Online Course
This product is delivered online:
- Continuing education exam
- NOTE: The text Myofascial Release, Second Edition, is required for successful completion of this exam but is not included in this version. Purchase this version only if you already own the text or ebook.
Consisting of 100 multiple-choice and true-false questions, this continuing education exam is designed to be taken after reading
Myofascial Release, Second Edition. The exam will test your knowledge of the information presented in the book, so you can enhance your therapeutic practice with soft tissue skills and applications.
Learning ObjectivesAfter reading the book and successfully completing the 100-question exam, you will be able to do the following:
- Describe the anatomy and the physiology of the fascial system.
- Describe the principles and methodology of myofascial release.
- Demonstrate essential palpation and assessment skills.
- Demonstrate and apply the fundamental myofascial release applications, including cross-hand releases, longitudinal pulls, transverse plane releases and compression techniques.
- Demonstrate and apply the practical applications of scar tissue techniques and myofascial mobilization.
- Differentiate the various myofascial release approaches and apply them in different treatment settings.
- Develop and apply a treatment strategy using myofascial release and self-myofascial release.
Audience
Massage therapists, physical therapists, physiotherapists, osteopaths, athletic trainers, chiropractors and practitioners of complementary therapies.
Author
Ruth Duncan, BSc (Hons), MSMTO, MAPNT, is an advanced myofascial release therapist, proprietor, instructor, guest lecturer, speaker, national committee member and writer with extensive training in a variety of approaches. She completed her advanced postgraduate training in 2004 with John F. Barnes (the world’s leading authority on myofascial release) and has assisted with his seminars in the United States.
Duncan also has explored other direct and nondirect fascial approaches, including Thomas Myers’ anatomy trains and myofascial meridians, Erik Dalton’s myoskeletal alignment techniques and Jean-Pierre Barral’s visceral manipulation. She has studied with experts on myriad topics to learn more about human anatomy, function and dysfunction, and the emotional aspects of chronic pain and healing.
Duncan graduated with honours as a clinical massage therapist from the Humanities Center School of Massage (now the Cortiva Institute) in Florida, United States. She has a diploma in sports therapy from the Society of Sports Therapists and a diploma in sports and remedial massage from the Institute of Sport and Remedial Massage. She also has a BSc in health sciences from The Open University. She has been teaching myofascial release in the United Kingdom and internationally for over 15 years.
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