A great way to become a sports & rehabilitation therapist is to enroll in an accredited school such as SOCHi and get your associate's degree. After meeting with an admissions advisor you can find out if the program is a right fit for you. You can get down to the details of curriculum, job outlook, skills needed and any other topics you need to discuss to get started in your program. Once you get started, you can get finished in about 14 months! After that you will be on your way to a fruitful career.

As for what you will learn, the program provides the student with training in rehabilitation methods, massage therapy, and personal fitness with an integrated approach to health and wellness.

The program enhances the therapist’s skill set by offering study in massage theory and application as well as program design and corrective movement for sports training and recovery.

Training in medical massage therapy, specialized populations massage, Russian sports massage, and additional massage therapy modalities including lymph drainage, myofascial release, and trigger point therapy, as well as specific methods of rehabilitation exercise and use of modalities to assist in overcoming injury and enhancing performance, are covered.

The program also offers training in anatomy, physiology and kinesiology, exercise physiology, pathology, CPR and first aid certification, professional ethics, hygiene, and business principles.

The courses are designed with prerequisites to provide an increasing difficulty level to enhance a student’s mastery of the required skills and concepts.

Students of this program must complete 28 hours of general education, including English I and II, Sociology, Economics and Anatomy, and Physiology, to meet the requirements of the associate’s degree.

The courses are offered in a Hybrid IDL format, with lecture hours taking place remotely and lab and practicum hours completed on site.

Sports and Rehab Specialists help patients on their healing journey and guide them mentally and physically to get past any injuries and avoid any further hurdles through preventative and immediate care. Below is an extensive list of some daily duties of a Sports and Rehab Specialist:

A Sports and Rehab Specialist can work in various places. Below is a list of some of the places you can get employed once you graduate.

To ensure that applicants meet the entry-level requirements for training that will lead toward a degree, we require certain documentation for students enrolling in our CNA course. Students must be 18 years old or older and have a high school diploma or GED.

For assistance or questions with any of these requirements, please contact our admissions office at (818) 980-8990.

After receiving your associate's degree in sports and rehabilitation therapy you will have many different career avenues you can head down. Here is a list of jobs you can have as you progress in your career:

• Certified Massage Therapist - Certified Massage Therapists will experience 32% (much faster than average) growth in the field.
• Physical Therapist - Employment of physical therapists is projected to grow 21 percent from 2020 to 2030, much faster than the average for all occupations. Physical Therapists had a median pay of about $46 an hour in 2021!
• Physical Therapy Aides and Assistants - Overall employment of physical therapist assistants and aides is projected to grow 32 percent from 2020 to 2030, much faster than the average for all occupations.
• Rehabilitation Therapist - Employment of occupational therapists is projected to grow 17 percent from 2020 to 2030, much faster than the average for all occupations.