Sport Rehabilitation (with a Foundation Year)
BSc (Hons)

Personal Learning Competencies (Core)

This module will introduce you to learning in Higher Education and will provide you with a framework for reflection and understanding of your own personal learning identity. It will also equip you with tools for continuing educational success.

Taking a Professional Approach (Core)

This module will equip you with the knowledge, confidence and practical skills to help you to develop your employability skills.

You will be introduced to the workplace through a short observation, will work independently and in groups to understand and recognise work-related success, and will build on your own potential.

Principles of Physics and Mathematics (Core)

This module is divided into two components: (1) Physical principles of Nature and (2) Mathematics (including principles of statistics). The “Nature” component studies the principles of movement and energy, electricity and magnetism, and light. This component will also explore how these principles apply to our daily lives including human movement.

The “Mathematics” component studies the fundamental concepts of mathematics and how they express the language in which Nature is written. This component also includes an introduction to statistics and its applications.

• Credits: 20

The Chemistry of Nature (Core)

This module studies the chemical principles underlying the life in the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. It will explore the atomic structure and properties of matter, the chemical reactions occurring in the human body and in Nature, the bio-chemical phenomena underpinning the metabolism of the human body and energy substrate utilization.

• Credits: 20

Foundation of Life (Core)

Foundations of Life studies the hierarchy of life, starting with macromolecules, cell tissue, organ and organism structures and functions. It also considers the interactions of organisms as arranged in communities.

Individual Project (Core)

This module is an opportunity for you to expand your knowledge in an area of your choice. You will work closely with a supervisor to choose a topic of interest for investigation.

Alongside pursuing your interest in a topic, you will engage with academic research skills such as finding sources, building an argument and organising ideas, and design and delivery of output. This will require planning, preparation, research and autonomous working. You will produce a portfolio of work throughout this module.

This module will culminate in a small conference where you will showcase your findings. 

Research Methods 1 (Core)

An introductory module to introduce you to study skills in higher education, providing you with the knowledge and skills to produce work to meet expectations.

Clinical Human Anatomy (Core)

This module will enable you to develop knowledge and understanding of neuromusculoskeletal anatomy of the upper limb, lower limb and trunk, as required for safe and effective practice as graduate Sport Rehabilitators. The module will primarily be taught in face-to-face lectures and workshops, which will include the teaching and application of practical skills. This will be supported by online materials, use of interactive mobile “app”, and other guided learning approaches.

Clinical Assessment of Neuromusculoskeletal Injury (Core)

The clinical assessment of neuromusculoskeletal injury module provides you with the opportunity to learn about common neuromuscular skeletal injuries throughout the body. You also learn how to take an appropriate clinical history and patient assessment of the body regions with a view to gaining a clinical impression of the injury and potential causative factors.

Exercise Physiology and Prescription (Core)

This module introduces you to the main principles of exercise prescription and outlines the body’s response to exercise in multiple systems. It provides you with the underpinning knowledge to be able to progress to more complex exercise prescription for those with injuries.

Patient Management 1 (Core)

This module aims to provide you with a basic knowledge and understanding of pain and the therapeutic techniques used by sports and physical therapists in the acute to chronic stages of musculoskeletal injury and pain management. This module will provide you with a sound theoretical and practical grounding in the safe application of variety of treatment techniques, including cryo/thermotherapy, soft tissue techniques, electrotherapy and strapping. The basic physical principles will be outlined, as will the indications, contraindications, benefits and effects of treatment modalities.

Biomechanics 1 (Core)

An introductory module to the principles of biomechanics to provide you with an understanding of how humans move, linked to the anatomy learned in previous modules. The module will involve theoretical principles and knowledge of laboratory techniques to assess biomechanical movement.

Clinical Placement 1 (Core)

This is the first placement module, to enable you to meet the BASRaT requirement of completing a minimum of 400 hours of clinical placement in an approved and appropriate environment.

Patient Management 2 (Core)

This module aims to provide you with contemporary knowledge and understanding of complex pain states and current treatment strategies. To provide you with a sound theoretical and practical grounding in the safe application of a variety of advanced treatment techniques, including Compex, hydrotherapy, kinesiology taping.

Rehabilitation 1 (Core)

The module aims to develop the underpinning theories and concepts of rehabilitation, which are fundamental to the rehabilitation of common musculoskeletal injuries. Through a series of lectures, seminar discussions and practical sessions, you will address the specific needs of injured athletes and subsequently analyse the science and evidence, which underpin different approaches to rehabilitation. The module also aims to enhance applied practice by allowing you to plan, develop, and implement rehabilitation sessions and therapeutic exercise prescription that is evidence-based and grounded in theory. The module will also introduce key theoretical and applied concepts in sport and exercise psychology.

Athlete Management 1 (Core)

The aim of this module is to provide you with an understanding of working with the athletic population. You will learn how to manage injuries in an immediate care setting, and will recognise your role within a multidisciplinary team whilst implementing strategies to prepare and monitor athletes in a professional environment.

Research Methods 2 (Core)

This module is designed to introduce learners to the varying methods by which health professionals engage with and conduct clinical research. This module builds on the foundation academic and research skills previously developed in Research Methods 1. You will examine the process of completing research and the dissemination of that knowledge to others. Consideration of the impact of clinically focussed research will be explored in both the academic and wider context.

Biomechanics 2 (Core)

This module will further develop your understanding of the biomechanical concepts that govern human motion.

Clinical Placement 2 (Core)

Clinical Placement 2 builds on the skills gained at Level 4 and 5 enabling you to implement and practice in sports and clinical settings.

Patient Management 3 (Core)

This module provides you with an in-depth knowledge of the clinical anatomy, pathology and biomechanics and its application to the treatment and management of clients.

Rehabilitation 2 (Core)

The module will focus on further developing and applying principles of injury rehabilitation building on the knowledge gained at Level 5.

Athlete Management 2 (Core)

This module aims to further develop your understanding of working with the athletic population as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Late Stage Rehabilitation (Core)

The module aims to equip you with the ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of concepts, and theories and principles that underpin late stage rehabilitation and return to play. You will be able to demonstrate practical skills relating to delivery.

Research Methods 3 (Core)

This module builds on the research methods skills gained in previous modules in order to enable you to undertake an independent research project.