Knowledge for a more efficient body.
Exercise therapy is all about the use of specific stylised movements to improve the functional capacity of structures within the body system.
The Cengage Education Exercise Therapy course gives students a grounding in anatomy and physiology and the role of exercise in body repair. You’ll learn about the effects of movement on the skeletal system, musculature and body chemistry and maintenance of the homoeostasis.
The course demonstrates the use of exercise as an adjunct to manual therapy treatments.
On completion of your course:
Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Cengage Education Exercise Therapy Certificate.
Key areas of learning:
Anatomy and physiology
- Define anatomy, physiology and homeostasis
- Explain how the homeostasis is maintained
- List and describe the levels of structural organisation of the human body
- List and describe terms referring to the body location or position and direction
- List and describe terms referring to body planes and sections
- List and describe term referring to cavities of the human body
Exercise therapy
- Explain the usefulness of exercise therapy to the manual therapist
- Define the different categories and types of exercise
- Introduce the different types of equipment that can be used
- Explain the term stress and its implication in the use of exercise therapy
- Explain the FITT principle and discuss its usefulness in the prescription of Exercise as therapy