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Sports Therapy and Injury Rehabilitation

Course Code: UF2691
  • Level: 5
  • Qualification: Foundation Degree
  • Awarding body: University of Plymouth
  • Duration: Two years
  • Course type: Full-time
  • Time of day: Daytime
  • When you'll study: Tuesdays and Fridays, 9.00am - 4.00pm
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What's it all about?


Full-time fee       £7,680


When elite athletes get knocked down, who gets them back on their feet?

The FdSc in Sports Therapy and Injury Rehabilitation at City College Plymouth is your route to becoming a vital link between injury and performance. With injuries presenting an ongoing challenge across professional sport, skilled sports therapists play an important role in supporting athletes through treatment and rehabilitation.

This hands-on degree goes beyond learning anatomy from a textbook – it gives you opportunities to develop the practical skills needed to assess, treat and support the rehabilitation of physical injuries. You’ll develop your skills in our public-facing Sports Therapy Clinic, alongside opportunities to gain experience with external teams, building valuable real-world clinical experience before you graduate.

Transform your passion for sport and anatomy into a rewarding career supporting the health, recovery and performance of others.

For more information about this course please review the course content section or contact the higher education team at he@cityplym.ac.uk

Course information

The course covers the following modules:

  • Anatomy and pathophysiology – Develop an understanding of human anatomy, movement and the processes associated with sports injuries and recovery. 
  • Clinical assessment and treatment – Develop practical skills in clinical assessment and explore a range of treatment techniques, including manual therapies, joint mobilisation and electrotherapy. 
  • Sports massage – Develop practical skills in pre- and post-event sports massage and explore its role in supporting performance and recovery. 
  • Emergency pitchside management – Develop the knowledge and practical skills needed to respond appropriately to injuries and emergencies in pitchside and sporting environments. 
  • Strength and conditioning fundamentals – Explore how the body moves under physical demands and develop an understanding of how strength and conditioning principles can support rehabilitation planning.

In order to be successful on this course you will need to have 48 UCAS points and GCSEs in English and Maths at grade 4 or above.

You will be assessed via reports, practicals and in-class tests.

Upon successful completion, you may progress onto:

  • further study to the BSc Degree at City College Plymouth and MSc at the University of Plymouth in Physiotherapy 
  • entrepreneurship and private clientele 
  • industry work – either within sports or corporate settings 
  • sports therapist 
  • sports rehabilitator 
  •  physiotherapist assistant.

Please note fees are quoted for one year only.

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Future careers

What you could earn:

Physiotherapists

£55,695.78

Potential salary

£21,678.68

Entry level salary

£36,678.00

Average salary

19

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