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).
Cost includes:
- Tuition
- Illustrated 2011 Level III course manual with all protocols($350 value)
- Level III training video ($350 value) - available Feb. 28th upon receipt of full tuition payment.
- Extended one year listing on the Stretch to Win website Therapist Locator ($50/year value)
Location: Tempe, AZ
Registration: Please call Barbara at 480-394-9121 to place a deposit of $250 to hold your place or email her at barbara@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 evidenced based research, and future directions in stand alone and integrative 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 Description
Completely new material based on integrating recent findings from the Fascial Research Congress, Fascia Research Project and Ann & Chris Frederick's new clinical applications and solutions.
- Theme: Identify and treat common orthopedic and sports musculoskeletal diagnoses, structural imbalance and movement impairment syndromes using new applications of FST and complementary manual therapies. Follow up with specific home program design.
- integrating new fascial anatomy research with our treatments
- changes in diagnosis and treatment paradigms resulting from research; examples:
- new discoveries in fascial anatomy, e.g. fascia of agonists are connected to fascia of antagonists (researcher Carla Stecco, MD)
- new ideas about force transmission in fascia, e.g. straight leg raise produces more strain or stretch in the IT Band than hamstrings (Huijing; Vleeming 2008)
- neurological release more effective than mechanical release in dense fascia like IT Band (Chaudry et al 2008; Threlkeld 1992)
- and much more
- changes in diagnosis and treatment paradigms resulting from research; examples:
- diagnosis
- specific fascial lesion identification (location/depth/extent) that correlates with specific diagnoses/syndromes = faster, more effective treatment
- myofascial lesions
- neurofascial lesions
- lesions that inhibit muscle activation
- lesions that facilitate muscle hyper-activation
- specific fascial lesion identification (location/depth/extent) that correlates with specific diagnoses/syndromes = faster, more effective treatment
- new treatments
- new regional solutions using advanced FST protocols
- integrating central & peripheral nervous system mobilization with FST
- optimal manual therapy solutions to integrate with/enhance FST
- how to use an FST belt to mobilize joints & stretch joint capsules, i.e. improve arthrokinematics/osteokinematics for capsular restrictions, reduced ROM, impingement, etc.
- new rehab and home exercise program design solutions
- corrective self FST
- specific FST and manual therapy solutions for specific diagnoses/syndromes/findings
- integrate self myofascial release/self joint mobilization/self FST with guidelines for improving strength, gait and overall function for activities of daily living and sports
- integrating new fascial anatomy research with our treatments
We will also review and fine tune the following L2 moves:
- The Butterfly
- Reverse hip opener
- Side-lying series
We hope that you can join us for this intensive workshop to advance your skills in diagnosis, treatment and home program design.
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.
