Updates
August 2011
Sports Therapy Descriptor Approved by ASA
The SRTC has been working with the industry regulator to gain Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) approval of a descriptor for the discipline of sports therapy. The descriptor ensures that sports therapists can promote their practice citing the approved benefits without fear of complaints being made to the ASA by detractors of the profession. To view the ASA approved descriptor for sports therapy see below:
Sports Therapy descriptor
Sports therapy uses a range of therapeutic techniques for the prevention, recognition and treatment of minor sports injuries or related wear and tear. It can also be used to provide support with people wanting to maintain and improve fitness.
A typical session will involve appraising the injury using a number of techniques including posture analysis, gait analysis, biomechanical assessment, as well as soft tissue assessment. The session itself may include soft tissue therapy, mechanical and electrical treatment, cooling or warming therapy and mobilisation.
Sports therapy may be used to address an extensive range of injuries and illness. Sports therapy may also be found to be helpful in the mental preparation of athletes for sporting participation.
Choosing a practitioner
It is important to choose a qualified sports therapist who has undertaken all the necessary training to understand the theory and practice of this therapy area.
By choosing sports therapists registered with the member organisations of the SRTC you can be confident that they are professionally trained, qualified and insured.
April 2011
HPC confirms regulation unlikely
The SRTC has challenged the HPC recommendation to statutory regulate sports therapy.
The SRTC has received a response from the HPC Director of Policy & Standards which confirms that this is highly unlikely following the recent announcement that the government considers ‘assured voluntary regulation’ to be a better way of improving quality. The Command Paper ‘Enabling Excellence’ indicates that in future statutory regulation will only be considered in exceptional cases where voluntary registers are not considered sufficient to manage the risk. The SRTC believes that the HPC recommendation will be blocked by this change in government policy.
Sports Therapists are currently regulated by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) supported and funded by the Department of Health www.cnhc.org.uk
Click here to read the SRTC's letter to the HPC
Click here to read the HPC response to the SRTC's letter
Click here To read the full paper presented by the Secretary of State for Health
Regulation of Sports Therapists
Sports therapists are currently regulated by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), the government-backed voluntary regulator that is funded and supported by the Department of Health (DH). The DH advises GPs to recommend patients who are seeking sports therapy to consult with practitioners who are registered with the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council. This is evidenced in the DH October GP Bulletin click here
"There has been no decision from the Government to date as to whether they
will [statutory] regulate sports therapists and as such there is currently no timetable
for this regulation to take place. The HPC would not carry out any further
work with regard to the possible [statutory] regulation of sport therapists until the
Government decides that this profession should be [statutory] regulated."
To read the full HPC communication click here
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SRTC becomes BAC Official Benefit Provider
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SRTC council meeting held on 14th July 2010
SRTC council meeting held on 15th April 2010
SRTC Council Meeting with representatives of the Society of Sports Therapists.
CNHC launch the Sports & Remedial Therapies register.
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SRTC launch 14th January 2010
The inauguration of the Sports and Remedial Therapies Council (SRTC) took place in
January 2010 with the intention of becoming the proposed umbrella organisation of
the Sports Therapy and Remedial Therapy profession.
It is the remit of the SRTC to standardise Sports Therapy and Remedial Therapy by
bringing together the best practice within the industry.
To achieve this aim a set of objectives was outlined, agreed and are given below:
To promote the adoption of high standards of practice of Sports and Remedial Therapy; thereby to offer the public the means of accessing treatment of high professional standardTo establish a nationwide professionally determined standard of training, conduct and competence for the protection of the publicTo act as a unifying body by bringing together organisations engaged in representing or teaching Sports and Remedial therapy and to these ends in due course; and after full consultation with member organisations:To establish standards of training which incorporate the National Occupational standardsTo establish standards for continuing professional development of registered practitioners.
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