Practitioner Courses

David Wadsworth teaches several post-graduate courses to other health care practitioners licensed to practice manual therapy.

 

Manual Therapy Institute Courses

David is on the teaching faculty of the Manual Therapy Institute along with Haydn Gambling and Mark Elford. The Manual Therapy Institute teaches a series of 5 courses which collectively cover a broad range of manual therapy approaches for the entire body. The 5 courses are:

  • Patterns of dysfunction in Lower Extremities and Pelvis
  • Patterns of dysfunction in Thoraco-Lumbo-Sacral Region
  • Patterns of dysfunction in Thoracic Cage
  • Patterns of dysfunction in Cranio-Cervical Region
  • Patterns of dysfunction in Upper Extremities

The "patterns of dysfunction series" has been designed to provide the practitioner with the manual skills to treat dysfunctions within the mechanical system, and to introduce the more advanced skills of visceral manipulation and cranial manipulation. An understanding of the inter-relationships between each of the bodies systems (such as the musculoskeletal system, gastrointestinal system, genitourinary system etc), and their role in chronic pain syndromes, is presented.  The courses can be taken in any order and offer advanced manual therapy training to licensed health care practitioners. 

 

For more information or to register on a Manual Therapy Institute course, please visit the Manual Therapy Institute website www.manualtherapyinstitute.com

 

Strain-Counterstrain Courses

 The Manual Therapy Institute aims to invite world leaders in the manual therapy field to provide outstanding education opportunities to Australian practitioners.  This year we are pleased to announce that we have invited Randall Kusunose, the worlds number one practitioner and teacher of strain-counterstrain (SCS), back to Australia for the second year in a row.  Randy, co-founder and director of the Jones Institute, offers a series of 5 courses covering the broad field of SCS:

  • SCS Course 1:   The Spine
  • SCS Course 2:   The Extremities
  • SCS Course 3:   The Cranium & Advanced TEchniques
  • SCS Course 4:   Facilitated Counterstrain
  • SCS Course 5:   Counterstrain for the Visceral & Lymphatic Systems  

Randy (on behalf of the Manaul therapy Institute and the Jones Institute)  will teach 3 classes in Australia this year:

  • SCS Course 2: The Extremeties.  Adelaide.  25-27 March 2011 (SOLD OUT)
  • SCS Course 1: The Spine.  Gold Coast.  22-24 July 2011.
  • SCS course 1:  The Spine.  Sydney.  29-31 July 2011.

Strain-Counterstrain courses anticipated for 2012 include Cranial and Advanced Techniques, The Spine and The extremeties.

 

For more informaiton ro to register pleaase go to the Manual Therapy Institute website www.manualtherapyinstitute.com

 

Direct Myofascial Technique & Locomotor Slings course

Direct myofascial technique is a skill used by manual therapy practitioners on a daily basis.  Restrictions in the soft tissues of the body including the fascia and its related muscles are an exceptionally common occurrence.  Such restrictions can be a significant cause of ongoing dysfunction and pain in not only the muscles themselves but also the joints.  This course teach the three major types of direct myofascial technique including sustained, active and dynamic techniques.  Important features of the course include:

  • Clinical reasoning skills to enable the practitioner to evaluate and treat the body as a whole
  • An understanding of fascia and muscle, their interconnectedness throughout the body, their pathology and treatment approaches
  • Accurate assessment skills to identify myofascial dysfunction and relate this to the patients presenting complaint
  • Development of palpatory skills.  Forms a skill base from which the more advanced skills of visceral and cranial manipulation can be more easily learnt at a later date.
  • Treatment skills covering most of the important areas of myofascial dysfunction in the body, including sustained, active and dynamic myofascial techniques. 
  • Clinical reasoning skills relating to prognosis, pathology subtypes and treatment planning

Details about the next Direct Myofascial Technique course will be announced in late 2011.