Evidence Based Pain Management for Massage Therapists

This is a comprehensive self directed course package covering everything about pain, evidence based practice and the rehabilitation sciences. Learners have lifetime access and will receive support along the way! CEC approved across N. America.

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome video 1.1
2. How to video ...
3. Module 1 workbook
4. Intro part 1
5. Intro Part 2
6. Intro Part 3
7. Pain neurophysiology quiz
8. Pain neurophysiology paper
1. Reconceptualizing pain and pain defined
2. An overview of pain by Melzack and Katz
3. Pain science
4. gifford1998
5. Moseley,Reconceptualising_pain_according_to_modern_pain_sc
6. Acute and persistent pain
7. Economic impact of pain
8. Burden of pain
9. deyo2009
10. CPG chronic pain Chou 2009
1. How pain becomes a problem
2. Skin receptors overview
3. How accurate are the backs sensory receptors?
4. Sensory mechanisms part 1 - nociception
5. Sensory mechanisms part 2 - nociplastic and CS
6. Peripheral sensitization
7. Latremoliere and Woolf pdf
8. woolf2011 CS- Implications for the dx and tx of pain
9. woolf2018 - Pain amplification
10. Sensory mechanisms part 3
11. Sensory neuron pathway
12. Clinical question
13. Simplify
1. Neurotags
2. The limbic system's role in persistent pain
3. Sensitized Neuroimmune system
4. Understanding Pain in less than five minutes(360p)
5. Module 1 recap
6. Module 1 Quiz
7. Module 1 recap with Q & A
1. Module 2 intro
2. Module 2 workbook
3. Evidence based practice framework
4. MSK CPG's
5. Massage therapy research review
6. 60% of the time, it works every time
1. Medical imaging
2. Back pain - separating fact from fiction - Prof Peter O Sullivan
3. Low back pain imaging - Lemmers2019
4. Historical concepts
5. Historical concepts 2
6. Historical concepts 3.1
7. Historical concepts 3.2
8. Listen to understand
9. Be a wise port in the storm
10. Evidence based manual therapy explanations
1. Sensory mechanism 1
2. Sensory mechanism 2
3. Sensory mechanism 3
4. BPS experiences
5. Predictive processing
6. Paradigms and causal narratives
1. Non-specific treatment effects part 1
2. Non-specific treatment effects part 2
3. Thinking beyond muscles and joints pdf
1. Module 2 quiz
2. Module 2 outro
1. Module 3 clinical pain science workbook
2. Module 3 intro
3. Adopting a new framework
4. Treatment fundamentals
5. 7 Important questions to ask yourself
6. Red and yellow flags
1. Psychologically informed practice
2. The Psychology of Pain pdf
1. Therapeutic alliance
2. Enhanced therapeutic alliance enhances pain intensity (Fuentes et al, 2013) pdf
3. Patient centred communication pdf
1. Patient expectations
2. Individual expectations
3. How expectations shape pain
4. Clinical relevance of contextual factors
1. Patient interview and assessment workbook
2. BPS interview framework part 1
3. BPS interview strategies part 2
4. Reflective listening
5. Interview question examples
6. Gifford's 4 questions
7. Jack with Peter O Sullivan
8. Empathy : The Human Connection to Patient Care
9. Patient interview part 1
10. Patient interview part 2
1. Language matters
2. The association between health care professional attitudes and beliefs and the attitudes and beliefs, clinical management, and outcomes of patients with low back pain: A systematic review
3. Easy to harm, hard to heal
4. Safety and dangers exercise
5. Communication strategies and reframing examples
1. Module 3 outro
2. Module 3 Quiz
1. Module 4 intro
2. Module 4 workbook
3. Metaphors
4. Patient education
5. Clinical reasoning pathway
1. Pain assessment
2. The Hedonic Scale and Moving From Pain to Luxury
3. Ortho and special tests
4. Practical demo with Layle part 1
5. Changing the narrative in diagnosis and management of pain in the SI joint area
1. Manual therapy intro
2. Practical demo with Layle Part 1
3. Practical demo with Layle part 2
4. Practical demo with Layle part 3
5. Practical demo with Layle part 4
6. Hands on demo for LB/PGP
7. Manual therapy options - low back sidlying
8. Grace demo part 1 Shoulder and neck
9. Grace demo part 2 Neck
10. Grace demo part 3 - shoulder complex
11. bishop2020 riding a tiger- Maximizing effects of manual therapy
12. zusman2004 Mechanisms of manual therapy
13. voogt2015 analgesic effects of manual therapy
1. Function centred life
2. graded exposure and novel movements
3. Introduction to novel movement principles
4. Spinal novel movements
5. Seated spinal movements
6. On the table spinal movements
7. On the table spinal 2
8. On the table spinal 3 - sidelying
9. Shoulder mobility exercises with Meaghan Mounce video 1
10. Shoulder mobility exercises with Meaghan Mounce video 2
11. Shoulder mobility exercises with Meaghan Mounce video 3
12. Shoulder mobility exercises with Meaghan Mounce video 4
13. Novel movements shoulder
14. Novel movements neck
15. Pain and exercise paper pdf
16. Exercise interventions for treatment of low back pain - searle2015
17. Spinal stab exercises vs reg exercise
18. Graded exposure flow chart
1. Rehab considerations
2. 10 things not to do if you have lower limb tendon pain(1080p)
3. Tendon rehab progression
4. Movement exploration/basic rehab part 1
5. Spinal rehab and coordination 2022
6. Hamstring rehab
7. Module 4 Quiz
1. Specific painful conditions
2. Osteoarthritis treatment guidelines
3. Fibromyalgia treatment guidelines
4. Hypermobility: A Massage Therapist's Perspective Part 1
5. Hypermobility: Part 2
1. Assessment and measurement definitions
2. Standards of Practice
3. Exploratory conversation
4. Orthopaedic and Special Tests - Neck
5. TMJ
6. Intro to Shoulder Assessment
7. Brief Shoulder Screen
8. Shoulder Ortho and Special Tests
9. Carpal Tunnel
10. Thoracic Spine
11. Lumbar Spine
12. Lumbar Spine Radiculopathy Cluster
13. SI Joint Part 1
14. SI Part 2
15. Intro to Hip Assessment
16. Brief Hip Screen
17. Knee
18. Ankle and foot
19. Best Practices Charting
20. SOAP Note Charting Example
1. Module 5 intro
2. Keith M interview part 1
3. Keith M interview part 2
4. Keith M interview part 3
5. Amy Eicher interview part 1
6. Any Eicher interview part 2
7. Amy Eicher interview part 3
8. Amy Eicher interview part 4
1. Case studies part 1
2. Case studies part 2
3. Module 5 course complete
4. Do you need a CEC certificate?
1. Webinar Sep 7 2023
1. Metaphors and Pain with Susan Shipton
2. Management of Lower Back and Pelvic Pain
3. Management of Lower Back and Pelvic Pain Part 2
4. Management of Lower Back and Pelvic Pain Part 3
5. Management of LB and pelvis part 4 demo 1
6. Management of Lower Back and Pelvic Pain Part 5
7. Management of Lower Back and Pelvic Pain Part 6
8. Management of Lower Back and Pelvic Pain Part 4 - Bonus demo 1
9. Bonus demo part 2
10. Bonus demo part 3
11. Bonus demo part 4
1. Final exam part 1
2. Final exam part 2 - Case Study
3. Final exam part 2 - case study questions
4. Final Exam part 3

