Alumni Programme
Once you've finished your course, we appreciate that you'll need some help and along the way to turn your qualification into a successful career. Our Alumni programme offers a range of resources, support, job opportunities & discounts.
Membership of the programme is free forever and automatic from the day you qualify.
Support - Advice Service
We'll teach you about a range of conditions which you'll encounter on a regular basis, but there will be lots more you've never even heard of. Our experienced tutors are on hand to offer you advice on tricky clients or conditions, CPD opportunities, marketing, accounting and even your tax return.
Resources - Everything you need
We pride ourselves in giving you all the tools required for the job. On graduation, you are given access to templates for client record cards, risk assessments, policies, simple accounting, marketing materials and more.
Job Opportunities - Earning potential and world class experience
Our graduates are in demand from employers, sports clubs & teams, event organisers and more. We arrange paid work with our partners exclusively for our graduates. We've done everything from 5k races to international strongman competitions, allowing our graduates to put their skills to use whilst earning or getting to handle elite athletes.
Discounts - Increasing your bottom line
We work hard to ensure running your business is as profitable as possible:
- 10% discount on any further courses with the sports massage academy, such as the Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy.
- Discounts on essential equipment and supplies, such as massage tables and kinesiology tape.
- Discounted insurance with our partners Balens.
Graduate of the Month
Louise Craig - February 2025
Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy
Background:
My background is in engineering where I started as a Mechanical Engineering Apprentice in the aerospace industry 18 years ago. I built my career in Industrial Manufacturing while studying a Masters Degree in Engineering and Business Management while working full time. I went on to Director level running factories globally travelling the world working in different countries and cultures with large cross functional teams and a huge customer focus. Over the last 5 years I started to improve my fitness with a PT and then moved onto online coaching. My coach at this point introduced me to bodybuilding and I started to train in this style. I found the sport really interesting and the process to me was very similar to engineering - having a vision and goal of a product, understanding the inputs and requirements to achieve that, creating a process for it to work, monitoring, reviewing and analysing the results then continually adapting to improve that. With that I then developed an interest in Sports Massage.
How have you used your new qualification?
Since graduating I have opened my own clinic and built a business which serves everyone combined with a niche in bodybuilding. The same principles as engineering apply to my business. I need to understand my customers well - what do bodybuilders need and what does the general public need? I must understand anatomy well, know how to investigate when things are not working correctly or optimally, know the process and techniques to fix it, test the result and then continually improve. I tailor my business around body building because I find it a fascinating sport and I hold a lot of admiration for athletes who compete in this sport. It is one of longevity, discipline, relentless determination and humility and the type of people who partake in it have these qualities. You become aligned within a population of people who hold the skill of delayed gratification and show discipline and compassion.
What did you think of the Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy course you attended?
I thoroughly enjoyed my training with Sports Massage Academy I have complete my Level 4, Cupping and IASTM with them and I found them all to be really well run. The instructors are great and teach in a way which suits me, is easy to understand and the support post training is great too. I know I can call upon the instructors if I need to. I've now chosen to carry on with the Level 5 course with Luke on a 1:1 basis and I'm really looking forward to completing that by the end of 2025.
More about the Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy
What would you say to anyone looking to train in Sports Massage Therapy?
If you want to have a great business then focus on being a great therapist. Your mission is to bring value to your customers. That means you need to build knowledge, skills and nurture lasting relationships with them while having solutions to their problems. Master that then the rest will follow.
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