Our 11 and 23 day courses lead to a level 4 or 5 BTEC Professional Diploma in Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy. Either of these qualifications will give you the skills needed to practice as a professional therapist, requiring that therapists are able to design and implement appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans.  

BTEC has considered and accepted every element of these courses - including assignments - allowing us to achieve very high levels of competency.   

What is the difference between BTEC Levels 4 & 5? 
The main difference between the two qualifications is that Level 5 has more emphasis on the client evaluation and assessment and treatment of complex conditions.  It also requires that the therapist can formulate and justify hypotheses as to the cause of presenting conditions.  

Level 4: enables the therapist to apply safe and effective remedial and sports massage techniques, taking into account physiological and psychological influences. 

Level 5: further develops the ability of the therapist to make decisions through analytical processes that can lead to an effective treatment of soft tissue conditions.  

The Highest Standard 
Qualifying at Level 4 & 5 allows you to work in private practice or within the highest level of sport.  Some of our graduates are now working with premier sports men and women. Others have gone on to join established health teams and clinics or have started their own independent clinics. 

Graduates of both levels can also become members of The Sports Massage Association (SMA) and the Register of Remedial Masseurs and Manipulative Therapists (LCSP). 

NLSSM is an approved training provider for the LSC scheme. Provider number 12198

Accredited by the Sports Massage Association	Accredited by BTEC/Edexcel	NLSSM supports the General Council for Massage Therapies
NLSSM supports the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council	Accredited by the LSCP Register of Remedial Masseurs and Manipulative Therapists

Time and again, research has shown that people remember things best when they learn by doing.  Not just once or twice, but repeatedly and regularly. 

Intensive courses, by their nature, do not create the best environment for learning.  They may seem convenient but that convenience comes at a high price - your standard of education.

At NLSSM we are passtionate about helping our students to be their very best.  BTEC Levels 4 & 5 are professiona qualifications, so it's only fitting thart we teach them professionally, and that's why we will never offer our courses as an intensive option.