• Understand the Benefits of an Active and Healthy Lifestyle.
• Understand the Effects of Exercise on the Body.
• Know the Components of Fitness and Principles of Training.
• Understand the Importance of Nutrition for Sports and Healthy Eating.
• Apply the Principles of Fitness to an Exercise Programme.
• Contraindications and Key Safety Guidelines for Special Populations.
• Monitoring Exercise Intensity.

• Understand Soft Tissue Dysfunction.
• Signs and Symptoms of Inflammation - Degree of Swelling, Tissue Temperature.
• Understand the Process of Repair of Soft Tissue.
• Cautions, Contraindications and Endangerment Sites while Applying Sports Massage

• Understand Legislation and Scope of Practice regarding Sports Massage Practice.
• Understand the Standards relevant to the Sports Massage Profession.
• Understand the Principles of Professional Practice in Sports Massage.
• Palpation and Physical Assessment.
• Care of the Therapist (Posture, Safe Techniques and Body Mechanics).
• Understand how to Produce, Maintain and Store Client Records.
• Taking a Case History, Monitoring Treatment Outcomes, Home Care.

• Understand Massage and Different Treatment Therapies.
• Pre-Event Massage, Post-Event Massage, Preventative/Conditioning Massage.
• Sequence of Strokes (Full Body, Pre/Post Event).
• Understand the Environment and Resources required for Sports Massage Treatments.
• Understand how to Assess and Screen Clients for Sports Massage Treatments.
• Be able to Carry Out Client Assessments and Devise Treatment Plans.
• Stretching and Restoring Muscle Balance.
• Understand and be able to Evaluate Sports Massage Treatments.

• Understand the Different Types of Assessments for Sports Massage Treatments.
• Active, Passive and Resisted Testing, Patterns of Muscle Imbalance.
• Understand the Influences and Effects of Client Information on Treatment Planning.
• Understand the Purpose of Tests involved in an Objective Assessment.
• Foot and Ankle Injuries, Lower Leg Injuries, Knee Joint and Knee Ligament Injuries.
• Shoulder, Arm, Elbow, Wrist and Hand Injuries.
• Back Pain, Spinal Injuries, Neck and Shoulder Injuries.
• Acute Vs Chronic Injuries, Repetitive Strain Injuries and Overuse Injuries.
• Differentiating between Muscle, Tendon, Ligament and Joint Injuries.
• Be able to Perform Subjective and Objective Assessments and Devise Treatment Plans.

• Provide Sports Massage Techniques to Prevent and Manage Injury.
• Understand the Anatomy and Physiology of the Major Joints of the Body.
• Understand the Effects of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology on Human Function.
• Be able to Apply Soft Tissue Techniques in Sports Massage Treatments.
• Understand the Principles of Soft Tissue Techniques used in Sports Massage Therapy.
• Connective Tissue Massage (CTM)
• Soft Tissue Release (STR)
• Muscle Energy Techniques (MET)
• Neuromuscular Technique (NMT)
• Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
• Positional Release - Strain/Counter Strain
• Corrective Frictions

• Understand Treatments to Support Injury Rehabilitation.
• Strengthening Exercises and Stretching for Injury Rehabilitation.
• Understand the use of Cryotherapy and Thermotherapy during Injury Rehabilitation.

Professional CPD Award: This module provides participants with a full understanding of modern sports taping and strapping techniques. Upon successful completion, you will be able to identify the suitability of taping for specific soft tissue injuries. You will also acquire the knowledge regarding the different taping and strapping materials available and gain the practical ability to apply safe, effective taping and strapping to joints and muscles.

Subjects Taught: Functional Ankle Taping, Plantar Fascia Taping, Achilles Tendon
Off-Load, Patella-Femoral (Anterior Knee) Pain, Patellar Tendon Off-Load, Lateral
Collateral and Medial Collateral Taping for the Knee, Shoulder Instability and A/C Joint
Strapping, Lateral Collateral and Medial Collateral Taping for the Elbow, Elbow
Hyperextension Strapping, Wrist and Thumb Strapping, Buddy Taping for the Fingers.

Professional CPD Award: Kinesiology taping methods are an effective aid in the
treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, with the associated swelling and pain, and
lymphoedema. Whether patients are professional athletes with complicated injuries or
members of the public with common muscle and joint problems, Kinesiology Taping has
become a sought after additional skill for practitioners to use.

Subjects Taught: Functions and effects of Kinesiology Taping. Differences between
traditional Athletic Taping and Kinesiology Taping. How Kinesiology Taping methods work,
including demonstrations. Practical Techniques. Muscle Technique. Ligament (Tissue
Lift) Technique. Lymphatic Technique. Fascia Technique. Correctional Technique.

Professional CPD Award: The main principle behind sports dry cupping is that the
suction created encourages blood and lymph flow to promote the healing for a broad range
of medical ailments. Two main types of dry cupping are used - flash cupping, where the
cups are placed and removed very quickly without being moved around, and sliding/gliding
cupping - where cups are placed on the body and moved around without breaking contact
with the skin, increasing circulation. This module will cover mechanical cupping and
manual application techniques.

Subjects Taught: Identifying various types of cupping; Chinese Cupping, Sports Therapy
Cupping, Wet and Dry Cupping and Russian Cups. Benefits of Sports Dry Cupping.
Sports Dry Cupping Strokes. Reading the body’s response to Sports Dry Cupping -
spotting abnormalities; adhesions, toxin build-up and scar tissue. Contra-indications to
Sports Dry Cupping. Sports Dry Cupping for athletes and improving recovery time.
Manual Vs. Mechanical Cupping.

Professional CPD Award: Functional Mobility Screening (FMS) is a grading system to
assess and document functional movement patterns. By assessing these patterns,
functional limitations and asymmetries are readily identified, helping to reduce potential
injury from poor training patterns. FMS is equally effective in rehabilitation as well as
conditioning because it targets the weak line in movement patterns. The functional
mobility score is linked to corrective exercises which aim to restore mechanically sound
mobility.

Subjects Taught: Understanding the benefits and limitations of the Functional Mobility
Screen. Client Screening. Communicating and Evaluating the Functional Mobility
Screen. FMS Test Sequence. Identifying Asymmetries through screening. Corrective
Strategies.

Professional CPD Award: This qualification will enable learners to analyse their client’s
nutritional habits and learn how to set realistic and achievable goals. A sports nutrition
coach will often work with clients from a range of backgrounds and abilities. Nutritional
knowledge is required across a range of backgrounds and disciplines. Clients will require
advice and motivation on weight management, healthy eating and improving sports
performance and recovery. Sports supplementation will also be covered.

Subjects Taught: Applying the principles of nutrition to sport and physical activity. Client
screening, communicating and evaluating dietary intake/data. Macro/micro nutrients and
hydration. Understanding the benefits and limitations of supplementation. Special
populations, disordered eating patterns and external stresses, motivational tools.