PTmc - PERSONAL TRAINER MASSAGE COACH
PTMC Package
£2199
This package combines the Level 2+3 Personal Training Diploma with the Level 3 Sports Massage Therapy Diploma. Sports massage is the perfect complement to your PT clients, so doing both courses will set you up to build a successful fitness and massage business.
Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing
This is your entry into the fitness industry. This level 2 qualification on it’s own is not particularly useful because most gyms will only employ level 3 qualified PTs.
However this course teaches you the basics and is the pre-requisite for the Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training
Topics:
- Professionalism & Customer Care
- Health & Safety
- Planning a PT Consultation
- Planning a Personal Training Session
- Anatomy & Physiology for Exercise
Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training
This course will teach you everything you need to know to build a successful PT business.
Upon completion you’ll be confident training a range of clients to achieve a range of goals. Plus you’ll learn exactly how to grow your business to £50k by the end of your first year.
Topics:
- The Principles of Nutrition
- Lifestyle, Health and Well-Being
- Encouraging Positive Health & Fitness Behaviour
- Programme Design and Delivery
- Professionalism and Business Acumen
- Applied Anatomy and Physiology
Anatomy and Physiology for Sports Massage
- Understand the structural organisation of the human body
- Understand the structure and functions of all the systems in the human body
- Understand the effects of sports massage on the body systems
The Principles of Soft Tissue Dysfunction
- Understand soft tissue dysfunction
- Understand the process of repair of soft tissue
Sports Massage Treatments
- Understand the fundamentals of sports massage treatments
- Understand how to screen clients for sports massage treatments
- Be able to carry out client assessments
- Be able to devise sports massage treatment plans
- Be able to apply sports massage treatments
Professional Practice in Sports Massage
- Understand the legislation required in sports massage
- Understand the scope of practice in sports massage
- Understand the standards relevant to the sports massage profession
- Understand the principles of professional practice in sports massage
- Understand how to produce, maintain and store client records
Principles of Health and Fitness
- Understand the benefits of an active, healthy lifestyle
- Understand the effects of exercise on the body
- Know the components of fitness
- Know the principles of training
- Understand the importance of healthy eating
Workshops
- Postural/movement assessment + lower limb massage techniques
- Upper limb massage techniques + aftercare/rehab
- Scenarios & role play – pre/post/maintenance massage
Online Self-Paced Learning – Our courses are delivered online with no set start or assessment dates giving you maximum flexibility to learn at your own pace.
You’ll find a combination of written and video content delivered by our team of expert tutors, which has been designed to give you the best level of education and leave you feeling ready to hit the ground running upon completion.
Learning Experience – We have designed a service that provides the level of interaction and support you’d expect from a face to face course, delivered online.
You won’t be left to figure it out for yourself, you’ll receive 1 to 1 support throughout the course via video and email and can expect a response from one of our expert coaches whenever you need it.
Workshops – There are 3 in-person workshops you’ll be expected to attend during your course. These are delivered by one of our expert sports massage coaches, you’ll learn in-depth different massage techniques, assessments and different client scenarios.
Workshops include:
- Postural/movement assessment + lower limb massage techniques
- Upper limb massage techniques + aftercare/rehab
- Scenarios & role play – pre/post/maintenance massage
Workbooks – There are interactive workbooks embedded throughout the course that you complete as you go. These include a range of question types testing your understanding of the course content, and helping you to retain the key topics you’ll use with your own clients.
Assignments – Some modules are assessed by you completing tasks such as a business plan, food diary analysis, promotional poster and more. These are designed to be the type of real life tasks you’ll carry out and put to use once you’re qualified.
Practise Treatments – You will have to complete 20 hours of practice treatments with at least 5 different people. This is to ensure you’re learning all the practical applications thoroughly, you can upload videos for help from a tutor at any point.
Practicals – You’ll perform the PT practicals at your own gym, record them and upload the videos on our platform for assessment. For Sports Massage you’ll attend an assessment day at our centre. You’ll be assessed on 3 different massages incorporating different assessments, strategies and treatments.
Call – If you need more interactive help you can schedule a voice or video call with a tutor at any point during your course to help with anything you need.
Direct Debit Payment Plan – Choose between 6, 12, 18 and 24 months and spread the cost of your course interest free with no credit checks.
The direct debit is directly with Create PT, so you don’t have to deal with any third party finance companies, and we can make changes for you at any point.
Entry Requirements
None
Accreditation
CIMSPA and Focus Awards
Career Options
Personal trainer, Gym & class instructor, Online coach, Sport specific coach, Bootcamp instructor, Self employed sports massage therapist, work for a sports team or medical practice, and more
qualification packages
Our Combined Personal Training qualification is available alongside other specialist qualifications packaged for specific career paths, skillsets and interests.
