:

• Practical skills assessments
• Professional discussions
• Competency logbooks
• Group/individual presentations
• Online resources
• Case studies
• Reflective reports
• Academic essay
• Assessment reports
• Written exams.
  Learning and Teaching Assessment (LTA) approaches will be continually evaluated and improved by using module evaluations, student feedback, peer review of teaching, and module development sessions. These will ensure an enhanced student learning experience and continuing professional development of the academic team to maintain best-practice in Learning, Teaching and Assessment.