Sport and Exercise Therapy

This dynamic sport and exercise therapy degree will help provide you with the essential professional skills and musculoskeletal expertise you will need to secure an exciting career working with athletes, sports teams and more. The scope of practice is not limited to sporting injuries alone; we treat all musculoskeletal injuries including chronic and work-related injuries.

We utilise the principles of sport and exercise sciences incorporating physiological and pathological processes to ensure that you can return your patients to their previous levels of training, competition and where applicable, work.

This highly practical course is specifically tailored for you to study a combination of sports therapy and sport and exercise science modules, which will include acute sports trauma management, innovative examination and assessment techniques, therapeutic exercise prescription, interventions to reduce the risk of injury, return to or monitoring of sports specific fitness, fundamental principles of how to coach/instruct in sporting and exercise settings, manual therapy techniques, electrotherapy, exercise physiology, nutrition, psychology and biomechanics.

You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a placement year at a professional sporting club or organisation for a complete season/performance cycle. The programme has excellent links with professional sporting clubs and organisations. This hands-on practical course is delivered in state-of-the-art facilities by internationally renowned research and clinically active staff.

When you graduate with a BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Therapy you will be eligible to apply for full membership of The Society of Sports Therapists.

Employability is embedded in the course at every level. The content has been designed to prepare you for working as a graduate sports therapist and many of our modules will allow you the opportunity to gain valuable employability skills in order to enhance your job prospects. There are opportunities to gain an industry-accredited Gym Instructor Award, or NGB coaching awards. You’re guaranteed a learning experience that maximises your skill development, enhances your CV and helps build a strong foundation for an exciting career.

Opportunity to acquire industry-specific fitness (REPs) and discounted coaching (NGB) qualifications as you study. The broad, practical subjects you’ll study help build a strong foundation for an exciting career.

What does this course lead to?
The occupational title following graduation is that of sports therapist, which has a clearly defined scope of practice. As a graduate sports therapist, who is a member of The Society of Sports Therapists you’ll be an allied health professional who has the knowledge, skills and ability to:

• Utilise sports and exercise principles to optimise performance, preparation and injury prevention programmes
• Provide the immediate care of injuries and basic life support in a recreational, training, occupational and competitive environment
• Assess, treat, rehabilitate and, where and if appropriate, refer on for further advice and intervention
• Provide appropriate manual therapy and psychosocial interventions in a sport and exercise context
• Plan and implement appropriate rehabilitation and return to training/work programmes

Who is this course for?
This popular course is well-suited to those interested in how the body works, and how this applies in a sporting context.

The practical elements of the course will appeal to those looking to gain hands-on experience in dealing with the treatment of sporting injuries, as well as prevention and rehabilitation.

YEAR 1 - CORE MODULES
Functional Human Anatomy And Kinesiology
Lower Limb Sports Injuries and Assessment
Sports Massage and Soft Tissue
Clinical Pathophysiology for Sports Therapists
Sports Coaching and Fitness Instruction
Research Methods for Sport Performance

YEAR 2 - CORE MODULES
Sport and Exercise Rehabilitation
Spinal Assessment and Mobilisation
Upper Limb Sports Injuries and Assessment
Physiological Testing for Sport and Exercise
Applied Research and Study Design in Sports Performance

YEAR 3 - CORE MODULES
Applied Sport and Exercise Rehabilitation
Sports Trauma and Applied Clinical Practice
Peripheral Joint Mobilisations
Sport and Exercise Therapy Placement
Independent Project

You will learn by:

Guided Learning
Directed Learning
Collaborative Learning

You may be assessed by a combination of:

Assignments
Reflective accounts
Portfolios
In-class tests
Individual presentations
Practical activities

Solent’s curriculum framework builds on our unique, creative and applied approach to teaching. The transformation of students’ lives is at the heart of our mission as a university, and our curriculum – informed by the latest theory – reflects this shared educational vision.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• The Society of Sports Therapists