Sports Rehabilitation

You will:

• Demonstrate professional behaviours in according with professional body guidance.
• Critically appraise evidence from a range of sources and make reasoned decisions about its value in supporting evidence-informed practice.
• Select, justify, and apply a range of assessment techniques in order to make a reasoned person-centred decision. 
• Select, justify, and apply manual therapy techniques as part of a person-centred approach to the management of upper- and lower-limb musculoskeletal conditions in a sport rehabilitation context.
• Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics in order to design, deliver and evaluate exercise and physical activity intervention programmes to meet the needs of a range of individuals. 
• Critically reflect on your own learning and professional development.
• Complete 100 hours on placement, further expanding your practice knowledge.

Modules:

• Exercise Testing and Prescription for Rehabilitation
• Musculoskeletal Management in Sports Rehabilitation 1
• Understanding and Appraising the Evidence for Practice
• Environment and Society in Sports Rehabilitation
• Population, Health and Lifestyle Considerations in Sports Rehabilitation
• Practice-based Learning in Sports Rehabilitation

You will be taught in lectures, seminars, practical workshops, placements and laboratories. Outside these timetabled sessions you will be expected to continue learning through both directed and self-directed study. You will be assessed using a range of methods including practical exams and written course work at the end of each module or semester.

The University requires all students to demonstrate sufficient academic English language proficiency to undertake and derive full benefit from their chosen programme of study. This page acts a guide to help you meet the English language requirements for your chosen course.

Students who are not a national of a Majority English Speaking Country, as recognised by the UKVI, must meet the English language requirements of their intended programme of study.

You will:

• Demonstrate and critically reflect upon the core values and behaviours of a graduate sports rehabilitator, in order to apply the principles of rights-based, compassionate, person-centred care.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles, concepts, theories and methods which underpin sports rehabilitation practice.
• Demonstrate and apply detailed knowledge of evidence-based assessment and interventions, in order to make an effective contribution to the management of wide range health conditions in people who commonly present to sports rehabilitators.
• Demonstrate critical understanding of the political, social, economic and legal factors that may influence the health and wellbeing of populations and use this knowledge to critically appraise the developing role of sports rehabilitation.
• Lead the development of innovative, enterprising and creative problem-solving approaches to sports rehabilitation practice which integrate the effective management of knowledge, resources, people and priorities.
• Complete 100 hours on placement, further expanding your practice knowledge.

Modules

• Musculoskeletal Management in Sports Rehabilitation 2
• Reasoning and Decision Making in Sports Rehabilitation
• Leadership and Enterprise for Practice
• Applying Skills of Critical Enquiry (project)
• Practice-based Learning in Sports Rehabilitation