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Overview
Sport therapists assess physical condition, prepare exercise sessions, adapt fitness exercises and communicate with healthcare professionals using appropriate medical terminology.
In job descriptions, look for rehabilitation exercise, controlled health conditions, client assessment, exercise safety, healthy lifestyle advice, fitness communication and coordination with medical staff.
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Sport therapists plan rehabilitation exercise for clients with controlled health conditions or elevated health risk. The work combines physical assessment, supervised sessions, exercise adaptation and communication with healthcare professionals.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes exercise preparation, physical-condition assessment, safe fitness environments, healthy lifestyle advice, medical terminology, personal fitness information and adapting exercises to client limits.
Salary context
Salary context depends on client complexity, supervision needs, exercise safety responsibility, communication with medical staff, programme design, group size and whether the role includes client progress analysis.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward rehabilitation exercise coordination, fitness programme design, health-promotion work, specialist exercise instruction, client assessment roles or fitness team leadership.
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Check whether adverts separate this work from medical treatment and name controlled health conditions, rehabilitation exercises, client assessment, safety routines, lifestyle advice and healthcare communication.
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Occupation group
fitness instructor (3423.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/394bdd9b-3ee8-43a9-b943-442ce146bb21 |
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| ESCO code | 3423.2.4 |
| ISCO group | 3423 |
| Concept type | Occupation |