Physiotherapy is one of the most popular professional courses that is chosen by a number of students in the recent past. The demand continues to stay for some more years. In the meantime, new job opportunities are taking shape in the field of physiotherapy. With more and more specialisations are coming up in the field, new job roles based on the specialisations are being created. The time is ripe to pursue a master of physiotherapy course.
The present article discusses few such specialisations which have a lot more to offer. This research-based article is based on various international resources.
Let’s discuss in detail
Sports Therapist
As a sports therapist one may see a range of sporting injuries and he/she is required to provide treatment, rehabilitation and support and give advice on prevention to the sports person.
Role of a Sports Therapist
Sports Therapists use a range of techniques and modalities to make sure the people involved in sports exercise and training and competing safely. The sports therapists are responsible to provide an immediate response when sport exercise related injuries occur and will have to rehabilitate the patient back to full fitness.
Responsibilities of a Sports Therapist
As a sports therapist one is responsible to:
- Conduct a fitness level assessment on people involved in sport and exercise and advice on exercise prior to an event of fixture
- Test joints for ease and range of movement, pain and dysfunction
- Mentally and physically prepare sports people before a competition and use strapping, taping and massage techniques where necessary
- Provide emergency aid in a sport and exercise environment
- Examine and assess injuries and determine whether the sport and exercise participant can continue safely with the event or activity
- Treat and mobilise injuries to alleviate pain
- Rehabilitate injuries by using manual therapy techniques
- Design and monitor rehabilitation programmes appropriate to the injury and sport and level
- Decide and monitor rehabilitation programmes appropriate to the injury and or sport and level
- Decide whether extra treatments are needed and coordinate referrals to other practitioners
- Work alone with coaches, trainers and fitness advisers to implement exercise, conditioning, core stability and injury prevention programmes so that sports people reach and maintain peak performance
