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Sports Rehabilitation

Entry requirements


A level

B,B,C

Must include at least one of; maths, biology, physics, chemistry, human biology, sports science/studies, PE, dance, psychology

Access to HE Diploma

D:18,M:24,P:3

From an Access to HE Diploma in Science

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM

From a relevant Science of Sports Science subject

UCAS Tariff

112

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Physiotherapy

Individuals to entire sports teams. Amateurs to world champions. Youth leagues to club legends and beyond. This course will equip you with all the specialist skills needed to assist people at all levels of activity in their rehabilitation. Our Graduate Sport Rehabilitators (GSRs) are trained to be first response practitioners working pitch-side at sporting events, and are qualified to assess and treat musculoskeletal injuries from the point of injury. You’ll learn with a big emphasis on injury prevention and exercise prescription, including programming for return to sport, performance enhancement and improving health and function in populations with injury, illness and disease. Our School of Allied and Community Health within the Institute of Health and Social Care is one of the largest in the country, enabling you to study in a state-of-the-art environment within a wide and supportive network. There are also a number of opportunities available within this course, such as the chance to qualify as a registered Sports Massage Therapist, and to undertake the Pre-Hospital Immediate Care In Sport Course (Level 2), accredited by the Rugby Football Union (RFU).

There are excellent onsite facilities at LSBU, including an Academy of Sport, a purpose-built onsite clinic, and state-of-the-art clinical and human performance laboratories. In addition to our top-class facilities, our central London location provides easy access to a range of exciting health, sport and exercise clinical placement opportunities, which you will undertake as an integral part of your course, allowing you to

Modules

Year 1
• Concepts of Interprofessional and Collaborative Practice (IPL)
• Human Physiology and Pathophysiology
• Functional Anatomy, Kinesiology
• Therapy and Clinical Skills
• Physical Activity and Exercise Prescription
Year 2
• Appraising Evidence Based Practice
• Pitchside Assessment, Trauma Management and Advanced Clinical Skills
• Lower Limb Rehabilitation
• Upper Limb and Spinal Rehabilitation
• Applied Biomechanics
• Placement 1
Year 3
• Psychological Principles for Rehabilitation and Human Performance
• Screening and Conditioning for Performance
• Clinical Rehabilitation and Health Promotion
• Application of Evidence Based Practice (Research Module)
• Placement 2

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus

Department:

Allied Health Sciences

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

28%
Physiotherapy

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Physiotherapy

Teaching and learning

56%
Staff make the subject interesting
51%
Staff are good at explaining things
50%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
62%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

41%
Library resources
51%
IT resources
49%
Course specific equipment and facilities
5%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

99%
UK students
1%
International students
45%
Male students
55%
Female students
85%
2:1 or above
8%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
C
D

After graduation


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Physiotherapy

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£25,000
high
Average annual salary
98%
med
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

67%
Health professionals
19%
Therapy professionals
5%
Health associate professionals

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Physiotherapy

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£27k

£27k

£32k

£32k

£32k

£32k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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