Instructor: Craig Kawaoka, DC
Pricing:
Students: $299 ($250 EARLY BIRD)
$499 for Professional Set (students have up to 2 weeks prior to course to email student ID to avoid fee). *Students can purchase the Professional Set at $499 up until they graduate, however, it's recommended they purchase before or shortly after the course to practice the techniques with the tools and to have access to our online video library of the treatment protocols.*
Providers: $599 ($499 EARLY BIRD)
$599 for Professional Set when purchased with course.
The primary objective of Level 1 is to develop an understanding of STP and how to apply it into the full spectrum of musculoskeletal treatment approaches. By the end of the training, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the STP instruments, STP treatments and potential effects and benefits.
- Identify and discuss the indications, contraindications (relative and absolute) of IASTM.
- Review and develop a better understanding of soft tissue injury, healing and potential reactivity to instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (therapeutic and adverse).
- Develop skill and competence in the STP application of IASTM to the major regions of the spine and extremities.
Treatment effects of IASTM
- Break up abnormal densities in tissue
- Stimulate nervous system
- Reinitiate first-stage healing in the body via proliferation
SMART Tools IASTM techniques aim to treat the following Tissue Extensibility Dysfunctions (TEDs):
- Scarring & Fibrosis
- Fascial Tension & Densification
- Neural Tension
- Muscle Shortening
- Neurologic Restriction
- Trigger Points
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