Sports Massage: Starting Your Career

Course overview

This course begins to define what sports massage is, can accomplish and the benefits it provides. It describes the skills required of a sports massage therapist. It includes details about employment, where and how to get work, and who uses sports massage therapists. When you finish this course you will be able to: •Understand the range of requirements and abilities needed to succeed in a sports massage specialty. •Describe the benefits of sports massage therapy for athletes. •Define fitness for sports massage therapy. •List the challenges of working in a sports medicine setting. •Describe the documentation and ethics required in a sports massage therapy setting. •Describe the medical team that works with athletes and how to work smoothly with the team. •Describe the client base that uses sports massage therapy. •Describe an approach to developing a sports massage therapy practice.