
This course offers graduates a chance to study in-depth, the pathology of injuries and their causes and treatments. Graduates will be qualified to assess and treat soft tissue injuries to tendons, ligaments and muscles and be able to differentiate between their presentations and treatments. Injuries such as whiplash, rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, lower back pain, hamstring strains, shin splints, patella tracking syndromes, knee ligament injuries & ankle sprains, to name just a few, will be taught in relation to assessment, treatment, general rehabilitation and home care advice. A full sports massage course is included, with seven different advanced sports massage techniques being taught in detail.
Graduates are also fully trained in the application of pre and post event massage techniques to athletes before and after exercise or competition. As a result graduates can gain employment working with sports teams and athletes as the “Sports Physio”, where their services are in great demand both in injury prevention as well as in injury treatment and management. However, the qualification also allows graduates to treat members of the public with soft tissue injuries also, and many graduates have successfully set up their own private practices either on a full-time or part-time basis. Other graduates have also gained employment with physiotherapy practices, osteopaths, chiropractors, nursing homes and hospices.
| Course Location | Limerick |
| Course Category | Massage Therapy, Health Care |
| Course Type | Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online |
| Course Qualification | Award / Certificate |
| Awarding Body | Irish Training and Education Centre |
| Course Start Date | 10th October 2026 |
| Course End Date | 15th May 2027 |
| Course Duration | All our Courses Run for the Full Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Course Time | 9.30am - 4.30 pm at Planet Health Club, Childers Rd, Limerick, V94 A4XV |
| Course Fee | €2500 All prices include all exam fees and materials ,Installment plan is available |



The main aim of the Diploma in Sports Massage Therapy is to enable learners to gain the practical and theoretical skills necessary to provide Deep Tissue Massage & Sports Massage Therapy.
This course offers graduates a chance to study in-depth, the pathology of injuries and their causes and treatments.