Sports Therapy
Course Code
BHST-Y1 / SM129-Y1
Course Level
Level 6
Study Mode
Full time / Part time
Start Date
21-Sep-2026
Course Type
Higher Education
Campus
Moulton
Course Duration
3 years / 5 years
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Our BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy degree is the ideal route for students who are interested with working with sports athletes and amateurs alike to achieve their potential.
At Moulton, sports therapy is not restricted to just injury diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and ‘prehabilitation’. Our course offers you the opportunity to learn more about sports therapy interventions, and evaluate their impacts on athletes.
Under the guidance of expert lecturers you’ll learn how to assess injuries, deliver pitch-side injury management and design injury prevention and rehabilitation programmes.
Making use of our clinical teaching rooms, rehabilitation room, and strength and conditioning facilities, this is an applied programme that is aligned to vocational skills, knowledge and abilities that are mapped to the industry standards of proficiency, opening opportunities throughout the health and fitness sector, with Sports Therapists working for teams, individuals and in health clubs in the United Kingdom and abroad.
This course is accredited by the Society of Sports Therapists (SST). This means our students, on graduation, will be eligible to apply for membership to the society and professional liability insurance.
This course provides a mixture of theory and practice and includes the following modules:
Year 1
- Functional Anatomy and Kinesiology
- Sports Injuries
- Principles and Practices of Sports Massage
- Introduction to Exercise Physiology
- Professional Practice for Sport Therapists
- Fundamentals of Physiological Testing
- Study Skills for HE Science
Year 2
- Advanced Assessment of Sports Injuries
- Sports Trauma Management
- Functional Sports Rehabilitation
- Peripheral Mobilisations
- Sport Research Methods
- Coach – Athlete Relationship (Optional)
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Through Sport and Exercise (Optional)
Year 3
- Research Project in Sport
- Spinal Mobilisations
- Strength and Conditioning
- Management of Injury for Special Populations
- Clinical Placement for Sports Therapy
Students will also have the opportunity to complete additional awards which may include, LUBAS, L3 VTCT Sports Injuries, L4 VTCT Sports Massage.
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