John Rothery the Principal at Rothery Health Centre, Pembrokeshire will be jetting off to the prestigious Harley Street Medical Centre in Istanbul,Turkey this weekend to teach instrument assisted massage techniques to physiotherapists,sports therapists, doctors and osteopaths.
The course will provide the students with the practical skills and underpinning knowledge to start using these excellent, and fast working soft tissue techniques and apply them in their clinics straight away. Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation techniques can be applied to a variety of musculoskeletal conditions and different regions of the body. IASTM is a not an aggressive technique but a quick and easy way to achieve better results, it does not replace your hands but can add another level to your soft tissue assessment and treatment.
Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilisation utilises a hand tool (made normally out of steel) to manipulate the body’s healing process, and causes neurophysiological and mechanical effects on the tissues that you treat to improve range of motion and movement quality. The course will teach the participants how and why to apply the treatment for maximum effect, and how you would integrate it with other manual therapy techniques and for specific conditions.
Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilisation gives the practitioner another option for soft tissue assessment and treatment and the tools compliment your hands and can even enhance your sensation.
The course has a high practical content to make you proficient and effective with your treatment and with underpinning in the evidence supporting this approach.
John is also looking forward to seeing the sights and sounds of Istanbul after the completion of teaching the course.
