Manual therapy course for patients with brain injury

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Curso de terapia manual en pacientes con daño cerebral

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Centro Lescer launches a manual therapy course for patients with brain injury with the collaboration of physiotherapist and osteopath Rafael González.

The aim of this course is combining knowledge in manual therapy with the treatment of neurological patients to improve physiological alterations and re-educate patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). In other words, seeking an integrative approach which takes into account the general nature of the emotional, cognitive, physical, intellectual and relational effects.

Centro Lescer provides this training in manual therapy for patients with brain injury “in hopes of supporting professionals working in the field of neurology in their professional development and improving the care of ABI patients.”

Introduction

Studies in recent years have shown that the interface of the fascial system (connective tissue) interferes with the most complex systems (vascular, muscular, nervous), causing general interference and slowing the recovery of function. Therefore, the aim of this course is combining knowledge in manual therapy—focusing on fascial therapy—with the treatment of neurological patients to improve physiological alterations and re-educate patients with acquired brain injury. In other words, seeking an integrative approach which takes into account the general nature of the emotional, cognitive, physical, intellectual and relational effects.

This course is intended to assist professionals in acquiring skills and abilities that will allow them, through theoretical and practical analysis, to improve movement evaluation and treatment in patients with acquired brain injury.

Objectives and methodology

Improving the technical skills of professionals specialized in manual therapy within the field of neurorehabilitation. Technique possibilities and limitations.
Taking a closer look at biomechanical dysfunction and loss of resources in neurological patients.
Local and global interactions with neurological patients. The course will consist of two parts, a theoretical and a practical part, of fundamental content on manual therapy focused on patients with ABI. Attendees will perform an introductory practical examination and treatments using real patients.

Course Program

Seminar 1: Fundamentals (25-26-27 January)

Objectives, possibilities and limitations of manual therapy in the context of brain injury.
Manual therapy at the service of re-education.
Transition between approach models: physiopathological, biopsychosocial, systemic, and informational-cybernetic models.
Clinical case.
The body as a communication system: body systems (nervous, fascial, endocrine, etc.) and communication strategies.
Clinical case.
Physiological responses as a guide to treatment: beyond neurological reflexes (fascial system, tensegrity, pulse, myokinetic reflex).
Clinical case.

Seminar 2: In-depth Examination (22-23-24 February)

Basic treatment tools:
The fascial system as a communication interface.
Learning to identify dySfunction of the fascial system.
Mainstays of treatment for the myofascial system.
Myofascial release techniques I: fascial massage: (Superficial fascia. Coverings of muscle tissue).
Analytical approach.
Comprehensive treatment.
Clinical cases.

Seminar 3: (22-23-24 March)

Myofascial release techniques II: induction techniques. (Superficial fascia. Coverings of muscle tissue).
Analytical approach.
Comprehensive treatment.
Clinical cases.

Seminar 4: (10-11-12 May)

Special treatment techniques in the fascial system:
Neuromeningeal manipulation.
Craniosacral therapy.
Clinical cases.

Relevant information about the manual therapy course for patients with brain injury

Name of the course

Manual therapy course for patients with brain injury.

Course instructor

The manual therapy course for patients with brain injury organized by Centro Lescer will be taught by Rafael González, physiotherapist and osteopath with a Masters in manual physical therapy of the locomotor system.