Level 3 Sports Massage Therapy

Key Details

Available at:
Rhos-on-Sea
Study Mode:
Part-time
Course Length:
32 weeks, 3 hours per week. Tuesday evenings starting September 2024.

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Level 3 Sports Massage Therapy

Adult Learners (19+)

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Course Description

Would you like a career as a sports massage practitioner?

The VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Sports Massage therapy has been designed to provide you with the requisite knowledge, understanding and skills to work in an unsupervised capacity as a sports massage practitioner, with non-pathological (no-injured) tissue.

VTCT units at level 3 will include:

Anatomy and Physiology for sports massage
Principles of health and fitness
Understand the principles of soft tissue dysfunction
Professional practice in sports massage
Sports massage treatments.

Course cost: £700, Exam cost: £116, Total Cost: £816

Entry Criteria

There are no entry requirements for this course

All places are subject to satisfactory interview.

Delivery

The programme will be delivered through a blend of the following:

Practical modules
Formal lectures
Individual research
Group work

Assessment

Written questions
Observation work
Oral questions
Construction of a portfolio

Evidence on unit outcomes will be documented.

Progression

Graduates of this qualification will be able to gain employment as a Level 3 Sports massage practitioner, providing pre, post, intra/inter and maintenance massage. This may include working in clinics, for sporting teams or as a mobile therapist, either in an employed or self-employed context.

Graduates will be able to progress onto the VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage (QCF). It will introduce more advanced massage and assessment techniques, preparing you to work with non-acute injury and pre-existing conditions.