Advanced Diploma In Complementary Medicine (Sports Therapy)
| Course Code |
30243 |
| Fee Code |
FD |
| Duration (approx) |
3205 hours | Course Structure:
Part A: Undertaken with ACS Distance Education (!st Year)
- Anatomy & Physiology I
- Nutrition I
- Nutrition II
- Nutrition III
- Biochemistry I
- Biochemistry II
- Biochemistry III
- Biology (Cell Biology)
- Introduction to Psychology
- Counselling Skills I
Course Fees displayed are for the Foundation Diploma only. Please contact the school for remaining course fee structure.
Part B: Undertaken with Health Schools Australia (Final 2 Years)
- Sports Therapy
- Disorder Profiles
- Clinical Practice 1-4
- Chemistry
- Health & Physical Fitness
- Remedial Massage
- Advanced Anatomy & Physiology
- Advanced Sports Therapy
- Pathophysiology & Symptamotology
- Advanced Nutrition
- Ethics & Jurisprudence
- Practice Management
- Advanced Remedial Massage
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Senior First Aid Certificate
- 200 Seminar Hours
- 150 Clinical Hours
What you should be able to do once you complete the course
- Contribute to effective workplace relationships.
- Provide leadership in the health industry
- Develop professional expertise.
- Manage a practice.
- Communicate effectively with clients/patients.
- Make referrals to other health care professionals when appropriate.
- Apply advanced first aid (O/S).
- Apply basic first aid.
- Manage the control of infection.
- Manage a practice.
- Develop a natural health assessment framework.
- Apply elementary Patho physiological research to client assessment.
- Manage work within a natural health framework.
- Research human health issues and apply results to client assessment.
- Advise clients on appropriate preventative health strategy.
- Provide advice on nutritional supplementation.
- Analyse clinical tests to assist diagnosis.
- Provide basic counselling.
- Apply human health sciences data to an assessment program.
- Integrate massage techniques to support athlete.
- Apply natural health assessment framework.
- Plan the natural health and fitness regime with client.
- Apply massage techniques.
- Apply appropriate pre-event and post event techniques.
- Operate in accord with the accepted roles and responsibilities of a sports trainer.
- Tape and/or brace elbow, Achilles and AC joint.
- Tape ankle, thumb and fingers.
- Apply temperature therapy.
- Apply hydrotherapy treatments.
 The demand for Sports therapists is increasing with the growing focus on sports practice and its role in how to lead a more successful and healthy lifestyle. Learn to lead your sports clients to physical fitness and better health, teach others how to avoid strains and injuries with preventative care and assist clients to recover with efficient techniques.
The Advance Diploma in Complementary Medicine (Sports Therapy) is studied in conjunction with Health Schools Australia. ACS offers up the Foundation Diploma which is equivalent to the first year of study. The final 2 years of the Advanced Diploma is conducted with Health Schools Australia and will be awarded by Health Schools Australia on completion.
Health Schools Australia is the leading training provider of complementary medicine courses. Health Schools Australia is accredited by the Australian Traditional Medicine Society (A.T.M.S.), National Herbalist Association of Australia (N.H.A.A.), IARC and the Queensland Association of Massage Therapists.
Career Choices: You will be practicing as a sports therapist like treating sports related injuries, physio etc
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