Remedial & Sports Massage

PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN SWEDISH MASSAGE

A comprehensive and effective introduction to massage therapy.

The Western School awarded Professional Diploma in Remedial & Sports Massage provides in-depth, practical tuition in both Remedial and Sports massage, building on Swedish massage methods and introducing a wide range of highly effective new techniques.

These include:
• advanced consultation skills and appropriate safety checks.
• assessment procedures for common conditions and injuries.
• myofascial, neuromuscular and muscle energy techniques (MET).
• trigger point therapy.
• proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF).
• stretching.
• active, passive, and resisted mobilisations.
• joint mobilisation techniques..

What’s included

The treatment of many common disorders and injuries is covered along with a specific module dedicated specifically to Sports Event Massage – for working alongside athletes in competition and training.

Further study in relevant Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology accompanies the extensive ‘hands-on’ sessions ensuring the student gains the necessary experience to practise successfully in both the remedial and sports fields.

The Western School awarded Professional Diploma allows the successful graduate to access professional indemnity insurance and to go straight into practice as soon as they graduate.

The course is credit-rated by Glasgow Caledonian University and attracts:
60 credits at SCQF Level 8

Practical treatment techniques

Advanced soft tissue, trigger point therapy, muscle energy (MET), PNF stretching, neuromuscular, myofascial, and peripheral joint mobilisation.

Specific treatment protocols

Tennis elbow & ankle sprain, low back pain & pelvic issues, muscle impingement, sciatica, frozen shoulder and iliopsoas tension disorders.

Massage in sport including:

Specific sporting injury treatments, psychology of sports massage, rehabilitation and sports event massage.

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