Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Assessment and Therapy - Level A

About course:

The course "Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Assessment and Therapy: Level A" is a practical course, in which the main attention is paid to myofascial chains, their function and dysfunction in various musculoskeletal pathologies.

The myofascial chain is essentially a line of connective tissue that runs through the body. Myofascial chains provide movement and force transmission and help the body move as a single unit. Dysfunction of myofascial chains in one of the muscles or the entire chain as a whole can cause pain and structural weakness. Understanding myofascial chains allows for a better understanding of injuries and movement limitations.

The practical part includes muscle inhibition techniques using the principles of reciprocal inhibition and PIR according to Prof. K. Lewit, AEK (agony eccentric contraction) technique according to Brugger.

The practical part of the courses includes the basic principles of therapy based on the therapeutic concepts of the authors of the Czech rehabilitation school, i.e. Prof. Vaclav Vojta, Prof. Karel Lewit, Prof. Vladimir Janda.

Lecturer: Mgr. Lukaš Kasala (Charles University, 2nd medical faculty, department of rehabilitation and Sport Medicine, lecturer in the study subject “Special Physiotherapy concepts and methods”; “RehaThink” lecturer in Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia).

TIP: 16 ( LĀPPOS, Nr.TIP2024/400 TIP16)

Price: 380 EUR (including handouts, snacks, coffee, tea)

Language: English

Number of places in the course: 16

The main topics of this training are:

• kinesiological and biomechanical assessment of the patient (myofascial chains);

  
  

• differential diagnostics;

  
  

• myofascial pain, its causes; reactions of trigger point muscle “chains” and the mechanism of their formation; pain radiated by trigger points and associated joint blockades; characteristic patient pain; functional changes caused by trigger points.

  
  

• Practical part: muscle relaxation techniques (based on muscle-fascial “chains”), using the principles of global reciprocal inhibition, PIR according to K. Lewit, AEK (agony eccentric contraction) techniques according to the Brugger concept.

Programme

Day 1 02.03.2024, 09.00- 13.00 theory part:

Myofascial pain - etiology, mechanism of formation, neurophysiology, pathophysiology;

Myofascial pain - definition of trigger points, etiology, neurophysiological changes of trigger points;

Trigger point muscle "chains", their formation mechanism;

Trigger point referred pain, and related blockades in proximal and peripheral joints;

Differential diagnostics;

14.00- 17.00 practical part - relaxation techniques for specific muscles - postisometric relaxation and reciprocal inhibition. Muscles:

ILIOPSOAS

HAMSTRINGS

GLUTEUS MEDIUSET, MINIMUS

GASTROCNEIMUS, SOLEUS

HIP JOINT centralization/approximation

QUADRATUS LUMBORUM

RECTUS ABDOMINIS

Day 2 03.03.2024., 9.00 - 17.00 practical part - relaxation techniques of specific muscles -  postisometric relaxation and reciprocal inhibition. Muscles:

INFRASPINATUS

LATTISUMUS DORSI

PECTORALIS MAJOR ET MINOR

SHOULDER JOINT centralization/approximation

SCALENII ANTERIOR, MEDIANUS

STERNOCLEIDOMASTOIDEUS

SHORT NECK EXTENSORS-SUBOCIPITAL MUSCLES

See detailed program and recommended literature in PDF file