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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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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
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.
Good to know
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.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Activities of fitness centres
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include personal trainer, pilates teacher and fitness instructor.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 5
Physical Therapist Assistants
31-2021.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSports Medicine Physicians
29-1229.06
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETExercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
39-9031.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETPhysical Therapists
29-1123.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETAdapted Physical Education Specialists
25-2059.01
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
93.13Activities of fitness centres
Alternative labels
Occupation group
fitness instructor (3423.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/394bdd9b-3ee8-43a9-b943-442ce146bb21 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3423.2.4 |
| ISCO group | 3423 |
| Concept type | Occupation |