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Sports Massage and Sports Therapy Training School offering a range of accredited qualifications and CPD Short courses. Swindon based Injury Clinic
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Face to Face, Live Online & Fully Online courses available. Dawn Morse of Core Elements Training provides accredited qualifications in Sports Therapy modalities, including Level 3 Massage Therapy, Level 4 Sports and Remedial Massage and Level 5 diploma in Sports and Clinical Therapy. A range of accredited CPD short courses are also available via Face to Face and Live Online delivery, including: Electrotherapy, Dry Needling, Dry Cupping, Sports Taping and Clinical Yoga. Training courses are delivered by Dawn Morse and her team. Dawn is the directing founder or Core a Elements Training. Dawn was a Sports Science and Therapy Lecture for the Open University and The University of Bath. Dawn has taken part in several research projects for Exeter University and has had many articles published in International Therapist, Massage World and Om Yoga and Lifestyle Magazine. These articles can be found on the Core Elements website.

26/08/2025

📣 Did you know we have Online CPD Courses Now Available!

We’ve taken some of our training courses fully online, so you can develop your skills from anywhere & anytime.

🎓 Available courses:

* Dry Cupping for Functional Movement
* Sports Massage Refresher
* Science of Stretching
* Clinical Yoga
* Passive Stretching for Sports Massage

💡 Why learn online?
�✔️ Study at your own pace, in your own space�✔️ Access video demonstrations and course materials whenever you like�✔️ Learn directly from experienced tutors via interactive online teaching�✔️ Lifetime access to revision content
Whether you’re refreshing existing skills or adding new ones to your clinical practice, these courses will help you treat with confidence and expand your client services.

👉 https://coreelements.uk.com/product-category/online-courses/

25/08/2025

✨ Woukd you like to extend your massage skills from Level 3 to Level 4?

💪 Advance Your Skills – Become a Sports and Remedial Massage Therapist.

Our Level 4 Sports and Remedial Massage Diploma is designed for therapists who want to move beyond general massage and develop the skills to assess and treat sports injuries with confidence.

🎓 What You’ll Learn:�✔️ Advanced massage techniques including:

* Muscle Energy Techniques (METs)
* Soft Tissue Release (STR)
* PNF Stretching
* Myofascial Release
* Neuromuscular Techniques (Trigger Pointing, Strain-Counter-Strain, Manual Compression)
* Deep Frictions, Active Movement, Thermal Modalities & Intro to Kinesiology Taping
✔️ Injury assessment & musculoskeletal testing�✔️ How to design treatment plans from assessment to treatment to re-testing�✔️ Injury management strategies to support recovery and prevention

🧑‍🏫 Course Assessments:

* Practical assessment
* Video assessment
* Detailed case study

🎯 On successful completion you’ll
be able to:

* Treat sports injuries effectively
* Gain insurance to practise
* Join professional bodies such as FHT, STO, or LCSP
* Work as a fully qualified Sports & Remedial Massage Therapist

📅 Next Course Date: 31st October 2025
📍 Location: Swindon

👉 Booking link https://coreelements.uk.com/sport-massage-diploma-and-certificate-courses/

23/08/2025

✨ Still lots to do, but we now have one of the clinic rooms ready, what a change!!

✨The guys from Living Edge Construction have done an amazing job so far 👌, thank you.

We’re on track for opening this September and welcoming our our course members and clinic clients to our new venue on Newport Street, Swindon.

Signs are hopefully going up this weekend 😁🙌

22/08/2025

💉 Master the Art of Dry Needling – Elevate Your Clinical Skills

Looking to reduce pain, improve mobility, and accelerate recovery for your clients? Our accredited Dry Needling Course will give you the confidence and competence to integrate this highly effective technique into your practice safely.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:�✔️ How to identify and treat myofascial trigger points�✔️ Safe and effective needle handling techniques�✔️ Clinical reasoning for when and how to apply dry needling�✔️ Integration with manual therapy, rehab, and sports therapy�✔️ Managing client comfort, contraindications, and safety

💡 Why Dry Needling?
* Provides rapid pain relief
* Improves range of motion and muscle function
* Complements existing treatment approaches
* Effective for both acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions
*
🎓 Perfect for: Physiotherapists, sports therapists, osteopaths, massage therapists, and other therapy professionals looking to expand their skill set.

📅 Dates:
Swindon - Thursday 11th & Friday 12th September 2025
from 09:30 – 17:00 daily

Liverpool - Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th October 2025
from 09:30 – 17:00 daily
�➡️ https://coreelements.uk.com/dry-needling-courses/

📍 Location: Swindon and Liverpool

20/08/2025

🧠Thinking about enhancing your clinical skills?

