Sport Rehabilitation (Hons) University of Greater Manchester

Overview

Sport Rehabilitation (Hons) offered by the University of Greater Manchester offers industry-approved training ready for a career working with sportsmen and women and members of the public.

We focus on equipping you with hands-on practical experience teamed with an invaluable grounding in theory, so you can graduate with a well-rounded skillset. Our dedicated and professionally experienced team will guide you as you explore musculoskeletal injury prevention screening, specific exercise therapy and clinical treatment skills. Extensive practical and laboratory work will help to cement your understanding of human anatomy, the biomechanics and physiology of the human body, and the pathology of injury and dysfunction.

You may gain direct experience on-campus at our Sports & Spinal Injury Clinic and Athlete Development Centre in Bolton One, as well as through external placements, safe in the knowledge that as a graduate you’ll be eligible to practice as a registered GSR, rehabilitating athletes from injury.

Students at Sport Rehabilitation (Hons) offered by the University of Greater Manchester will:

• benefit from a highly qualified and experienced team of multi-sports practitioners and academic staff with links to top-flight athletes and sports teams. 

• complete at least two external placements and gain over 400 supervised clinical hours of experience before graduation. 

• develop valuable transferable skills such as communication, self-management, group working, numeracy, research and critical evaluation.