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CONTACT INFORMATION
Warners Sports Medicine, Pickering Road,Kingston-Upon-Hull
HU4 6TE
fax: 01482 509512
tel: 01482 505850
Courses
Help your club or team manage injuries by getting to grips with massage techniques, taping and strapping an first aid.
Courses run in association with East Riding College and The FA.
Study Options
- 2 days per week for 30 week.
- 2 evenings per week for 80 weeks.
- 5 full day per week for 5 weeks.
Dates and times will be conformed upon course booking.
Expected start date is JAnuary 2007.
To register your interest please contact Warners or East Riding College
Costs
- Course Fees £200
- Recommended Book £20
- Registration and Examination Fees £60
Sports Massage
Sports massage is a term applied to a discipline of using massage for a specific benefit of all sports and exercise participants.
It covers the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of soft tissues of the body e.g. muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Sports Massage should be tailored to each individuals needs to positively enhance ones ability to perform.
Course structure
Home study and practice between workshops. Approx 25% theory and 75% practical.
Course content (practical)
- Functional Anatomy
- Massage Techniques
- Pre and Post event massage
- Strapping techniques
- Remedial exercise
- First aid on the sports field
Course content (theory)
- Anatomy and physiology
- Exercise physiology
- Injury treatment and rehabilitation
- Professionalism and ethics
Qualifications gained
- FA 1ST AID FOR SPORT
- LEVEL @ BODY MASSAGE
- LEVEL3 SPORTS MASSAGE
Entry requirements
- An active involvement in some sport, dance or exercise activity.
- An appropriate knowledge of biology/anatomy and physiology.
Course possibilities
- Sports team massage therapist
- Clinical massage therapist
- Injury rehabilitator
