An Osteopathy Australia titled ‘Advanced Sports Osteopath’ is an osteopath who can demonstrate long-term commitment to sustained practice in treating and managing sports injuries and athletic performance through continued educational obtainment and in clinical practice.
They will possess specific skills in all areas of sporting performance including but not limited to:
- Skills in biopsychosocial management protocols, self-management strategies and capability improvement programs to support biomechanical requirements in sport.
- exercise programming to rehabilitate and help reduce the recurrence of sporting injuries,
- an extensive understanding of pain and performance patterns which preclude sporting participation and/or predispose athletes to injury during play,
- and an understanding of all the intrinsic and extrinsic contributors associated with common injuries, with a goal to help maximise performance and minimise the effects of sporting injuries.
Titled Osteopaths have completed extensive further study and proven work experience in their field and have been independently assessed to meet the required standard.
For a comprehensive list of expected knowledge, capabilities, and skills that an Advanced Sports Osteopath will hold, please see the Quality Practice Framework.
Application Process
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Tertiary Pathway Application
- Candidates should download and read the Quality Practice Framework in Sports Management to better understand the broad knowledge, skills and capabilities required within each focus area to see if they will be able to meet the membership criteria
- Read the Sports Management Application Pack and use the below templates to complete the required paperwork:
- Read the Terms and Conditions
- Pay the application fee
- Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
- Await determination, approximately a six-week turnaround
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Vocational Pathway Application Process
- Candidates should download and read the Sports Management Quality Practice Framework to better understand the broad knowledge, skills and capabilities required within each focus area to ensure they will be able to meet the membership criteria.
- Read the Sports Management Application Pack and use the below templates to complete the required paperwork:
- Read the Terms and Conditions
- Pay the application fee
- Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
- Await determination, approximately a six-week turnaround
Extended Practice Application Process
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Professional Development Stream
- Candidates should download and read the Sports Management Quality Practice Framework to better understand the broad knowledge, skills and capabilities required within each focus area to see if they will be able to meet the membership criteria.
- Read the Sports Extended Practice Application Pack and complete the application paperwork relevant to the chosen focus area:
- Read the Terms and Conditions
- Pay the application fee
- Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
- Await determination, approximately a four-week turnaround
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Clinical Supervisory Stream
- Candidates should download and read the Sports Management Quality Practice Framework to better understand the broad knowledge, skills and capabilities required within each focus area to see if they will be able to meet the membership criteria.
- Read the Sports Management Extended Practice Application Pack and complete the application paperwork relevant to the chosen focus area:
- Read the Terms and Conditions
- Pay the application fee
- Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
- Await determination, approximately a four-week turnaround
Recredentialing Process
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Recredentialing Process
To ensure that our Advanced Practitioners continue to maintain, consolidate, and grow their knowledge and skills in their recognised focus area the recognition period will be valid for three years with the titled practitioner needing to undergo reassessment to remain titled. This process should be completed before the three year expiry to ensure titling does not lapse.
Recredentialing application process
- Read the Advanced Practice Sports Management Recredentialing Process Application Pack and use the following templates to complete the required paperwork:
- Read the Terms and Conditions
- Pay the application fee
- Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
