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Injury Biomechanics and Principles of Rehabilitation

This course introduces participants to the key concepts of injury rehabilitation. In particular, participants will learn how the underpinning principles of biomechanics are relevant to mechanism of injury and how they would apply this to their clinical practice.

Participants will learn the key principles of programme design and start to apply those to the rehabilitation process. There will also be a strong emphasis on the importance of mechanisms of injury in relation to injury prevention and rehabilitation. Participants will also learn to analyse movement and the different approaches that can be used in sport rehabilitation.

Dates and times

There are currently no dates arranged for this course. If you would like to register your interest please email shortcourses@stmarys.ac.uk.

Running one day a week for one semester.  This course is in a blended format with a combination of lectures, seminars and workshops. Face-to-face and live online hours vary slightly each week but remain within the hours of 9am and 6pm.

Students will get the assessment dates at the start of the module so have plenty of time to prepare.

Price

The full cost is £917 excluding the course assessment. 

Participants can opt to take the course assessment at an additional cost of £250. The deposit cost is £50 which is payable upon application. The course fee excludes refreshments and accommodation. Information on accommodation on campus or in local hotels can be provided upon request.

Please ensure you can commit to the scheduled dates as unfortunately we are unable to give refunds.

St Mary's University alumni receive a 20% discount.

Content

This course has three key topics:

  • Principles of Rehabilitation
  • Biomechanics
  • Injury Mechanisms and Prevention.

Within these key topics you will study:

  • principles of rehabilitation and training
  • programme design
  • load management in rehab
  • screening neuromuscular performance and movement quality
  • underpinning principles of biomechanics relevant to rehab
  • sensorimotor control
  • injury biomechanics/ mechanisms of injury
  • injury prevention process.

Requirements

Students will normally be expected to have achieved a 2:1 or a good 2:2 (or equivalent) in a related discipline, including:

  • Sport and Exercise Science
  • Sports Coaching
  • Strength and Conditioning
  • Sport Science
  • Sports Therapy
  • Physical Education
  • Physiotherapy.

Assessment

Participants who complete and pass the course assessments will receive a certificate of accreditation at master’s level. For participants who choose not to undertake the assignments, a certificate of attendance will be provided.

There are two assessments for this module, both are worth 50% of the overall mark for the module. 

  • Assessment One - lab report.
  • Assessment Two - presentation.

Both assessments must be passed and cannot be compensated.

Award

Upon successful assessment, learners will be awarded 20 master's level (Level 7) academic credits. Credits may be transferred onto existing master's degrees at St Mary’s University. Students who successfully complete and pass 60 credits will be awarded a relevant post graduate certificate (subject to validation), however students studying in this format are not eligible for BASRaT registration.  To be eligible to register with BASRaT and formally practice in Sport Rehab, students should enrol onto the two year MSc degree program and attain all 180 credits.  

For more information about this course please contact the Short Courses team: