The pre-requisite’s for Sports Therapy are;

Anatomy (what it is) & Physiology (Where it is and what it does)

Body, Holistic or Remedial Massage Therapy

First Aid

Sports Massage and or advance Remedial Massage

Electrical and Mechanical machinery i.e.: - Gyrators, Precursors, Ultra sound etc. (this is normally included in the sports therapy training but can be added on as a pathway for sports and remedial massage therapist looking to progress as sports therapists).

Sports Nutritional Advice - can be included in the sports therapy training but not often found there.

This would be a normal pathway to train as a qualified Sports Therapist. There are many sports and remedial massage therapists working and calling themselves sports therapists, when in fact they are only qualified as sports or remedial massage therapists and have dropped the massage bit from their title. Whilst there is no law against this it does cloudy the waters somewhat and is something that we on the council and as PSB’s are trying to rectify.

We are working hard to raise the standards and as such at the begining of last year we put forward to the CNHC and Skills Active to implement the addition of the Core Curriculum to be entrenched within the Sports Therapy NOS’s.

THE SPORTS THERAPY NOS

D527 Apply basic cold techniques to clients in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

A334 Apply accepted standards and continuously develop own practice 05/03/2010

D524 Apply taping and strapping following injury to limit specific movement in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

D526 Apply magnetic therapies to clients in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

All Sports Therapy Files 05/03/2010

D520 Plan apply and evaluate massage methods 05/03/2010

D522 Plan apply and evaluate complex massage soft tissue method 05/03/2010

D525 Apply taping and strapping to influence movement patterns and proprioception in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

D523 Apply taping and strapping for general support in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

D521 Plan apply and evaluate massage methods to prevent and manage injury 05/03/2010

D528 Apply hot and cold techniques to clients in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

D529 Apply advanced hot and cold techniques to clients in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

Final List of Units pdf 05/03/2010

D531 Apply repair stimulator techniques to clients in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

D532 Apply advanced repair stimulator techniques to clients in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

D530 Apply electrical stimulation techniques to clients in a sport and activity context 05/03/2010

http://www.skillsactive.com/component/k2/item/4044-sports-therapy/4044-sports-therapy