Rehabilitation and Injury Management

• Help you to develop into a practitioner who is capable of using and contributing to the body of knowledge and research, which supports the practice of injury management and rehabilitation.
• Give you the knowledge, skills and understanding for a career in injury management and rehabilitation through study in a range of disciplines including Manual therapy, Sports Massage, Exercise Prescription and Fitness Testing, Taping, Anatomy & Physiology, Nutrition, principles of Biomechanics and Dry Needling and Acupuncture for pain related conditions.
• The course currently has links with football and rugby clubs such as Aston Villa, Wrexham and Crusaders.
• Glyndŵr University has a clinic on campus where you will be able to gain all the experience you’ll need to become a competent, confident and professional clinician. Staff, students and the general public receive treatments at the clinic which is open five days a week. The clinic has eight treatment beds, ensuring students have the facilities they need to carry out their training.
• Emphasis is placed on you gaining practical experience in our clinic as well as learning key business skills to enable you to set-up your own business should you wish to follow this career path.
• The course responds to the growing demand for academic qualifications in the field of injury management and rehabilitation.

The first year is the foundation to your studies aimed at is equipping you with the skills required to be successful in level 5 and 6 and within clinical practice. Within this year you will also be given opportunities to explore subjects such as research, communication, academic writing skills, reflective practice and the therapeutic relationship.

• Foundations in Rehabilitation and Injury Management
• Learning to Learn
• Introduction to Evidenced Based Practice
• Nutrition
• Anatomy and Applied Physiology

This year builds on the foundations from Level 4 and is more intense learning as you increase you knowledge and understanding of the theory and continue your clinical practice in the clinic at Glyndŵr.

• Rehabilitation and Injury Management
• Protecting Patients and Self
• Evidenced Based Practice
• Understanding Common Presenting Conditions
• Therapeutic Interventions for MSK Injuries

Learning at Level 6 enhances theoretical knowledge and practical skills. It also aims tostimulate the critical evaluation and judgment formation skills of the student through consolidation of the research knowledge and skills acquired at Levels 4 and 5. The overall aim is to enable graduates to become a competent and confident in practice.

• Application of Rehabilitation and Injury Management in Clinical Practice
• Contemporary Applications for Therapists
• Setting Up in Business
• Influencing and Improving Complementary Medicine Practice (Dissertation)

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.