City & Guilds Sports Massage 2005

[Rafael M]

Hi

I have been qualified in therapeutic massage (ITEC) since 1995 and in 2005 did the above 12 week course in Sports Massage. It was only the 2nd year that C&G had run it and I wasn't incredibly impressed by the lack of support that you were given - alot of the time you were told that as you were a qualified therapist that you should already know all of your a & p (like completely up to scratch - each muscle, membrane etc) - so there was no further training on that. Conditions - we were just told to research rather than getting in-depth training on that but at least the techniques were well taught and I have used them ever since.

My issue is that whilst I seem to have been successful in the conditions I have treated (mainly tight shoulders/neck/glutes/hamstrings etc) I would shy away from someone who was an athlete or even an amateur sports person because I just feel that my 3 months versus someone elses 12 months of training, doesn't really match. Has anyone had any experience of the course I did and are there any thoughts on the course/post?

Cheers Muchley!