PgCert Physiotherapeutic Management of the Athlete

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University of Teesside, School of Health & Social Care

Comments about PgCert Physiotherapeutic Management of the Athlete - At the institution - Middlesbrough - North Yorkshire

• Objectives
  You will develop postgraduate skills in assessing and managing neuromuscloskeletal conditions affecting the athlete using massage and soft tissue mobilising techniques, sports skills-specific rehabilitation design and integrated management strategies. You will attain high levels of autonomy and clinical decision-making skills to apply to practice and extend your knowledge and clinical therapeutic skills to a specialist level.
• Entry requirements
  Applicants should normally: -have an honours degree (minimum 2.2 class) in physiotherapy be chartered physiotherapists, registered with the Health Professions Council -have post-registration experience working in an associated field while enrolled on the course -have experience of and commitment to sport -have access to a sporting or appropriate musculoskeletal environment on a regular basis for the duration of the specialist clinical modules.
• Academic title
  PgCert Physiotherapeutic Management of the Athlete
• Course description
  PgCert Physiotherapeutic Management of the Athlete
  
  This course enables registered physiotherapists working in neuromusculoskeletal or sports-related practice to develop advanced clinical skills and an in-depth exploration of academic knowledge related to sports-specific practice. The course is endorsed by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
  
  You will attain high levels of autonomy and clinical decision-making skills to apply to practice and extend your knowledge and clinical therapeutic skills to a specialist level.
  
  Course structure
  You will study three allied modules which cover a range of clinical and practice issues in sports-related physiotherapeutic practice: Sports Massage and Soft Tissue Manipulation, Sports Skill Analysis and Rehabilitation Design, and Integrated Management of the Athlete.
  
  Careers
  This course will enhance your ability to work in a sports-specific environment or as an advanced practitioner or extended scope practitioner specialising in managing neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

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