Sports Massage Diploma
Module 1 | Sports Massage Introduction |
Unit 1 | Sports Massage Therapy – What is this? |
Unit 2 | Evolution and Historical Facts |
Unit 3 | What It Is Like Being a Sports Massage Therapist |
Unit 4 | Medical teams and Sport Organisations |
Module 2 | Massage treatments |
Unit 1 | Modification of Athletes’ Treatment |
Unit 2 | Timing of the Treatment |
Unit 3 | The Different Types of Advanced Strokes |
Module 3 | The Sports Massage Industry |
Unit 1 | Private Practicing |
Unit 2 | What Sports Massage Therapists Should Know |
Unit 3 | Clinical Reasoning |
Unit 4 | Sports Massage Therapy Approaches |
Module 4 | Massage Anatomy |
Unit 1 | How to Understand Anatomy |
Unit 2 | Categories of Force |
Unit 3 | Viscoelastic Tissue – Muscle |
Unit 4 | Types of Muscle Injuries |
Unit 5 | Tendons and Types of Tendon Injuries |
Unit 6 | Ligaments and Types of Ligament Injuries |
Unit 7 | Cartilage and Types of Cartilage Injuries |
Unit 8 | The Different Phases of Injury |
Module 5 | Assessing the client |
Unit 1 | Performing Assessments |
Unit 2 | History of the Athlete – The Most Important Component of Assessment |
Unit 3 | Visual Analysis and Observations |
Unit 4 | Assessment of Posture |
Unit 5 | What is Palpation |
Unit 6 | Next Component of Assessment - Functional Testing |
Unit 7 | Testing the Athlete’s Active Range of Motion |
Unit 8 | Testing the Athlete’s Passive Range of Motion |
Unit 9 | What Is Resisted Isometric Motion |
Unit 10 | Performing Orthopedic Tests |
Module 6 | The Use of Specific Treatments |
Unit 1 | What Research in Massage Therapy Says |
Unit 2 | The Use of Specific Treatments |
Module 7 | The industry and getting started |
Unit 1 | Breaking into the Field of Sports Massage Therapy |
Unit 2 | Meeting with a Sports Medicine Staff Member |
Module 8 | Additional information |
Unit 1 | Further Education and Additional Tips |