Sport Medicine Techniques

Pre-requisites: Trigger Point Therapy I, Myofascial I, Sport Massage or Anma, plus Supervised Clinic I

Designed for students who wish to deal with Musculoskeletal disorders/sports injuries as seen in a clinical practice. Students must have experience in applying remedial techniques such as Myofascial Release and Trigger Point Therapy to soft tissue injuries (these techniques are used extensively in the rehabilitation of soft tissue dysfunctions). Some examples of conditions covered are:

• Neck: acute wry neck and whiplash
• Shoulder: frozen shoulder, rotator cuff dysfunction
• Wrist/hand: tenosynovitis, carpal tunnel syndrome
• Lower back/hip: sciatica and back pain
• Lower Back Pain: acute/chronic
• Elbow: golfer’s or tennis elbow
• Knee: ligament/tendon disorder
• Ankle/foot: shin splints, sprains, groin pain, plantar fascitis

Subject Timetable

Full Time, 4 days duration

Sport Injury I - weekend sessions

Commencing Date: 9 October 2010
Other Dates: 10, 23, 24 October 2010 (ends)
Time of Sessions: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Sport Injury II - weekend sessions

Commencing Date: 27 November 2010
Other Dates: 28 November; 11, 12 December 2010 (ends)
Time of Sessions: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Subject Fee: $695