Level 3 Diploma in Sports Massage Therapy

Course Overview

Level 3 Diploma in Sports Massage Therapy is a technical level qualification aimed at developing the knowledge, understanding and technical skills needed for a career as a Sports Massage Therapist, either employed or self employed. This qualification has been is based on the national occupational standards for massage, namely CNH1, CNH7 and CNH20.

What does this qualification cover?

The content of this qualification is comprised of all the required elements needed to work effectively and efficiently as a sports massage therapist. This includes anatomy and physiology, professional practice, an understanding of the principles of health and fitness and how to provide sports massage treatments.

The level 3 sports massage therapist will be able to work safely and effectively on dysfunctional tissue in a range of context, to include, pre-event, post event, intra-event and for maintenance purposes.

The structure of the qualification is comprised of 5 units which are all mandatory.

· Anatomy and physiology for sports massage

· Principles of health and fitness

· Understand the principles of soft tissue dysfunction

· Professional practice in sports massage

· Sports massage treatments

Duration

Part-time, face to face, Thursdays 6-9pm.

Appropriate level of understanding of English

TBC