Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist™
Level I Upper Body (CFST-I UB)
Faculty: Ann Frederick, Founder/Director, PSI and Chris Frederick, co-Director, PT, CMFS, PSI, CGFP and certified assistants.
Contact Hours: 20
Cost: Super early bird price $749 (USD) due by May 21, 2010; Early bird price $849 due by June 30, 2010; Regular price $949 due by July 31, 2010; $150 deposit required to hold spot or pay early bird installments; cost includes 175 pp manual. (We reserve the right to cancel this course by July 19, 2010 due to lack of registrations; full refund will be issued if course cancelled by the Institute; see full refund policy when you download application to register - see link below).
Important Note: Our students have recuperated the entire cost of the tuition as early as 2 weeks after finishing this course when they have scheduled their clients for stretch only appointments; you will have a complete system of skills to use and apply the day you return to work - guaranteed!
Registration: please call Robin at 480-394-9121 (AZ MT) to place a deposit or installment payment to hold your place or email her at robin@stretchtowin.com.
Course Dates
Aug 13 - Aug 15, 2010
Course Times
Friday: Registration 8:00AM-8:30AM
Friday: 8:30AM-5:30PM
Saturday: 8:30AM-5:30PM
Sunday: 8:00AM-2:30PM
Target audience: Manual and manipulative therapists & physicians, physical therapists, all bodyworkers and massage therapists, Pilates instructors, personal trainers, exercise physiologists, kinesiologists, sport therapists and strength & conditioning specialists have all greatly benefited from using these techniques alone or creatively coordinated with other approaches to achieve superior results.
Enrollment limited to 20
Course notice: course content is not intended for use by participants outside the scope of their license or regulation.
Course description:
This course qualifies as an Intermediate level workshop (as defined by the American Physical Therapy Association's guidelines) since it assumes that the participants have a general familiarity with the topics of gross human anatomy, connective tissue anatomy, kinesiology, assisted stretching and flexibility training. Therefore, it focuses on increasing your understanding and clinical application of this material.
This is the second of a two part workshop series. You must successfully complete both parts by passing a written and a practical exam with an 80% grade to earn qualification as a Level I Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist (CFST-I).
This second part is a 3 day live workshop intensive where you will learn the principles, theories and evidenced based science surrounding the subject of lengthening human fascia through our assisted technique and creation called Fascial Stretch Therapy™ (also known as FST™). The most recent research and clinical findings from the 2007 First International Fascia Research Congress that we attended at Harvard Medical School up until the present time will be included. Comparison and contrasts with other forms of manual and assisted therapy to stretch or lengthen fascia will also be discussed.
This workshop is 85% hands-on and focuses on getting more adept at evaluating the state of the myofascia of the upper half of the body from the T-12 vertebra on up to the head and upper extremities. This is accomplished by learning how to sense the end-feel of connective tissue through tri-planar range of motion challenge tests to the torso, shoulder girdle, upper extremities and spine. After learning how to identify regions of fascial imbalance you will learn how to conduct a complete upper body assisted fascial stretch session for primarily healthy and fit clientele. Clients most appropriate for this level of training will be those that run the gamut from simply wanting to be more flexible in order to maintain an active lifestyle to those complaining of general or specific tightness or stiffness rather than pain. Teenagers experiencing myofascial tightness from the growth spurt will also be appropriate. All athletes will seek your services to help them improve sport performance and reduce training recovery time.
For healthcare practitioners who treat pain and mechanical dysfunction, this is the first level needed to progress to more advanced levels where diagnosis and treatment protocols specific to fascia are addressed.
Note: Only qualified licensed healthcare practitioners are admitted to the third level, a comprehensive workshop where diagnosis and treatment protocols specific to fascia are addressed, explored and mastered to integrate with and complement your existing manual skill set.
Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
- Understand, compare and contrast the difference between traditional stretching and fascial stretching both scientifically and anecdotally.
- Understand and implement our '10 Principles for Stretching Success'.
- Explain to clients how to conduct a Personal Flexibility Assessment on the upper body for faster progress.
- Be able to accurately assess the state of a client's general and specific flexibility in the upper body.
- Accurately screen whether assisted stretching is appropriate for your client.
- Accurately use the correct parameters-intensity, duration, frequency-of assisted stretching to match the needs and requirements of your client.
- Have the skills needed to greatly improve the flexibility and function of the vast majority of your fit and healthy clients.
- Successfully integrate self myofascial release with home stretch programs for faster and more complete progress and outcomes.
- Be able to adapt to your client or workplace needs by providing high quality FST in as little as 10 minutes or as long as 1 hour depending on needs and goals.
- Have much better results with assisted stretching than you have had in the past.
- For healthcare practitioners, you should be able to successfully integrate FST™ as an essential manual therapy skill that enhances your overall abilities to diagnose and treat as dictated by your license or certification.
Course developers/Faculty:
- Primary faculty for all coursework are the Directors of the STWI:
- Chris Frederick, PT, MFS, CSI
Chris is a licensed physical therapist, Master Flexibility Specialist and Certified Structural Integrationist. He is also CEO of Stretch to Win, an Arizona corporation in the business of providing services in physical therapy, Fascial Stretch Therapy™, Structural Integration, Pilates and Sports and Therapeutic Massage Therapy. Chris spends 30 hours per week actively treating patients at the Center. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science and The International Association of Structural Integrators. - Ann Frederick, MFS, CSI
Ann is a Master Flexibility Specialist, Certified Structural Integrationist and creator of Fascial Stretch Therapy™. She is President and Founder of the Stretch to Win Center and has been a teacher of human movement through professional and academic dance education and kinesiology since 1975. Ann was faculty associate in Arizona State University's Dance and Exercise Science departments 1996-1998. Ann spends 30 hours per week actively seeing clients at the Center. She is a member of The International Association of Structural Integrators.
- Chris Frederick, PT, MFS, CSI
- Assistants to primary faculty are Flexibility Therapists or Specialists in good standing and certified by the STWI.
- Ratio of faculty/assistant to workshop attendee under instruction is approximately 1:4.
Prerequisite for CFT-I-UB and Certification: Successful completion of CFT-I-LB plus 100 documented hours of practice utilizing Level I-LB FST™ on actual clients.
Registration: please call Robin at 480-394-9121 (AZ MT) to place a deposit or installment payment to hold your place or email her at robin@stretchtowin.com.
