This 8-hour course covers the basic skills necessary and to safely begin Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) techniques. In this introductory skills acquisition course, participants will receive hands-on instruction in the proper use of IASTM through a lab-focused teaching format. The course will address proper instrument selection to address body contours and reach target tissues. At the end of the course, attendees will take a 1 hour exam for a certification in Level I: IASTM Fundamentals.
Please dress to allow skin access to your entire upper and lower quarters to enhance the learning process
Course Locations:
December 7, 2019 | Long Beach, CA
December 17, 2019 | San Antonio, TX
February 29, 2020 | Madison Heights, MI
March 7, 2020 | Kansas City, KS
March 7, 2020 | Olivette, MO
March 8, 2020 | Portland, OR
March 8, 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT
April 25, 2020 | Lynnwood, WA
May 2, 2020 | Columbia, SC
May 16, 2020 | Chula Vista, CA
June 6, 2020 | Albuquerque, NM
June 6, 2020 | San Antonia, TX
June 6, 2020 | Des Moines, IA
June 6, 2020 | New Orleans, LA
June 6, 2020 | Oak Brook, IL
July 18, 2020 | Dunwoody, GA
August 2, 2020 | Ann Arbor, MI
Course Objectives:
At the completion of this program the participant will be able to:
- List the precautions and contraindications for IASTM
- Understand, identify, and apply the appropriate IASTM treatment edge: concave, convex, broad vs. small contact, single bevel, or double bevel, based on the target tissue and desired treatment effect
- Choose appropriate basic treatment IASTM strokes (i.e. sweeping, fanning, brushing, strumming, and framing) based on the body region contours, nature of the soft tissue restriction, and desired treatment outcome
- Integrate IASTM intervention into the overall treatment program including: warm up, IASTM intervention based on the objectives outlined above, tissue elongation/stretching, appropriate ROM and/or strengthening exercises, cool down, and home exercise to produce carry-over of the treatment effect and enhance treatment outcomes
Course Outline:
- Introduction - theoretical basis of IASTM, review of current literature
- Lecture format to review highlights of the online course material focusing on evidence in current literature and theories behind using IASTM as a treatment technique
- Review of indications, precautions, and contraindications
- Basic handling, tool selection, and basic treatment strokes lab
- Lab based basic skills component for participants to learn proper tool handling, basic treatment strokes, and proper tool selection based on target tissues using the thigh and knee as a forgiving region for skill acquisition
- Included is a free-play open lab to allow participants opportunity to have access to tools for free-form learning and question development
- Lecture/discussion – treatment integration and dosing
- Treatment time and frequency
- Location of IASTM in the flow of therapy visit
- Myofascial and cutaneous strokes lab
- Body regions and specific tools selected to highlight large surface – broad strokes
- Desensitizing strokes targeting cutaneous tissue heighted
- Surgical incision and superficial scar release strokes highlighted
- Multiple tools and body regions selected to highlight muscle interfaces and planes
- Emphasis on tool selection based on body contours, depth of target tissue, and size of target area
- Ligament/ tendon treatment strokes lab
- Strokes specific to ligamentous and tendon tissue targeted
- Multiple body regions selected for skills acquisition
- Hard tissue/soft tissue interface lab
- Body regions and specific tools selected to highlight strokes to facilitate mobility of bone/tendon/muscle/soft tissue interfaces
- Instruction in use of the Multi-tool and skills integration lab
- Treatment edges
- Tool orientation for treatment effects
- Problem solving case study for integration of skills covered in course
Course Schedule:
7:30AM – 8:00AM: Registration
8:00AM – 8:30AM: Introduction – review of online component
8:30AM – 10:00AM: Basic handling, tool selection, and basic treatment strokes lab
10:00AM – 10:30AM: Lecture/discussion of treatment integration and dosing
10:30AM – 10:45AM: Break
10:45AM – 12:15PM: Myofascial (large surface-broad strokes) & cutaneous stokes
12:15PM – 1:15PM: Meal Break
1:15PM – 2:30PM: Deep Muscular
2:30PM – 3:30PM: Tendon/ligament
3:30PM – 4:15PM: Hard tissue/soft tissue interfaces
4:15PM – 4:30PM: Break
4:30PM – 5:30PM: Skills Integration & Introduction of Multi-tool
On Your Own Time: Online exam for certification (you will have up to 1 week after the course to complete the Exam)
Course requirements:
In order to attend a HawkGrips IASTM course, each attendee must meet all of the following criteria:
1. Completed a minimum of 80 course hours of anatomy and physiology
2. Have a working knowledge of the musculoskeletal system and relevant physiology
3. Be able within the scope of professional practice to do assessments by evaluating and/or diagnosing injuries and conditions
4. Have achieved or is a student in their junior or senior year (transcripts required) working towards one or more of the following credentials: ATC, CHT, DC, DO, DOM, MD, MT, OT, OTA, PT, PTA. For other relevant credentials please contact HawkGrips to verify eligibility.
Website for additional information and to register:
https://hawkgrips.com/education-courses/
Instructor names:
For course specific instructors, please visit the course website.
Disciplines accredited for:
ATC, CHT, CLT, DC, DO, DOM, MT, OT, OTA, PT, PTA
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