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BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation

Overview

Sport Rehabilitation is a health care profession which is relatively new to the UK (since 1994) and was established at The University of Hull in 2004. Successful graduates from this programme may be eligible to join the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers as practicing members who are fully insured.

Undergraduate training provides the necessary hands on skills, knowledge and expertise to undertake accurate assessment and diagnosis of musculoskeletal injuries, followed by the appropriate rehabilitation techniques. Thus, Our graduates are trained solely in Sports and Exercise Rehabilitation, with an emphasis on both health and disease.

The programme incorporates subjects such as applied neuromusculoskeletal anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics as well as manual therapy, electrotherapy, remedial exercise, end stage rehabilitation and injury prevention.

The training provides the Graduate Sport Rehabilitator (GSR) all the necessary skills to become an autonomous health care professional providing accurate injury assessment, remedial therapy, injury prevention and staged rehabilitation to get the client back to their maximum performance in the shortest time possible.

University learning is consolidated by a minimum of 400 hours of clinical placement in the work environment, for example with sport clubs, private practitioners and in occupational health. Inclusive learning ensures that there is close personal contact between staff and students. Lectures are supported by tutorials, seminars and practical sessions which utilise dedicated facilities such as the sport rehabilitation suite and sport injury clinic together with the excellent on-site sporting facilities.