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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department for Health (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 at Swindon College |
| Assessment:
| CW 40%, OT 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take LP10406 |
| Description:
| Aims: To provide a framework for the specific application of massage relating to sports and injury and to develop knowledge and practical skills in basic and advanced massage techniques linked with prevention, rehabilitation and maintenance programmes. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will be able to: * Demonstrate the application of sports massage and injury management techniques taking into account adaptations to treatment; * Understand the benefits of treatment: effects on nervous and muscular tissue, psychological benefits, results of treatment on injuries; * Examine the current concepts in injury management; * Evaluate and justify massage techniques demonstrated and the outcomes of each treatment. Skills: Intellectual * Research (F) * Evaluation (T, F, A) * Analysis and synthesis (F,A) Professional * Meeting professional standards (T, F, A) * Reflective practice (F) Key/Transferable * Communication (A) * Working with others (F) * Problem solving (F,A) Practical * Safe and effective application of massage techniques (T, F, A) * Prioritising time and tasks (F, A) Content: Maintain a professional and ethical approach to work; Preparation for a sports massage treatment to treat specific injuries; Use of massage and its physiological and psychological effects on exercise and performance; Rules and regulations pertaining to the use of special protective equipment, braces, splints and taping etc as established by the appropriate governing body and demonstration of the selection and application of these; Professional appearance, attitude and confidential approach, liaison with medical practitioners; Planning treatments: type of treatment, duration and frequency of massage, target area of massage, planning for individual and group treatment, planning for different venues; Selection of massage: benefits and effects of massage techniques and reasons for choosing certain massage techniques; Venues: treatment room, track side, football pitch, rugby pitch, health club, leisure centre, pool side, ring side; Demonstration of taping and strapping techniques for differing injuries; benefits and uses of taping and strapping techniques, the preparation, application and accomplishment of appropriate immediate treatment; Adapting massage techniques for pre-event, inter-event and post-event. Rate and depth of massage, techniques selected and the duration of treatment; aftercare: relaxation, re-mobilisation, exercise and training plans, subsequent treatments, after massage advice. |
| Programme availability: |
LP20580 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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