Sports Injury Treatment

Course details

This is course designed to pre­pare stu­dents for a career in the treat­ment of Sports Injuries, Ath­letic Ther­apy, Phys­i­cal Ther­apy and Phys­io­ther­apy. The major­ity of stu­dents suc­cess­fully com­plet­ing this course progress onto Third Level Degree Pro­grammes in Insti­tutes of Tech­nol­ogy nation­wide. This course acts as an excel­lent foun­da­tion for these students.

Course Con­tent

• Sports and Exer­cise Injury Prevention
• Sports Mas­sage (ITEC level 3 Certificate)
• Kine­si­ol­ogy
• Sports Anatomy and Physiology
• Sports Nutri­tion
• Sports and Recre­ation Studies
• Exer­cise and Fitness
• Ath­let­ics
• Word Pro­cess­ing
• Occu­pa­tional First Aid
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tions
• Work Prepa­ra­tion and Experience

Pro­gres­sion and Career Options:

Grad­u­ates from this course may com­pete for employ­ment in the leisure and recre­ation indus­try as sports mas­sage ther­a­pists. Alter­na­tively stu­dents may choose this course as a pro­gres­sion path to a Level 6 award in Sports, Recre­ation and Exer­cise in this col­lege or seek to gain entry onto a range of sports/health related degree pro­grammes in Insti­tutes of Tech­nol­ogy nationwide.