Sports Electro-Therapy
Practitioner level 3
By successfully completing this course, you could:
- Gain skills and knowledge to practice flower essences
- Be awarded the BSY Diploma
- Be entitled to use the letters BSY (Sp.Elec.) after your name
You can study this course from the comfort of your own home; in your own time and at your own pace; with helpful support and encouragement from our friendly tutors. There is also an essential 1 day of practical training for this course.
Sports treatments are greatly enhanced by the use of electrical equipment. This course looks at the safe use by Sports Therapists of equipment commonly used in most sports clinics – how to use it and which types of injuries respond to treatment.
Syllabus
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Lesson One
- Introduction
- Electricity
- Conductors
- Insulators
- Basic Terms
- Fitting a Fuse for Safety
- Typical Fuse Sizes
- Fitting Your Own Plug
- General Safety Rules
- Electrical Shock
- First Aid Treatment
- A Few Do’s and Don’ts
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Lesson Two
- Infra-Red
- Luminous Generators
- Non-luminous Generators
- Dangers in Use
- Contra-indications to Treatment
- Physiological Effects
- Main Therapeutic Effects
- Treatment Guidelines
- Ultra-Violet Lamps
- Skin Test
- Contra-indications to Treatment
- Wax Baths
- Applications
- General Effects
- Contra-indications to Treatment
- Infra-Red
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Lesson Three
- Faradism
- Uses
- Application
- Therapeutic Contractions
- Contra-indications
- Faradism
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Lesson Four
- High-Frequency Treatments
- Methods of Application
- Contra-indications
- Precautions
- Galvanism
- To Test for Polarity
- Some Precautions
- Ionic Medication or Iontophoresis
- Contra-indications to Treatment with Iontophoresis
- High-Frequency Treatments
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Lesson Five
- Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation
- Pain Relief
- Some Examples of Pad Placement
- Contra-indications to TNS (TENS) and Electro-Acupuncture
- Electro-Acupuncture Units
- Points
- Contra-indications
- Treatment Value of TNS and Electro-Acupuncture
- Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation
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Lesson Six
- Ultra-Sound
- Effects of Sound Waves on the Tissues
- Contra-indications
- Using the Machine
- Continuous/Pulsed Settings
- Time Settings
- The Effects of Over-treatment
- Treatment Effects
- Methods of Application
- Quick Guide to Setting your Machine
- Phonophoresis
- Treatment Value for Sports Therapist
- Ultra-Sound
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Lesson Seven
- Interferential Therapy
- Treatment Examples
- Value of Treatment
- Contra-indications
- Interferential Therapy
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Lesson Eight
- Magnetic Field Therapy
- Magnetism
- Machines
- Contra-indications
- Treatment Guidelines
- Which Piece of Equipment to Buy?
- Value in Treatment
- Magnetic Field Therapy
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Lesson Nine
- Short Wave Diathermy
- Placement of Electrodes
- Contra-indications
- Physiological Effects of Diathermy
- Treatment Value
- Pulsed Shortwave Treatments
- Treatment Value
- Typical Machine.
- Microwave Treatment
- Contra-indications
- Treatment value
- Short Wave Diathermy
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Lesson Ten
- Laser
- Some Biological Effects
- Contra-indications
- Treatment Value
- Chromotherapy
- Treatments
- Treatment Value
- Hydrotherapy
- Treatment Value
- Heated Air Treatments
- Hydrocolator Packs
- Pulse Press
- Laser
1 day of Practical Training is essential for this course. Practical workshops can be held in various locations around the UK and are available for an additional fee of £75 per day. Your practical training is a valuable opportunity to learn directly from an experienced practical training tutor with specialist skills.
There are two ways you can enrol on this course. You can:
- Pay with a deposit of £70 £50, followed by 11 monthly instalments of £30
- OR
- Pay the total course fee in one sum of £400 £380 and also receive a special complimentary gift
To enrol by phone, please call our friendly course advisors on Freephone 0800 731 9271.
