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Become a centre of excellence for rehabilitating sporty kids and junior athletes.

The Kids Back 2 Sport programme is designed to ensure that children can access the same high standards of care that adults receive when they are injured or need help.
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  • Support for Practitioners

Become a centre of excellence for rehabilitating sporty kids and junior athletes.

The Kids Back 2 Sport programme is designed to ensure that children can access the same high standards of care that adults receive when they are injured or need help.
Learn More
Join the Register
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We're developing exceptional clinicians to deliver the best outcomes for the young athletes of the future.

The Kids Back 2 Sport Directory enables children and their parents to seek out highly skilled health professionals, confident they have the knowledge to assess and diagnose their child and help them get safely back to sport and play.

What are the benefits to becoming a Kids Back 2 Sport Practitioner?

Develop the skills to land your dream job working in an MSK setting, paediatric specialism or working in an elite sports academy.

Develop a new revenue stream working with schools and clubs and attract new patients with a listing on the register.

Offer Continuing Professional Development to your team.
 
 

Ensure the same high standards offered to adult patients are matched for the adolescent population.
 

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How do I become a Kids Back 2 Sport clinician or clinic?

Enrol & complete the Online Toolkit

Pass the final assessment quiz

Register as a Practitioner

Become an outstanding clinician!

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  • Kids Back 2 Sport Toolkit

What will I learn?

The online course will take you step by step through:

  • Diagnosing childhood pathologies
  • Understanding the child's maturation status
  • Learn the questions to ask the younger patient
  • How to establish the baseline capacity of the athlete
  • How to assess readiness for a safe return to play
  • How to recognise overtraining
  • How to educate the athlete team
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Read what others say about the course

"An excellent course delivered by someone who clearly has not only passion but a huge amount of knowledge to share with delegates."
AnonPhysiotherapist
"Wow what an amazing course it is, thank you for all of the fantastic education and resources. It has played a huge role in developing my personal knowledge and skills and has improved my practice so much."
Rachel HillsPhysiotherapist
"I have learnt so much completing the Kids Back 2 Sport online course. As a newly qualified graduate I lacked a lot of understanding of children's growth and maturation and the major differences compared to the adult population. I now feel a lot more confident in my understanding of this and different child related injuries/presentations."
Clare CPhysiotherapist
"Angie delivers a fantastic course on the young athlete packed with up to date content, both theoretical and practical, to improve your holistic management and get superior outcomes. A must recommend for any clinicians at all levels looking to improve on their assessment and treatment of the younger athlete."
Daniel EliasPhysiotherapist
  • FAQs for Clinicians Interested in Becoming a Kids Back 2 Sport Practitioner

A Kids Back 2 Sport Practitioner is a healthcare professional who has completed specialist training in assessing and rehabilitating sports injuries in children and young athletes. Practitioners listed in the directory understand the unique challenges of treating growing bodies and helping young athletes return safely to sport.

The programme is designed for healthcare professionals working with musculoskeletal injuries in young people. This may include physiotherapists, sports therapists, osteopaths and other clinicians who want to develop specialist knowledge in youth athlete injuries.

Children and adolescents are still growing, which means their bones, muscles and tendons respond differently to training and injury compared to adults. Understanding growth, maturation and training load is essential to accurately diagnose injuries and guide safe rehabilitation.

Clinicians typically complete the Kids Back 2 Sport Online Toolkit, pass the final assessment quiz, and then register as a practitioner. The training covers topics such as childhood pathologies, growth and maturation, injury risk and safe return to sport.

The course teaches clinicians how to recognise common youth sports injuries, assess the maturity status of young athletes, establish an athlete’s baseline capacity and determine when it is safe for them to return to sport.

Joining the directory allows clinicians to attract families looking for specialists in youth sports injuries, develop new professional opportunities with schools and sports clubs, build expertise in paediatric musculoskeletal care, and offer continuing professional development for their team.

The directory allows parents, coaches and young athletes to find clinicians who have experience treating sports injuries in children. This helps families feel confident they are seeking advice from professionals who understand the needs of growing athletes.

Yes. Clinics can register as part of the programme and support their team with additional training in youth athlete rehabilitation. This helps clinics develop expertise in treating sports injuries in children and adolescents.

Practitioners focus on evidence-based rehabilitation that considers growth, development, training load and confidence. The goal is not just to treat the injury, but to help young athletes return to sport safely and reduce the risk of future injuries.

Healthcare professionals interested in joining the programme can enrol in the online training toolkit and complete the assessment to become listed in the Kids Back 2 Sport directory.

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