💧 Learn Manual Lymphatic Drainage – Gentle Technique, Powerful Results

Our accredited Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) Course will teach you how to use this gentle, rhythmic therapy to support recovery, reduce swelling, and improve wellbeing for your clients.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:�✔️ The anatomy and physiology of the lymphatic system�✔️ Safe and effective MLD techniques�✔️ How to integrate MLD into your current treatments�✔️ Protocols for post-surgery care, injury recovery, and chronic conditions�✔️ Client care, safety considerations, and contraindications

💡 Why MLD?
* Reduces swelling, fluid retention, and inflammation
* Boosts immune system function
* Speeds recovery from injury or surgery
* Relieves discomfort from conditions like lymphoedema
* Promotes deep relaxation and wellbeing

🩺 Perfect for: Sports therapists, massage therapists, physiotherapists, and other health and wellness professionals wanting to offer a specialised, in-demand service.

If you’d like to learn more about this modality, our next MLD short course runs this October in Swindon.

To find out more https://coreelements.uk.com/mld/

19/08/2025

✨ Ahh it’s an end of a chapter for our Training Centre as our sign comes down at Bath Road!

Feeling slightly sad, but also excited for our new beginnings at our new Centre in Newport Street in Swindon.

Feels a bit sad to skip our old sign….

So what are your thoughts 💭

1. Skip it

*2. Clean it and give it a home inside the new centre

18/08/2025

✨Just one of the techniques that we cover on our accredited day CPD course in Myofascial Dry Cupping.

Learn online or face to face

Boost your treatments with dry cupping therapy – a powerful technique to release muscle tension, improve circulation, and speed recovery.

🎓 What you’ll gain:

✔️ Practical, accredited training
✔️ Safe, effective application of cupping in sports & clinical settings
✔️ Skills you can use straight away with your clients

🏫 Face-to-Face – Hands-on guidance and feedback

💻 Live Online – Train from anywhere with interactive learning & real time feedback from our course tutor

📅 Face to Face on Monday 15th September 2025
or

Online on Saturday 11th October 2025

Booking is available via our course page at ➡️ https://coreelements.uk.com/dry-cupping-therapy-certificate-course/

16/08/2025

🎓 Boost Your Clinical Toolkit in Just 2 Days!

Join us for our back-to-back taping courses this October – perfect for therapists wanting to enhance treatment outcomes and client support.

🟢 Kinesiology Taping – 16th Oct
Learn how to reduce pain, improve movement, and support recovery with elastic tape techniques that complement manual therapy and rehab.

⚪ Sports Taping & Strapping – 17th Oct
Master rigid taping methods for stabilising joints, protecting injuries, and safely guiding clients through return-to-play or daily function.

💡 Perfect for clinical use:
✔️ Post-treatment support
✔️ Injury prevention
✔️ Performance taping
✔️ Added value for active and rehab-focused clients

📅 Dates: 16th & 17th October 2025

📍 Hands-on, face-to-face training

https://coreelements.uk.com/kinesiology-taping-course-swindon/

https://coreelements.uk.com/sports-taping-and-strapping-course/

14/08/2025

🩹 Sports Taping & Strapping – Essential Support On and Off the Field

Sports taping and strapping is a foundational skill in injury management and prevention, offering rigid, targeted support to vulnerable joints and soft tissues during high-demand activity.

📜 A bit of history:

The use of taping in sport dates back to the early 20th century, first gaining popularity among athletic trainers in the U.S. Taping techniques evolved alongside competitive sport, becoming a staple in physiotherapy, sports therapy, and pitch-side care worldwide.

💡 What Is Sports Taping & Strapping?

It involves using rigid or semi-rigid tape to:
✔️ Restrict harmful ranges of motion
✔️ Support injured or unstable joints
✔️ Protect healing tissues during activity
✔️ Reduce pain through proprioceptive feedback
✔️ Assist in return-to-play decisions

🏉 Common applications include:

Ankle sprains
Knee ligament support (MCL/LCL)
Shoulder instability
Thumb and wrist injuries
Joint hypermobility
Postural corrections

🩺 How It Fits Into Clinical Practice:
Sports taping is an essential tool for:
🔹 Pitch-side and event therapy
🔹 Pre-training protection
🔹 Post-injury recovery and return-to-sport planning
🔹 Pairing with rehab and manual therapy for added stability

🎓 Want to master the technique?

Join our accredited Sports Taping & Strapping CPD course — designed for manual therapists, sports therapists, PTs, and rehab professionals.

📍 Learn face-to-face with expert tutors in a hands-on environment
📅 17th October 2025
👉https://coreelements.uk.com/sports-taping-and-strapping-course/

11/08/2025

🎽 Kinesiology Taping for Sports Performance and Rehab – More Than Just Tape!

Let's look at what and why?

