Have you considered treating the liver for neck pain after a whiplash injury?
Do you know how to assess for restriction within the abdominal fascia after a surgery?
Sick of treating back pain without any new tricks?
Visceral fascia can be the key to treating all kinds of MSK issues.
From the head to the pelvis and beyond, the visceral fascia is one of the most complex fascias in the body and fundamentally involved with distributing the major neurovasculature to the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic systems.
The connections of the visceral fascia to MSK structures are often overlooked when considering pain presentations that don't change with usual manual therapy techniques. Visceral fascial has strong connections throughout the body that can be affected with injuries that involve a fast moving force such as whiplash, a blunt trauma or a previous abdominal surgery.
Learning to identify and treat visceral fascia can be the missing link to addressing all kinds of MSK issues in ways that you may not consider.
In this course from advanced pain management osteopath Liz Howard you will learn to confidently examine and treat visceral fascia contributors to pain or dysfunction. You will practice a range of effective techniques and treatment models that will enable you to confidently treat the supportive fascia of the thorax and abdominal viscera, including links to the musculo-skeletal system.
Exploring Visceral Fascia has a strong practical focus including treatment models (patient education and self-management tools) that you can use immediately in your practice to improve patient outcomes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Update and extend your understanding of the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the visceral fascia of the thorax and abdomen
• Discover the key questions to ask in the case history to help identify viscero-fascial dysfunction contributing to their symptoms
• Recognise when your patient will benefit from direct or indirect viscero-fascial techniques
• Learn treatment models and planning for common presentations involving viscero-fascial restrictions
• Learn and practice new techniques you can use to confidently treat visceral fascia
• Learn simple patient education and self-management tools
RELATED LEARNING
This course follows on from Liz Howard’s Myofascial Release or Myofascial Release Online course which explores the functional anatomy and amazing properties of fascia and introduces assessment, protocols and techniques to address myofascial restrictions and contributors to pain.
Attendees can choose to register for Myofascial Release Online as well as Exploring Visceral Fascia and recieve 20% off. Select the Visceral registration + Myofascial Online ticket option.
COURSE DETAILS
The Exploring Visceral Fascia course is applicable to all allied health manual therapy practitioners. It will include practical examination and treatment models you will be able to use with confidence in your practice.
The course will run from 8:30AM to 4PM. Places are limited to 20 attendees. It also includes morning and afternoon tea, printed notes and an e-certificate of attendance for your CPD records. The course can be counted as 6 hours CPD.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Advanced Pain Management Osteopath Liz Howard practices at the Women's Health & Research Institute of Australia, a specialist pelvic pain clinic in Sydney. She holds a Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) from USYD in 2013 and has over 25 years’ of experience as an osteopath, including pain education and as a clinical specialist in sacral neuromodulation.
Liz has more than 16 years’ of experience teaching at Australian universities and as a CPD provider. Her teaching experience ranges from course writing, presenting lectures and practicum in Undergraduate and Master’s Osteopathic programs (University of Western Sydney, Southern Cross University), clinical supervision of Osteopathic students (UWS, SCU, SportsMed Mumbai), to presentations at many professional associations including RANZCOG (Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology), AGES (Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy & Surgery), NSANZ (Neuromodulation Society of Australia and New Zealand), Osteopathy Australia National Conference presentation, Pregnancy Massage Australia, Pelvic Floor Seminars, GP education evenings and international allied health events, most recently in Ireland, Sweden and New Zealand.
Find out more about Liz Howard's experience here.