Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation with Foundation Year Canterbury Christ Church University

Overview

Sports therapy is an aspect of healthcare that is specifically concerned with preventing injury and improving rehabilitation. It offers exciting prospects if you are planning a career in sports injury management and treatment, or if you want to work with professional athletes and sports teams.

On this course in Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation with Foundation Year from Canterbury Christ Church University , you'll be learning how to help people return to optimum levels of functional, occupational and sports specific fitness.

The foundation year will help you develop the study skills, subject knowledge and self-confidence needed to start the degree.

As you progress to the degree, you'll develop strong academic and practical skills, which you'll put into practice in our dedicated labs and while on a work placement.

All about the course

During the foundation year, you'll gain an introduction to sport and exercise science and you'll gain skills to prepare you to study at degree level. 

Throughout the course, you'll have lots of opportunities to develop your practical skills while building your academic knowledge and research skills.

You'll begin by exploring functional anatomy and physiology and you'll go on to study concepts applied to issues in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with injury, and complications with disease.

You'll gain valuable work experience while undertaking a placement in industry where you'll be able to provide a real service to the community. This experience is designed to help you build your skills and confidence in preparation for employment in the field. 

As you move into the final year, you'll undertake an individual research project, where you'll be able to focus in detail on a topic of specific interest to you under the guidance of a supervisor.

Your future career

An example of careers you can pursue:

• Sport rehabilitator or therapist in both sport and clinical settings
• Strength, conditioning, fitness and wellbeing advisory work
• Health screening and prevention roles (e.g. fall prevention, pre-obesity/pre-diabetic populations).

Alternatively, the course will offer you the option to continue in further education at the MSc, MRes or PhD level.