Certified Fascial Stretch Specialist™ - Level III FULL BODY -Medical Track (CFSS-M)
Faculty: Ann Frederick, PSI, Founder/Director and Chris Frederick, PT, PSI, CGFP, co-Director and certified assistants.
Contact Hours: 25
Level: Advanced (APTA guidelines)
Cost: Super early bird price $1,995 (USD) due by January 31, 2011; Early bird price $2,095 due by February 28, 2011; regular price $2,195 after February 28, 2011; $250 deposit required to hold spot or pay early bird installments; cost includes multiple items noted below. (We reserve the right to cancel this course by February 1, 2011 due to lack of registrations; full refund will be issued if course cancelled by the Institute; see full refund policy when you download application to register - see link below).
Important Note: Our students have recuperated the entire cost of the tuition as early as 2 weeks after finishing this course when they have scheduled their clients for stretch only appointments; you will have a complete system of skills to use and apply the day you return to work - guaranteed!
Cost includes:
- Tuition
- Copiously illustrated 2010 Level III course manual (annually revised) (FREE - $350 value)
- Complete Level III training video (FREE - $350 value) - available to view & practice before start of class upon receipt of full tuition payment.
- One year's listing on the Stretch to Win website Therapist Locator (FREE - $50/year value)
Location: Tempe, AZ
Registration: Please call Robin at 480-394-9121 to place a deposit of $250 to hold your place or email her at robin@stretchtowin.com.
Course Dates
March 11-14, 2011
Course Times
Registration: 8:30AM - 9:00AM
Friday: 9:00AM - 5:30PM
Saturday: 9:00AM - 5:30PM
Sunday: 9:00AM - 5:30PM
Monday: 8:00AM - 12:00PM
Prerequisite
- Open only to licensed healthcare practitioners that are trained in medical diagnosis and treatment (see examples below).
- Level II certification plus 200 documented hours of practice utilizing the technique on actual clients.
- One case study - the patient/client must have had specific problems or diagnosis that you used FST™ either alone or integrated with other therapies as treatment. Case study due 14 days before class starts. Detailed requirements provided after you are registered.
Target audience: Practitioners licensed to diagnose and/or treat medical conditions. The following list is not all inclusive but serves as a sample of these practitioners: physicians of manual medicine like physiatrists, osteopaths and chiropractors, physical therapists, kinesiotherapists, certified athletic trainers/athletic therapists and all medically trained massage therapists.
Enrollment limited to 20 participants.
Course notice: course content is not intended for use by participants outside the scope of their license or regulation.
Course description:
This course qualifies as an Advanced level workshop (as defined by the American Physical Therapy Association's guidelines) since it assumes that the participants have a thorough familiarity with the topics of gross human anatomy, connective tissue anatomy, kinesiology, and advanced clinical experience in assisted stretching and flexibility training for therapeutic application. Therefore, it focuses on advanced techniques, recent advances, and future directions in evidenced based Fascial Stretch Therapy™ and by increasing your understanding and clinical application of this material.
For practitioners licensed to diagnose and/or treat medical conditions, this course will use the combined 35 years of Ann and Chris' experience in accurate and quick assessment followed by implementing a specific course of treatment for the condition at hand.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
- Increase & expand on how to evaluate & treat dysfunction of common neuro-myofascial conditions like scoliosis, chronic/multiple disc lesions, DDD/DJD, anatomic & functional leg length discrepancies, lumbar flexion vs extension biased pain syndromes, plantar fasciitis, ITB syndrome & many more.
- Learn how to effectively combine local treatments like ART, joint mobilization/manipulation & others with specific FST regional focus protocols.
- Identify & treat the hypomobile soft tissue lesion causing hypermobile strain pain.
- Resolve joint dysfunctions resistant to joint treatment by implementing regional & global FST treatment followed by a home program specifically designed to correct the imbalance caused by the adhesion & by faulty compensatory movement patterns.
- Learn how to design regional FST treatments & home programs to rectify upper and lower crossed syndromes.
- Identify clients that fit into the following categories then learn how to modify your FST session to accommodate their special needs: type A control freaks, high strung fast twitch athletes, unknown etiology, stiff board "doesn't live in their body", emotional dominance and more.
- All practitioners should be able to successfully integrate FST™ as an essential manual therapy skill that enhances your overall abilities to diagnose and treat as dictated by your license, specialty and/or certification.
Continuing Education Provider: The Stretch to Win Institute is credentialed and recognized by the following professional associations to offer continuing education to their membership:
- Arizona Physical Therapy Association: course # 08-0802 / 2.4 CEUs
- Board of Certification for Certified Athletic Trainers: Provider #P3373 / 24 CEUs
- AZ State Board of Massage Therapy: Approved IASI affiliate of ABMP for 25 CEs
Students residing outside of Arizona have received approval of our courses for CEs & CEUs after you submit the proper documents which will be supplied to you after you register for the course.
The Stretch to Win Institute Corporation has been registered with the Arizona Corporate Commission to conduct the business of professional continuing education in the State of Arizona since 1999.
