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The Graduate Certificate in Exercise Rehabilitation for Sports Injuries will allow you to develop specialised skills in the prevention and rehabilitation of sport related injuries, assist individuals with pre-existing conditions to remain active, or assist individuals to return to sports performance. This graduate certificate provides you with specialist knowledge and skill of biomechanics, metabolic, and physiological-psychosocial aspects of the person to develop programmes and strategies for the enhancement and improved performance of active individuals to prevent potential injury or to support recovery in those who may have activity restrictions due to injury or disease limitations. The course integrates this specialist knowledge and skill to develop safe and effective exercise prescriptions and interventions.

Build on your health qualification with sports specialist knowledge. You’ll explore how strength and conditioning can manage injury. Aim for prevention. Write exercise prescriptions for active people and get them moving again. 

Graduate Certificate in Exercise Rehabilitation for Sports Injuries

The Master of Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy will provide you, as a physiotherapist, with the opportunity to acquire advanced theoretical, scientific and clinical knowledge of normal and pathological human movement as it relates to sports, exercise, performance, injuries, pathology and disease.Using an evidence-informed person-centred approach, you will develop an understanding of how wellbeing relates to performance and be able to critically analyse, synthesise and apply knowledge for the physiotherapy management of sports injuries or other health conditions and to enhance sports or exercise performance and wellbeing in athletes and people of all ages, abilities and cultural contexts within the relevant ethical and legal frameworks.The course will be delivered online with short, intensive face-to-face blocks, over 1.5 years full-time equivalent. The course is suitable for graduate physiotherapists eligible for registration in their own country, with a minimum two years’ experience post-graduation.The majority of the units will be delivered in online mode with some units delivered in multi-mode incorporating online, intensive residential workshops, practicums and a research project. All residential workshops and assessments will be scheduled for 1-2 weeks in the same ACU Online Term.

Develop the skills you need to work with all athletes, from professionals to community players. Learn how to prevent and rehabilitate sports injuries. Understand sports-adjacent diseases and strategies for improving wellbeing.

Master of Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy

The double degree Master of Sports and Exercis Physiotherapy - Master of High Performance Sport empowers physiotherapists to work with athletes and people of all ages, abilities and cultural contexts, in community, elite or high performance sport and exercise settings, in both the private and public sectors.You will acquire advanced knowledge of normal and pathological human movement relating to sports, exercise, performance, injuries, pathology and disease. You will also better understand how wellbeing relates to performance, and critically analyse, synthesise and apply knowledge using an evidence-informed, person-centred approach to manage sports injuries or other health conditions.Learn to integrate specialised technical skills with advanced principles and strategies of strength and conditioning, fatigue management and recovery to design, deliver and evaluate meaningful interventions to enhance athlete and team performance and reduce the likelihood and/or duration of injury and illness. This course emphasises the application of knowledge and skills in an ethical manner that promotes the dignity of the individual, athlete or performer.This double degree is suitable for graduate physiotherapists eligible for registration in their own country, with a minimum two years’ experience post-graduation.

This double degree will advance your skills as a physiotherapist so you can work with professional athletes. Explore how to manage sports-related injuries and illnesses. Learn from industry mentors and access internships within high-performance sports.

Master of Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy/Master of High Performance Sport

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