sports massage courses brighton
The LSSM started the first ever Sports Massage course in September 1989. Set up
and taught by Mel Cash, this was based on the first ever book on Sports Massage
that he wrote the year before. We were also the first massage school to be
externally validated by BTEC (the main Government-backed awarding body in the
UK). Ours is a ‘Customised Qualification’ which we design ourselves and operate
in the way we believe is best. BTEC then independently assess this and they
approved our first Sports Massage qualification with a Level 4 standard. BTEC
annually carry out a thorough audit of our whole operation to ensure we maintain
the high standard and quality of our training. We have carefully designed our
course to meet the needs of mature (non-school leaver) students looking for a
new career which is why we run part-time courses at weekend spread over a longer
period of time. The weekend classes are devoted mostly to teaching hands-on
practical skills which can only be learned properly in a classroom along with
other students and experienced tutors. The underpinning theory is now taught
online so students can fit this in with their lives better. But LSSM has always
been more than just a school, we are also the pioneer of a new sector of modern
healthcare. We are led by Mel and his close team of tutors who are all dedicated
hands-on therapists that have constantly strived to better meet the needs of
their clients. Developing from their Sports Massage roots they acquired higher
skills in the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of people suffering with
pain and injury. This has also given them a much wider scope of practice and
made it a much more stimulating and rewarding life-time career. Over the years
we have integrated these new clinically proven skills into our training and our
BTEC qualification is now Level 5, called Soft Tissue Therapy and takes about
one-year. It still includes Sports Massage but is now much more focused treating
musculoskeletal pain and injury with people from all walks of life. Our main
training centre is in central London, at Regent’s University premises inside
Regent’s Park, and we have another branch at Totton College near Southampton.
Our administration office is in Willesden Green, NW London.
