Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist™
Level I Upper Body (CFT-I-UB)
Faculty: Ann Frederick, Founder/Director, PSI and Chris Frederick, co-Director, PT, CMFS, PSI, CGFP and certified assistants.
Contact Hours: 20
Level: Advanced (APTA guidelines)
Cost: Super early bird price $899 (USD) due by July 31, 2010; Early bird price $999 (USD) due by August 31, 2010; Regular price $1099 (USD) after August 31, 2010; $150 deposit required to hold spot or pay early bird installments; cost includes 175 pp manual and 4 portable table fixation belts. (We reserve the right to cancel this course by August 31, 2010 if necessary; 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!
Location: GoodLife Fitness at Union Station, Toronto, Canada
Registration: please call Robin at 480-394-9121 (AZ MT) to place a deposit or installment payment to hold your place or email her at robin@stretchtowin.com.
Course Dates
Sep 27 - Sep 29, 2010
Course Times
Monday: Registration 8:00AM-8:30AM
Monday: 8:30AM-5:30PM
Tuesday: 8:30AM-5:30PM
Wednesday: 8:00AM-2:30PM
Target audience: Manual and manipulative therapists & physicians, physical therapists, all bodyworkers and massage therapists, Pilates instructors, personal trainers, exercise physiologists, kinesiologists, sport therapists and strength & conditioning specialists have all greatly benefited from using these techniques alone or creatively coordinated with other approaches to achieve superior results.
Enrollment limited to 30 participants
Course notice: Course content is not intended for use by participants outside the scope of their license or regulation.
Prerequisite for CFT-I-UB: Successful completion of CFT-I-LB
Course description:
This course qualifies as an Intermediate level workshop (as defined by the American Physical Therapy Association's guidelines) since it assumes that the participants have a general familiarity with the topics of gross human anatomy, connective tissue anatomy, kinesiology, assisted stretching and flexibility training. Therefore, it focuses on increasing your understanding and clinical application of this material.
This is the second of a two-part workshop series. You must successfully complete both parts by passing a written and a practical exam with an 80% grade to earn qualification as a Level I Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist (CFST-I).
This second part is a 3-day live workshop intensive where you will learn the principles, theories and evidenced based science surrounding the subject of lengthening human fascia through the unique assisted stretching technique we created called Fascial Stretch Therapy™ (also known as FST™). The most recent research and clinical findings from the 2009 Second International Fascia Research Congress that we attended in Amsterdam will be included. Comparison and contrasts with other forms of manual and assisted therapy to stretch or lengthen fascia will also be discussed.
This workshop is 85% hands-on and focuses on getting more adept at evaluating the state of the myofascia of the upper half of the body from the T-12 vertebra on up to the head and upper extremities. This is accomplished by learning how to sense the end-feel of connective tissue through tri-planar range of motion challenge tests to the torso, shoulder girdle, upper extremities and spine. After learning how to identify regions of fascial imbalance you will learn how to conduct a complete upper body assisted fascial stretch session for primarily healthy and fit clientele. Clients most appropriate for this level of training will be those that run the gamut from simply wanting to be more flexible in order to maintain an active lifestyle to those complaining of general or specific tightness or stiffness rather than pain. Teenagers experiencing myofascial tightness from the growth spurt will also be appropriate. All athletes will seek your services to help them improve sport performance and reduce training recovery time.
For physical therapists and other licensed healthcare practitioners, this level of training will enable you to successfully integrate FST™ into your practice as another manual therapy skill and modality to treat pain and mechanical dysfunction appropriate to your level of skill, training and education. This is the prerequisite first level to get the expertise needed to progress to more advanced levels where diagnosis and treatment protocols specific to fascia are addressed. After CFST Level II training, licensed healthcare practitioners are admitted to the Level III Certified Fascial Stretch Specialist – Medical track training.
Certified Level I FST practitioners who are not licensed healthcare practitioners may advance their skills in the Level II training, followed by Level III Certified Fascial Stretch Specialist – Fitness track training.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
- Understand, compare and contrast the difference between traditional stretching and fascial stretching both scientifically and anecdotally.
- Understand and implement our '10 Principles for Stretching Success.'
- Explain to clients how to conduct a Personal Flexibility Assessment on the upper body for faster progress.
- Be able to accurately assess the state of a client's general and specific flexibility in the upper body.
- Accurately screen whether assisted stretching is appropriate for your client.
- Accurately use the correct parameters-intensity, duration, frequency-of assisted stretching to match the needs and requirements of your client.
- Have the skills needed to greatly improve the flexibility and function of the vast majority of your fit and healthy clients.
- Instruct your client/patient in a core upper body home stretch program for faster and more complete progress and outcomes.
- Be able to adapt to your client or workplace needs by providing high quality FST in as little as 10 minutes or as long as 1 hour depending on needs and goals.
- Have much better results with assisted stretching than you have had in the past.
- For healthcare practitioners, you 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 or certification.
Course developers/Faculty:
- Primary faculty for all coursework are the Directors of the Stretch to Win Institute (STWI):
o Chris Frederick, PT, CMFS, PSI, CGFP
Chris is a licensed physical therapist, Certified Master Fascial Stretch Specialist, Professional Structural Integrator and Certified Golf Fitness Professional. He is also CEO of Stretch to Win, an Arizona corporation in the business of providing services in physical therapy, Fascial Stretch Therapy™, Structural Integration, Pilates, Sports and Therapeutic Massage Therapy. Chris spends 30 hours per week actively treating patients at the Center. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science and The International Association of Structural Integrators.
o Ann Frederick, CMFS, PSI
Ann is a Certified Master Fascial Stretch Specialist, Professional Structural Integrator and creator of Fascial Stretch Therapy™. She is President and Founder of the Stretch to Win Center and has been a teacher of human movement through professional and academic dance education and kinesiology since 1975. Ann was faculty associate in Arizona State University's Dance and Exercise Science departments 1996-1998. Ann spends 30 hours per week actively seeing clients at the Center. She is a member of The International Association of Structural Integrators.
o Chris and Ann co-authored the popular book Stretch to Win and co-created the DVD Flexibility for Sports Performance published and produced respectively by Human Kinetics in 2006.
- Assistants to primary faculty are Fascial Stretch Therapists or Specialists in good standing and certified by the Stretch to Win Institute.
- Ratio of faculty/assistant to workshop attendee under instruction is approximately 1:4.
Course References:
- Frederick AM, Frederick, C. Stretch to Win; Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 2006.
- Frederick AM. Prospective Neuromuscular Facilitation: Effectiveness in Increasing Range of Motion in Dancers and Other Athletes; Arizona State University Master's level science research thesis; 1997.
- Alter MJ. Science of Flexibility. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 2004. Third Edition.
- Travell J, Simons D. Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual. Vol. 2: The Lower Extremities. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1992.
- Findley TW, Schleip R, Editors. Fascia Research: Basic Science and Implications for Conventional and Complementary Health Care; 2007.
- Findley TW, Editors. Fascia Research II: Second International Fascia Research Congress; 2009.
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.
