MSc Sports Rehabilitation

at Teesside University

Practical experience is an essential element of the programme and over the course of the programme you will attain 400 hours of supervised clinical experience in a range of settings. You will benefit from hands-on experience with local sports teams. Examples of prior experiences are with Darlington Rugby Club, Middlesbrough FC and Hartlepool FC, Aquatic Rehabilitation as well as University teams, the nearby MOD Infantry Training Centre and within gyms and University Massage and Sports Injury Clinics.

Course structure
Year 1 core modules
Advanced Inquiry in Sport and Exercise

This module is designed to develop further your understanding of and skills in research methods. During the course of the module you will explore the major underlying principles that you need to understand in order to become critical consumers of research. By developing your understanding of research methods and skills in judging the adequacy of published work the module will also help to prepare you to engage in the planning and execution of research projects in your areas of practice.

Assessment will be ICA: 4,000 words (60%). ECA Individual e-Poster presentation (40%) with a 10-minute viva via Skype. Poster submitted online end of year 2.

Applied Physiology for Rehabilitation

You will gain an applied approach to the physiological principles underpinning the management of injury and rehabilitation. It will introduce you to the applied effects of sport and exercise participation on the physiological systems with particular focus on the implications of pathology considering, physiological, nutritional, social and psychological perspectives

Clinical Assessment and Rehabilitation

This module is designed to enable you to acquire, disseminate, apply, and critically analyse knowledge and skills requisite to the assessment and rehabilitation of the sports person. You will have the opportunity of evaluating current issues and the evidence underpinning rehabilitation protocols, the assessment of the injured sports person, and rehabilitation practice. You will plan, implement and conduct exercise-based rehabilitation programmes that are appropriate to the needs of the patients at all levels and stages of the sporting and injury spectrum.

Therapeutic Modalities

You will acquire, disseminate, and critically analyse the knowledge and skills requisite to the management of musculoskeletal conditions including massage, peripheral and spinal injury problems and injuries. The evidence and clinical use of soft tissue massage and treatment techniques, peripheral and vertebral mobilisation techniques in relation to the mechanisms and pathophysiology of spinal injuries and problems will be explored through online lectures and group discussion and group tasks, practical elements will be explored during seminars. Treatment techniques will be developed through interactive workshops.

 
Year 2 core modules
Rehabilitation for Special Populations

You will gain an understanding of the management and rehabilitation of complex conditions and multiple pathologies that you may expect to encounter not only in sport but within general populations. You will be able to apply their basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology to the rehabilitative management of chronic conditions, musculoskeletal pathologies and traumatic injuries within sporting and non-sporting contexts.

Sport and Exercise Research Project

This module is designed to enable you to apply your learning from previous modules to conduct a substantial self-initiated research project. The project will be conducted under the supervision of your academic supervisor.

Applicants should normally have a good honours degree in sport science or a related area.

An enhanced criminal history (DBS) check may be required for certain modules or placements which involve working with children and/or adults at risk. Where an enhanced DBS check is required, applicants will cover the cost of these checks which can only be processed through the University.

2022/23 entry

Fee for UK applicants
£6,100 a year

Fee for international applicants
£14,000 a year

Career opportunities
Typically graduates are employed as sports therapists and sports rehabilitators. However, you are also well prepared for employment in related areas including the health and fitness industry, sport development, research and sport science support.