Course curriculum

    1. A1: Welcome to Anatomy & Physiology for Sports Massage

    1. 1.1 Outline the structural organisation of the human body:

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    2. 1.2/1.3 Describe the structure & function of the human cell

    3. 1.4/1.5: Describe the different types of human tissue and their functions

    1. 2.1 Understand the structure of the skin

    2. 3.1 Describe the functions of skin

    1. 4.1.1/4.1.2 Axial and Appendicular Skeleton

    2. 4.1.3/4.1.4/4.1.5 Bones of the Arm, Wrist, Hand, Fingers

    3. 4.1.6 Bones of the Pelvis & Hip

    4. 4.1.7/4.1.8/4.1.9 Bones of the Leg, Ankle & Foot

    5. 4.2 Describe the functions of the skeleton

    6. 4.3 Explain the classification of Bones

    7. 4.4 Explain the stages of bone growth and repair

    8. 4.4 Bone Fracture and Repair

    9. 4.4 Remodelling

    1. 5.1: Describe the different joint categories

    2. 5.2: Explain the structure of synovial joints:

    3. 5.3 Joint Movements

    4. 5.4 Explain the characteristics of ligaments

    5. 5.5 Explain the characteristics of tendons:

    1. 6.1 Describe the characteristics of the types of muscle tissue

    2. 6.2.1 Locate the muscles of the foot and ankle region

    3. 6.2.2 Locate the muscles of the knee

    4. 6.2.3 Locate the muscles of the Hip and Pelvis

    5. 6.2.4 Locate the muscles of the Lumbar Spine and Sacrum

    6. 6.2.5 Locate the muscles of respiration

    7. 6.2.6 Locate the muscles of the Thoracic Region

    8. 6.2.7 Locate the muscles of the head and neck

    9. 6.2.8 Locate the muscles of the shoulder

    10. 6.2.9 Locate the muscles of the Elbow

    11. 6.2.10 Locate the muscles of the Wrist and Hand

    12. 6.3/6.4 Identify and locate the muscle attachment sites for the major muscles of the body

    13. 6.5 Types of contraction

    14. 6.6 Sliding Filament Theory

About this course

  • £149.00
  • 60 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Instructor(s)

Course Educator Alistair Cunningham

Experienced Soft tissue Therapist with a history of working in the health wellness and fitness industry. Skilled in Acupuncture, Wellness Coaching, Fitness Training, Low Back Pain, and Therapeutic Massage. Strong healthcare services professional graduated from Edge Hill University.

Course Educator Chris Kitson

Education Director Mike Grice

Mike has a Degree in Osteopathy & Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Anatomist and has over 20 year’s experience in the Health and Fitness Industry. Mike started his own training company in 2003 specialising in Health, Fitness and manual therapy training (Movement Therapy Education). He lectured on the FdSc and BSc Sports Therapy programmes at University College Birmingham and has been a guest lecturer at Universities throughout the UK and Europe. Mike is a lead tutor/advisor for Movement Therapy Education, Elite Therapy Education, RockTape and NAQI and regularly teaches courses for Premier League and Championship football clubs. Mike has held consultancy roles with Boots, Pera Products, Startrite, Brytespark, MicroScooter and Convatec playing a key role in the research and development of new products and education systems. Mike regularly presents at conferences including Therapy Expo, FitPro, International Fitness Showcase, Good Health Show and also presented at the 2014 IOC world conference for Injury Prevention in Monaco. Mike runs Movement Therapy Clinics in Birmingham where his team put all that Movement Therapy Education teach in to practice.