ITEC Diploma in Sports Massage

Do you wish you had more skills to help your clients that suffer from pain and discomfort? Do you lack confidence and the skills to deal with these conditions? This course is not just for sports injuries but for: ■Everyday physical symptoms ■Stiffness and aching ■Joint discomfort and pain ■Muscle soreness The ITEC Diploma in Sports Massage will: ■Enhance your massage skills ■Help you to feel more confident when dealing with problems you may have encountered in your practice. ■Increase your techniques and ability to help your clients suffering with aches, pains and discomfort. ■Teach you how to test ranges of motion ■Help you to identify the causes of discomfort and pain ■Teach you how to plan a course of treatment based on your diagnosis ■Teach you what exercises, stretches and home care advice to give your clients to support their treatments. This course will provide you with the skills for treating not just sports injuries but also a whole range of soft tissue problems; muscle imbalances and to aid the recovery of your clients. This post-graduate course is available to students who have qualified in Body/Holistic massage. This course will provide you with the skills for treating not just sports injuries but also a whole range of soft tissue problems; muscle imbalances and to aid the recovery of your clients.

Topics covered within the course include:

• Understanding the muscles’ origin, insertions and actions more clearly to give you enhanced confidence about treating them.  Also, to enable you to massage and stretch appropriately.
• Understanding how joints move and the range of movements possible.
• The effects of stress on muscles and joints during exercise.
• Understanding how particular sporting activities can affect muscle groups.
• Understanding the principles of injury prevention.
• Learning how to advise a stretching routine to client.
• Working and recording case studies 5 clients, 3 treatments each.
• Particular emphasis will be placed on using a range of Muscle Energy Techniques (MET); Neuro-muscular Techniques (NMT); Soft Tissue Release (STR); Connective Tissue Massage (CTM) and Proprioceptive Neuro-muscular Facilitation (PNF).

The tutor, Michael Gibbons, has a particular interest and experience in working with these forms of stretching and uses them regularly in his private practice.  If you want to enhance results with your clients, these are certainly techniques that you should be using.