MSc Sports Therapy

In this course you advance your knowledge, sharpen your specialist skills, build on your professional experience with 200 hours of placement at master’s level. You’re a sports therapy graduate with accreditation from the Society of Sports Therapists, and you’re keen to shine as you launch your career. Our MSc Sports Therapy adds 200 hours of hands-on professional experience to your portfolio and boosts your CV with specialist niche skills and knowledge. You’ll boost your understanding of strength and conditioning training methods and advance your understanding of current thinking. Additionally, you’ll develop further professional insights into mental wellbeing issues in today’s performance sports industry. Sports therapy makes up one aspect of an athlete’s overall performance sports picture. Through hands-on experience and opportunities to reflect, you’ll become confident in making multidisciplinary plans with colleagues to benefit the athlete more holistically. You’ll leave us as a trusted sports therapist with extensive real-world experience in all aspects of contemporary sports therapy. Employers will value your extensive therapeutic skills and excellent patient care.

A degree equivalent to UK first-class or upper second-class honours (2:1 or above) in sports therapy, accredited by The Society of Sports Therapists, Sports Rehabilitation, accredited by (BASRaT) or physiotherapy with HCPC accreditation. GCSE English Language and Maths at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) is also required.

If you accept a formal offer from Edge Hill University you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure indicating that you meet the mandatory criteria of ‘Clearance to Work with Children and/or Vulnerable Adults’. Further information will be sent to you after you have firmly accepted an offer.