Level 1M Upper Body IASTM Certification Course, 12 Contact Hours

ASCENSION BIOSYSTEMS

1M-CMA18

2018 Course Locations

Portland OR

CLOSED:Dates: March 24-25 2018
Location: Portland Marriott City Center, 520 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205

DALLAS TX

CLOSED:Dates: April 7-8 2018
Location: Dallas Marriott City Center, 650 N Pearl St, Dallas, TX 75201

Chicago IL

CLOSED:Dates: June 2-3 2018
Location: Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

St. Petersburg FL

CLOSED:Dates: July 21-22 2018
Location: St. Petersburg Marriott Clearwater, 12600 Roosevelt Blvd N, St. Petersburg, FL 33716

Cambridge MA

Dates: August  4-5 2018
Location: Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Columbus OH

Dates: September 22-23 2018
Location: Columbus Airport Marriott, 1375 N Cassady Ave, Columbus, OH 43219

Honolulu HI

Dates: October 13-14 2018
Location: Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, 2552 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815

Aurora CO

Dates: December 1-2 2018
Location: Denver Airport Marriott at Gateway Park, 16455 E 40th Cir, Aurora, CO 80011

Course Hours:

Saturday 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm
Sunday 8am-12pm

Course Prerequisites: 

To qualify for the attendance of this course, one must be a licensed provider or a student in the following disciplines: DC, DPT, PT, PTA, ATC, LMT, OT, OTA, PA-C, DO, and MD.

Manual therapy must be in the scope of practice in your licensed profession OR you must be a student of one of the professions listed above.

These courses focus on a lot of information and we have introduced courses for upper and lower body so we can cover all the information we would like to get through while still moving at a quick pace.

First and foremost courses are designed to maximize hands-on learning

Level 1M Upper Body IASTM Certification Course

Key Objectives:
  • Current concepts of soft tissue damage, myofascial adhesions, pain pathways, kinetic chains, pressure generated pathophysiology
  • Indications and contraindications of IASTM
  • Utilizing pain responses as a tool
  • IASTM instrument technique concepts
  • IASTM patient static and kinetic technique concepts
  • Deep vs. Superficial edge indications 
  • Linear edge vs. MyoDynamic edge indications
  • Hands-on learning and demonstration

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