Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy, High Performance Sport

This double degree of Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy, High Performance Sportfrom Australian Catholic University (ACU)empowers physiotherapists to work with athletes and people of all ages, abilities and cultural contexts, in community, elite or high performance sport and exercise settings, in both the private and public sectors.

You will acquire advanced knowledge of normal and pathological human movement relating to sports, exercise, performance, injuries, pathology and disease. You will also better understand how wellbeing relates to performance, and critically analyse, synthesise and apply knowledge using an evidence-informed, person-centred approach to manage sports injuries or other health conditions.Top 100 worldwide in Sport and Exercise Science Shanghai Ranking, Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2024

Learn to integrate specialised technical skills with advanced principles and strategies of strength and conditioning, fatigue management and recovery to design, deliver and evaluate meaningful interventions to enhance athlete and team performance and reduce the likelihood and/or duration of injury and illness. This course emphasises the application of knowledge and skills in an ethical manner that promotes the dignity of the individual, athlete or performer.

This Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy, High Performance Sport double degree from Australian Catholic University (ACU) is suitable for graduate physiotherapists eligible for registration in their own country, with a minimum two years’ experience post-graduation.

Careers

You will be able to apply the theory and practice you've learned to a range of health provider settings including but not limited to:

• professional and semi-professional sporting organisations

• community sport settings

• national and state institutes of sport

• academies of sport

• government and non-government funded sporting programs (e.g. university, school or post-school sporting clubs)

• government prevention and management of chronic disease through exercise programs

• international high performance sport organisations

Courses include:

• Advanced Principles of Human Movement for Exercise and Sports Performance

• Strength and Conditioning for Performance and Rehabilitation

• Sports Injury Prevention

• Physiotherapists Working in Sport

• Clinical Exercise for Health and Performance Across the Lifespan