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About...

The HNC Soft Tissue Therapy has been designed for those who want to perform hands-on treatments with people who participate in sport. The treatment could be designed to help an athlete optimise their performance, or help aid recovery from injury that has been diagnosed by an appropriate medical professional.

Achievement of the award will allow you to work with any athlete from recreational through to elite level performers. It will also allow you to work within a sports medicine team, beside other professionals, such as: sports medicine doctors; physiotherapists; general, strength and conditioning coaches and nutritionists; or independently in a clinic-type environment.

Level SCQF 7

DeliveryFace-to-Face | Mondays - All day, Tuesdays 11am to 7pm

Remote/online | Wednesday

Location Inverness Campus

Duration 1 Year

Course content...

Subjects may include:

Basic objective and subjective assessment
Clinical and team experience 1
Clinical sports massage
First aid for sport and fitness
Flexibility training
Functional anatomy
Pathology and aetiology of sports injury
Prevention and management of sports injury
Research investigation in sport
Sports massage for events and special populations
Sports therapy: anatomy and physiology
Sports therapy: exercise principles and testing
Sports therapy: graded unit 1
Sports therapy: professional standards

What next...

You may be able to progress to the second year of the HND Sports Therapy

Entry requirements

Two Highers at Grade C or above.

Soft Tissue HNC (Senior Phase)