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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

14 sections69 lessons
INTRODUCTION3 lessons
  1. 1COURSE CONTENT
  2. 2LEGISLATION
  3. 3PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
IASTM:THE BASICS5 lessons
  1. 1INTRODUCTION TO IASTM
  2. 2PRINCIPLES & APPLICATION OF IASTM
  3. 3BENEFITS OF IASTM
  4. 4PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO IASTM
  5. 5INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS & PRECAUTIONS
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES4 lessons
  1. 1IASTM TOOLS:CONSIDERATIONS
  2. 2COMMON TOOLS AVAILABLE
  3. 3TECHNIQUES:CONSIDERATIONS
  4. 4TYPES OF STROKES
FASCIA & FASCIAL SLINGS6 lessons
  1. 1WHAT IS FASCIA?
  2. 2LAYERS OF FASCIA
  3. 3TENSEGRITY
  4. 4FASCIAL SLINGS
  5. 5TRIGGER POINTS
  6. 6POSTURAL V PHASIC MUSCLES
CLINICAL PATTERNS & MOVEMENT DYSFUNCTIONS1 lessons
  1. 1WHAT IS A CLINICAL PATTERN?
HEAD AND NECK DYSFUNCTIONS7 lessons
  1. 1CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS
  2. 2CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION
  3. 3CERVICAL FACET SYNDROME
  4. 4CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
  5. 5WHIPLASH
  6. 6CONCUSSIONS
  7. 7THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME
SHOULDER DYSFUNCTIONS10 lessons
  1. 1SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME
  2. 2ROTATOR CUFF TEAR
  3. 3BANKART LESIONS
  4. 4SLAP TEARS
  5. 5HILLS SACHS LESION
  6. 6GLENOHUMERAL INSTABILITY
  7. 7GLENOHUMERAL SEPARATION & DISLOCATION
  8. 8ACROMIOCLAVICULAR SPRAINS
  9. 9BURSITIS (SUB DELTOID/SUB AROMIAL)
  10. 10ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS
LUMBAR DYSFUNCTIONS6 lessons
  1. 1LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS (OSTEOARTHRITIS)
  2. 2LUMBAR SPONDYLOLYSIS
  3. 3SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
  4. 4SPINAL STENOSIS
  5. 5HERNIATED DISC
  6. 6FACET JOINT DYSFUNCTION
ELBOW DYSFUNCTIONS1 lessons
  1. 1LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS
HIP DYSFUNCTIONS7 lessons
  1. 1GLUTEAL TENDINOPATHY
  2. 2ILIOTIBIAL BAND SYNDROME
  3. 3HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS
  4. 4TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
  5. 5FEMORAL ACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT
  6. 6HIP LABRAL LESIONS
  7. 7HIP BURSITIS
KNEE DYSFUNCTIONS5 lessons
  1. 1PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME
  2. 2CHONDROMALACIA PATELLA
  3. 3MENISCAL TEARS
  4. 4KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
  5. 5TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
ANKLE DYSFUNCTIONS9 lessons
  1. 1ANKLE SPRAINS AND STRAINS
  2. 2ACHILLES TENDONITIS
  3. 3PLANTAR FASCIITIS
  4. 4TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
  5. 5STRESS FRACTURE
  6. 6ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
  7. 7SEVERS DISEASE
  8. 8MORTONS NEUROMA
  9. 9CASE STUDY
SUGGESTED TREATMENT STROKES4 lessons
  1. 1IASTM FOR THE UPPER BODY
  2. 2IASTM FOR LUMBAR AND HIP
  3. 3IASTM FOR THE THIGH
  4. 4IASTM FOR THE CALF AND FOOT
FINAL ASSESSMENT1 lessons
  1. 1FINAL 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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