Kinesiology Taping (or K-Taping) is a dynamic, elastic therapeutic tape designed to support movement, not restrict it. First developed in the 1970s by Japanese chiropractor Dr. Kenzo Kase, it was created as a way to continue treatment between sessions—offering physical support while encouraging natural healing.

💡 Why Use Kinesiology Tape in Clinical Practice?

✔️ Supports muscles and joints without limiting range of motion
✔️ Reduces pain and inflammation
✔️ Improves circulation and lymphatic drainage
✔️ Enhances proprioception and body awareness
✔️ Useful for both acute and chronic conditions
✔️ Can aid in posture correction, injury prevention, and sports performance

🏃‍♂️ In Sports & Rehab Settings:
K-Taping is widely used for:

Muscle activation or inhibition
Tendon and ligament support
Managing bruising or swelling
Stabilising joints post-injury
Improving neuromuscular control in rehab

🩺 How It Fits Into Clinical Practice:
Kinesiology Taping is a fantastic adjunct to:

🔹 Manual therapy
🔹 Rehab exercises
🔹 Dry needling or cupping
🔹 Sports massage and injury management
🔹 Return-to-play strategies
🎓 Learn how to apply K-Tape safely and effectively with our CPD-accredited Kinesiology Taping courses — suitable for therapists, trainers, and movement professionals.

📅 Join us 16th October 2025 - Swindon

👉 https://coreelements.uk.com/kinesiology-taping-course-swindon/

09/08/2025

✨Another great review that came through our Google page.

⭐️Thank you for your comments, we appreciate every review and it’s great to know that you would recommend us to others 👌

08/08/2025

🏋️‍♂️ Rehab Isn’t Optional — It’s Essential.

As a Sports Therapist or Massage Professional, manual therapy is just the beginning. To deliver lasting results and help your clients move better, perform better, and stay injury-free, you need to master the art and science of rehabilitation.

🎓 Our CPD Certificate in Rehabilitation for Sport and Exercise equips you with the practical knowledge and clinical reasoning to integrate rehab into your treatments — safely, effectively, and professionally.

💡 This course can be completed either:
🏫 Face-to-Face – Ideal for hands-on learners who want real-time feedback and in-person guidance
💻 Live Online – Learn from anywhere, with interactive teaching, Q&A, and access to all materials and recorded content

🔹 Over 3 focused days, you'll learn how to:
✔️ Design and deliver progressive rehab plans
✔️ Restore movement, strength, and confidence
✔️ Support recovery from injury to return to sport
✔️ Expand your treatment approach with movement-based therapy
✔️ Meet Level 5 standards of care in Sports Therapy and Massage

🧑‍🏫 This course is a stand-alone accredited CPD Certificate and also forms a module within our Level 5 Diploma in Sports and Clinical Therapy.

✅ Who can attend?

Level 4+ Sports Massage & Sports Therapists
Level 4+ Therapy professionals (including osteos, PTs, etc.)
Military PTIs & performance coaches

📍 Choose your learning format:

🏫 In-person practical delivery. 10th, 11th & 12th October 2025

💻 Live, tutor-led online sessions with recordings and digital resources 15th & 16th November plus 22nd November 2025

👉 https://coreelements.uk.com/sports-rehab-short-course/

Address

First Floor, 8 Bath Rd, Old Town
Swindon
SN1 4BA

Website

http://www.coreelements.uk.com/

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Core Elements Training - Our Story

Dawn Morse of Core Elements provides Sports Massage Therapy and Sports Therapy modality based courses within Swindon, Wiltshire.

Core Elements Training provides accredited Level 3, Level 4 and Level 5 qualifications in Sports Massage Therapy and Clinical Therapy along with short courses in Electrotherapy, Manual therapy, Dry Needling and Rehabilitation, and day courses in Dry Cupping Therapy, Sports Taping and Strapping and Kinesiology Taping.

Some of our Short courses and CPD day courses are available in Swindon, Liverpool, Tyne and Wear, Exeter and Dublin. Yoga CPD workshops such as Anatomy for Yoga, The Science of Stretching and Yoga Science and Back Pain are provided throughout the year in Swindon. Core Elements also offer regular Hot Yoga classes in Swindon and Malmesbury, and occasional Yoga Day Retreats in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Training courses, workshops and classes are delivered by Dawn Morse MSc, who is the founder of Core Elements. Dawn was a Sports Science and Therapy Lecturer for the University of Bath Sports Therapy degree for 8 years and is now an Associate Lecturer for the Open University.

Articles from by Dawn Morse have also been featured in International Therapist and Massage World Magazine, Men’s Running Magazine and Om Yoga and Lifestyle magazine. Dawn is also a panel expert on the Q & A panel for Women’s Running Magazine.