Move Better, Feel Better: A Movement-Based Approach to Soft Tissue Mobilization for the Lower Body
About the Course
If you want to learn how a combination of soft tissue treatments can help your clients to feel and move better: this course is for you.
This evidence based approach, combines IASTM, Cupping and Kinesiology Taping by focusing on how we can stimulate the Central Nervous System (CNS) to reduce pain and enhance mobility. This comprehensive treatment philosophy is movement-focused we don’t treat the individual muscle, or the fascia, or the joints, but we make overall movement of the affected body part more efficient to allow the body to heal and to become more resilient: “Move Better, Feel Better”
Take your Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) -techniques to the next level by incorporating movement. Understand how Cupping Therapy (CT) is different than all other manual techniques, and how it supports healing, and recovery. Learn how Kinesiology Taping (KT) is used to influence the fascia and underlying neural tissues to cause functional changes in both the local tissue as well as the Central Nervous System (CNS). KT is the ideal complement to soft tissue treatments like IASTM and Cupping.
Understanding how pain works and being able to educate your clients on how to manage their pain is critical to patient outcomes. This course uses principles of the BPS model and Pain Scienced Education as a roadmap to make your treatments even more effective. This treatment approach does not just look at the area of pain, but considers the entire person, and treats the entire dynamic chain that is affected.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss the evidence that supports the use of IASTM, Cupping Therapy, and Kinesiology Taping
- Understand indications, and contra-indications for IASTM, Cupping Therapy, and Kinesiology Taping
- Understand different techniques available for Cupping and IASTM
- Learn how too effectively utilize IASTM, Cupping Therapy, and Kinesiology Taping for the lower body
- Understand how Pain Science Education and the BPS model can be used to help your patients with their pain
About the Author/Presenter
Dr. Pieter L. de Smidt, PT, DPT, Cert MDT, Cert DN, MTC, trained in the Netherlands and has practiced as a physical therapist since 1988. Pieter moved to the U.S. in 1991 and primarily worked in outpatient orthopedic PT clinics. He received his doctor of physical therapy degree from the Evidence in Motion Institute of Health Professions. Pieter specializes in the treatment of sports- and spine-related injuries and has received functional movement screening (FMS), IASTM, cupping, and kinesiology taping certifications over the years.?
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
Colibri Healthcare
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Physical Therapy
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