Advance your career in Sports massage

This course builds upon the content and practical skills of the iTEC Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage by expanding on knowledge of the nervous system, injuries, and how to perform complex clinical testing, and will explore the literature to reinforce treatment approaches. Advanced massage techniques such as positional release techniques, consolidated muscle energy techniques, and much more will be taught in this course.

Learning Outcomes:

• Recognise neurological presentations and injuries (including dermatomes, myotomes, and clinical testing) and learn new nerve assessments.
• Analyse sports-specific posture and gait through dynamic assessment.
• Learn and understand fascial trains and work of Thomas Myers
• Explore and research evidence-based scientific practice through an examination of The Vladimir Janda Approach
• Complete complex case history and assessment.
• Learn the application of specialised soft tissue techniques.

The ultimate aim of this level is to advance anatomy & physiological knowledge, develop more technical skills, encourage critical thinking and develop research techniques.

Students build a portfolio of evidence containing:

• Injury assignments
• Research assignment
• Treatment evidence
• In-class tests exam
• Logged work experience hours

Qualifications gained

• This course is recognised by leading professional associations for sports massage and soft tissue therapy (Sports Massage Association, Sports Therapy Association). 

• The Level 5 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (ITEC) course is designed to provide experienced Practitioners currently working in Sport and Active Leisure, including Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Sports Therapists and Sports Massage Practitioners with the requisite understanding and complex skills and techniques to advance their clinical practice.