About this course

4 x $197.00
198 lessons
39 hours of video content

CEC approved across Canada and the USA

Enhance your practice by learning the necessary skills and strategies to improve the lives of patients with complex and routine pain presentations.

Evidence Based Pain Management for Massage Therapists

Course curriculum

INTRODUCTION

RECONCEPTUALIZING PAIN

PAIN NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

THE BRAIN AND THE SENSITIZED NEUROIMMUNE SYSTEM

MODULE 2: EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE

HISTORICAL THINKING AND ADOPTING A NEW MANUAL THERAPY NARRATIVE

SENSORY MECHANISMS

CONTEXTUAL TREATMENT EFFECTS

MODULE 2 COMPLETION

MODULE 3: ADOPTING A NEW FRAMEWORK INTO PRACTICE

PSYCHOLOGICALLY INFORMED PRACTICE

THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE

PATIENT EXPECTATIONS

CONDUCTING A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVIEW

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND REFRAMING

MODULE 3 COMPLETION

Module 4: PRACTICING AS AN EVIDENCE BASED THERAPIST

EVIDENCE BASED ASSESSMENT

MANUAL SKILLS PRACTICE

GRADED EXPOSURE AND THERAPEUTIC MOVEMENTS

TENDINOPATHY AND REHAB PROGRESSION PRINCIPLES

Module 4 B

MODULE 4C: ASSESSMENT, MEASUREMENT, AND CHARTING

MODULE 5: THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE

CASE STUDIES

Zoom discussions

Bonus Course and Extra Webinars

Final Exam

About this course

CEC approved across Canada and the USA