Facilitated Stretching 5th Edition Online CE Course With Ebook

This package includes the following:

• Facilitated Stretching, Fifth Edition With Online Video, ebook
• Online access to videos through HKPropel (code provided in ebook)
• Webinar
• Online continuing education exam

For more than 30 years, Facilitated Stretching has been the most-trusted resource for proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching, an effective and easy-to-use method that involves stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against resistance, and then stretching it again to increase range of motion.

The fifth edition includes updated daily flexibility sequences, new partner stretching routines, and new facilitated stretches and variations with photos and video. Positioning Tip sidebars offer guidance on making stretches comfortable for clients. The full-color interior is packed with hundreds of photos and illustrations to make visualizing stretches easy. Online videos demonstrate more than 100 stretches to reinforce proper technique for each stretch and showcase nine sample stretching routines.

Sport-specific routines are included for cycling, golf, running, swimming, ice hockey, and pickleball. The text also includes general stretches for everyday use, plus stretches for those with “rusty hinges.” These ready-made routines make it easy to incorporate facilitated stretching into a workout regimen and take the guesswork out of matching the needs of a specific sport.

Facilitated Stretching, Fifth Edition, provides guidance in the latest PNF stretching techniques to help assess current muscle function, improve range of motion, increase strength, address overuse injuries, and enhance performance.

Once you complete the course and pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the theoretical basis and principles underlying the development and use of facilitated stretching.
• Discuss appropriate safety factors in the use of facilitated stretches.
• Identify proper biomechanics for the practitioner and the client or athlete.
• Discuss the use of PNF spiral–diagonal patterns for dynamic movement, strength training, and facilitated stretching.
• Correctly perform partner-assisted facilitated stretches for the upper and lower extremities, the torso, and the neck.
• Teach facilitated self-stretching techniques for your clients or athletes to use in their home programs.

Audience

Certified professionals in sports medicine and fitness—including massage and manual therapists, athletic trainers, personal trainers, and coaches.

Part I. The Prerequisites
Chapter 1. Understanding the Basics of Stretching
Why Bother to Stretch?
Flexibility Versus Mobility
Muscle Interactions
Types of Muscle Contractions
Physiology of Stretching
Reflexes Relevant to Facilitated Stretching
Some Types of Stretching
Guidelines for Stretching

Chapter 2. Focusing on Facilitated Stretching 
Brief History of PNF 
Basis of PNF: Spiral–Diagonal Movement
PNF Stretching Techniques
Facilitated Stretching Guidelines
Detailed Sequence for Facilitated Stretching
Safety Considerations for Facilitated Stretching

Chapter 3. Using the Spiral–Diagonal Patterns of PNF
When and Why to Use Spiral-Pattern Stretches
Learning the Patterns Through Free Motion
Facilitated Stretching Using the Patterns
Lower Extremity Stretches Using the Patterns
Upper Extremity Stretches Using the Patterns
Strengthening Exercises Using the Patterns

Part II. The Stretches
Chapter 4. Stretches for the Torso, Head, and Neck
Oblique Abdominals
Lower Back
Upper Trapezius
Sternocleidomastoid
Scalenes
Suboccipital Muscles
Levator Scapulae
Occipitofrontalis (Epicranius)
Mandibular Elevators
Mandibular Retractors
Mandibular Protractors
Muscles of Mandibular Lateral Excursion
Partner Stretching Routines
     Neck Stretch Series, Supine
     Headache Relief Mini-Sequence

Chapter 5. Stretches for the Lower Extremity
Hip Extensors
Hip Flexor
Knee Extensors
Hip Lateral (External) Rotator
Hip Medial Rotators
Hip Abductors
Hip Adductors
Ankle Plantar Flexors
Ankle Dorsiflexor
Toe Flexors
Toe Extensors
Ankle Evertors 
Ankle Invertors
Partner Stretching Routines
    360-Degree Hip and Low Back Series
    Hip Mini-Sequence

Chapter 6. Stretches for the Upper Extremity
Rotator Cuff
Scapular Stabilizers
Additional Muscles That Move the Arm
Elbow
Wrist and Hand
Forearm Pronators and Supinator
Partner Stretching Routines
    Shoulder Girdle Series
    Shoulder Mini-Sequence

Part III. Stretching Routines
Chapter 7. Daily Flexibility Sequences 
Everyday Sequence
Rusty Hinges
Dynamic Stretching Using the Spiral Patterns

Chapter 8. Sport-Specific Stretching Routines
Cycling
Golf
Hockey
Running
Swimming
Pickleball 
 

Robert McAtee, BA, LMT, BCTMB, has been a sports massage therapist since 1981, specializing in sports massage and soft tissue therapy, with significant clinical experience treating people with injuries and chronic pain. His clientele includes Olympic and professional athletes, dancers, performers, and recreational athletes as well as countless patients suffering from soft-tissue injuries.

Since 1988, McAtee has owned Pro-Active Massage Therapy, an active, international private practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In addition to his private practice, he is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a provider and is a sought-after presenter throughout the United States and internationally on the topics of facilitated stretching, sports massage, and soft-tissue injury care. He is board certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork and has been an active member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) since 1988.

McAtee received his massage training at the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing (IPSB) in Los Angeles and San Diego (1981-1982) and the Sports Massage Training Institute (SMTI) in Costa Mesa, California (1986). He holds a BA in psychology from California State University (1974).