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IASTM (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilisation)

IASTM (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilisation)

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  • On-Demand course

  • Intermediate level

Description

This course is intended for anyone who has already undertaken a sports massage course training and would like to develop their skillset, incorporating targeted use of IASTM to work more deeply on clients with higher levels of tension

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • to select specific tools, techniques and treatment plans for clinical conditions

  • compare mechanical and physiological responses of IASTM

  • explain the difference between a fascial restriction and muscle tightness

  • identify indications and contraindications of IASTM

  • to explain the reasoning behind IASTM

  • to understand how to identify common fascial restrictions

  • to differentiate between spinal stenosis, spondylosis and lumbar radiculopathy

  • to differentiate between active and latent trigger points

Accredited by the IGCT. 10 CPD points

Course Content

INTRODUCTION
  1. COURSE CONTENT
  2. LEGISLATION
  3. PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
IASTM:THE BASICS
  1. INTRODUCTION TO IASTM
  2. PRINCIPLES & APPLICATION OF IASTM
  3. BENEFITS OF IASTM
  4. PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO IASTM
  5. INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS & PRECAUTIONS
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
  1. IASTM TOOLS:CONSIDERATIONS
  2. COMMON TOOLS AVAILABLE
  3. TECHNIQUES:CONSIDERATIONS
  4. TYPES OF STROKES
FASCIA & FASCIAL SLINGS
  1. WHAT IS FASCIA?
  2. LAYERS OF FASCIA
  3. TENSEGRITY
  4. FASCIAL SLINGS
  5. TRIGGER POINTS
  6. POSTURAL V PHASIC MUSCLES
CLINICAL PATTERNS & MOVEMENT DYSFUNCTIONS
  1. WHAT IS A CLINICAL PATTERN?
HEAD AND NECK DYSFUNCTIONS
  1. CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS
  2. CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION
  3. CERVICAL FACET SYNDROME
  4. CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
  5. WHIPLASH
  6. CONCUSSIONS
  7. THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME
SHOULDER DYSFUNCTIONS
  1. SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME
  2. ROTATOR CUFF TEAR
  3. BANKART LESIONS
  4. SLAP TEARS
  5. HILLS SACHS LESION
  6. GLENOHUMERAL INSTABILITY
  7. GLENOHUMERAL SEPARATION & DISLOCATION
  8. ACROMIOCLAVICULAR SPRAINS
  9. BURSITIS (SUB DELTOID/SUB AROMIAL)
  10. ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS
LUMBAR DYSFUNCTIONS
  1. LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS (OSTEOARTHRITIS)
  2. LUMBAR SPONDYLOLYSIS
  3. SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
  4. SPINAL STENOSIS
  5. HERNIATED DISC
  6. FACET JOINT DYSFUNCTION
ELBOW DYSFUNCTIONS
  1. LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS
HIP DYSFUNCTIONS
  1. GLUTEAL TENDINOPATHY
  2. ILIOTIBIAL BAND SYNDROME
  3. HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS
  4. TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
  5. FEMORAL ACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT
  6. HIP LABRAL LESIONS
  7. HIP BURSITIS
KNEE DYSFUNCTIONS
  1. PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME
  2. CHONDROMALACIA PATELLA
  3. MENISCAL TEARS
  4. KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
  5. TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
ANKLE DYSFUNCTIONS
  1. ANKLE SPRAINS AND STRAINS
  2. ACHILLES TENDONITIS
  3. PLANTAR FASCIITIS
  4. TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
  5. STRESS FRACTURE
  6. ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
  7. SEVERS DISEASE
  8. MORTONS NEUROMA
  9. CASE STUDY
SUGGESTED TREATMENT STROKES
  1. IASTM FOR THE UPPER BODY
  2. IASTM FOR LUMBAR AND HIP
  3. IASTM FOR THE THIGH
  4. IASTM FOR THE CALF AND FOOT
FINAL ASSESSMENT
  1. FINAL ASSESSMENT

About The Provider

I qualified in Swedish massage and Preheat treatments back in 1997, and while I continued to use my massage qualification, my main career was as a surgical nurse and then a midwife on a high risk unit. After another 9 years of working with mainly physically disabled children and...
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