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Become a Practitioner

 
Reach New Depths Within Yourself and Those You Touch
 
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Take the FST Practitioner Journey With Us

Through the alchemy of our teaching methods, we guide you to amplify your innate ability and help you reach beyond what you think is possible within yourself and with your clients.

We give you the experience and skills to become the highlight of your clients's week, and their favorite kind of stretch and relief.

Whether you are looking to revitalize your passion to help others, relieve the limitation you feel in your own body, integrate an innovative method into your current practice, add a whole new service, or even start a novel career, then this life-changing opportunity is for you and your clients/patients!

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I've noticed my growth more in my ability to help people than just my concept of the knowledge...I'm able to help people in a way I've never been able to help before.

- Nick Samarco, San Diego CA, USA
Personal Trainer, FST Specialist
Level 3

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Why Become a Frederick Stretch Therapy Practitioner?

Public awareness about attaining optimal mobility and flexibility for a healthier, more satisfying lifestyle is at an all-time high level. However, premium-quality stretching by professionals is not meeting demand. And without proper guidance, the risk of straining yourself or others with traditional stretching is significant.

After training with us, your confidence and capability will not only meet but exceed the current demand for quality, effective stretching. You will help most people by reducing pain, improving function and performance in all aspects of their lives. A majority of our students report doubling their income and recovering their entire investment within just a couple months of starting to offer Frederick Stretch Therapy treatments.

Expand Your Horizons

When I got home and I started working on people, the faces and the impact it had on people when they got off the table was unlike something I've never seen before.

- David Kemp,
Kinesiologist
Richmond BC, Canada
Level 2

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Who Can Do Frederick Stretch Therapy?

This training is not limited to bodyworkers or medical practitioners. If you have heart, hunger for knowledge, humility, and compassion to help others, then this technique is for you.

The following professionals are all having success integrating FST into their practices and so can you:

Physicians • osteopaths • chiropractors • physical, occupational and other manual therapists • massage therapists and other bodyworkers • Pilates instructors • Yoga and other movement instructors • fitness professionals • sports coaches and therapists • athletic trainers • second careers • and more.
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Paige, a former police officer and FST practitioner, found through FST not only a way to heal her PTSD, but also a way to help her fellow first responders with their trauma.

- Paige Tonniges, La Quinta CA, USA

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The Stretch To Win Experience

This is unlike any other continuing education experience or even career training you've ever had. Our approach and environment is fun and learner centered for the individual, not large groups. This is exclusively hands-on training for 5 days, with each significant movement demonstrated before students gather with a teacher in their own small group. You will both experience the work from the teacher and get to practice on them too in order to optimally learn before practicing on your peers.

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This has been a real paradigm shift in my life. I thought I was just coming out to learn a modality, just something to bring back to the clients to help them with their modality...But I learned that FST is so much more than that.

- Susan Bonin, Myerstown PA, USA

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Accreditation: CE/CEU

FST is not a simple technique that can be trained in a couple hours after work. Stretch to Win helps you advance your career, ensuring you are credentialed by the following organizations to grant CEUs, CECs & CEs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

 

  • Is a background in anatomy required to take a workshop?
    • Yes. If you lack knowledge of anatomy, we recommend this app, Complete Anatomy, as well as the Anatomy Trains book by Tom Myers:

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  • Can students "hold" a spot and register later?
    • No. Since workshops sell out far in advance, this is not an option.
  • What is the difference between FST™ and Myofascial Release?
    • As stated by John Barnes, PT, one of the originators of myofascial release, “Myofascial Release is a safe and very effective hands-on technique that involves applying gentle sustained pressure into the Myofascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion.” (http://www.myofascialrelease.com).

      FST is a very different approach developed by Ann and Chris Frederick. Stretch to Win’s Fascial Stretch Therapy is a neuromyofascial manual therapy that focuses on the connective tissue system rather than isolated muscle treatment. We assess passive, active and resisted movements in functional positions as well as on the treatment table. The approach starts with assessment and treatment where needed at the deepest part of the connective tissue system - the joint capsule. It progresses through all the layers of fascia, ending with the superficial layer. Where the central or peripheral nervous system is restricted or not optimal in movement, proper neural mechanics is restored. Muscles that were inhibited are activated while those that are over activated are normalized. Finally, a home program prescription follows so that the client/patient becomes an active partner on their journey to wellness or sport performance.

  • What's the normal time frame for people to become fully qualified?
    • This will depend on how comfortable you are with the material after each workshop. The average time is 1 to 2 years.

  • Are there payment plans?
    • Yes. To register, click here. To make a payment, click here.

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