Curriculum Details

 COURSE YEAR ONE.

MODULE ONE

1.Basic hands-on methods for myofascial mobilisation
2 Myofascial anatomy and basic muscle function and anatomy
3 Focus on trapezius and erector spinae muscles

MODULE TWO

1 Softening contractured myofascial structures
2 Recording each students methods on CD for future training purposesif this is deemed to be necessary.We have now incorporated much of this in the manual

3 Body stance , methods of working

Much of this work will be on each other until the next workshop when real people with real problems arrive--these are people none of us will ever have seen>

Clinical practice

MODULE THREE

1 First clinic with real patients . Basic assessment procedures
2 Assessing degree and extent of malfunction

MODULE FOUR

Basic joint assessments
2 Major joints and L5 and C7
3 Basic joint mobilisation techniques
Assessment of active and passive range of movement.
PNF application

MODULE FIVE

1 Comparing the patient performance of postures
2 Using the 6 basic postures for assessment
3 Taking the history of the patient
4 Keeping records of treatment
5Learning palpation techniques
Professionalism and clinic etiquette

MODULE SIX

1 Using the skills on patients
2 Clinic –patients booked every hour . Students allocated patients for treatment under supervision by tutors.

MODULE SEVEN

1 Teaching the patient to do the remedial postures

MODULES EIGHT – TEN

Clinic with patients. Remedial yoga class for patients
Individual tuition for students according to need.

Self-help and empowerment
Acute and chronic conditions
Basic understanding of traumatic conditions, adhesions and other lesions
Holistic imbalances
Therapist/patient relationship dynamics

These are the basic elements--but they may not necessarily appear in the precise order-it depends upon the needs of each individual so we remain entirely flexible and can respond to the demands apparent at each workshop.

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CONSOLIDATION YEAR . YEAR TWO

During the early part of this second year the tutors will assess those students who were already using FMM the previous year , with a view to determining the level of competence with the more advanced methods inherent in the second year

MODULE ONE.

1Putting together the pieces of the jig-saw
2Assessing the relative importance of each piece-myofascial and joint content
3.Emotional and spiritual content of the problem
4Understanding why the patient gets well

MODULE TWO

1Primary cause and secondary cause
2 Believing your hands and eye - the intuition training.
3 Secondary causes
4 The meaning of the symptoms. Pain and its meaning

MODULE THREE

1 The connections between the GLOBAL and the LOCAL problem
2 The fascial network in detail
3 Disease and pathology. Whole spineal mobilisation

MODULE FOUR

1The interface –practitioner /outer experience –patient/inner experience
2The biospheres—understanding the geographical body
3Connection of global and local events and the spiritual problems
Psycho spiritual dis-ease
Convergence of other modalities and therapies with FMM

MODULE FIVE

1Dealing skilfully , compassionately , firmly and professionally with the patient
2Being in professional practice
3 Dealing with the patients fears and anxieties
4 Being yourself
5 Clinic

MODULE SIX

1Sportspeople and their problems—sports injuries

MODULE SEVEN

1 Accidents –before and after

MODULE EIGHT and NINE

Yoga therapy

MODULE TEN

Assessments on all students . Practice management. Treatment plans .

CERTIFICATION FOR SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

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FINAL YEAR . YEAR THREE

MODULE ONE

1 Pathology of conditions—specific conditions

MODULE TWO. As for module one

MODULES THREE AND FOUR
Clinic work . Treating patients with unusual conditions.
Hands and feet treatments
Dermatomes and trigger points-recognition and treatment

MODULE FIVE

1 Mind—the impact upon the condition. Emotional release. Holding on
2Frozen shoulder , arthritis—the real meaning?
3 Know yourself

MODULE SIX

1 Looking after yourself as practitioner. Valuing own work. Loss of ego
2 Own yoga and meditation practice

MODULE SEVEN – TEN

CLINIC WORK ON STUDENTS OWN PATIENTS

Verification of quality of diagnosis. Study of students’ diagnoses and examination of success and methodology.These final modules will concentrate upon honing the skills already acquired and should enable the practitioner to confidently treat the vast majority of conditions encountered in the therapeutic environment

At the end of this year the students will have seen most types of musculoskeletal condition that are commonly presented at any osteopathic , chiropractic and physiotherapy clinic and many of those presented at hospital orthopaedic clinics

The final year will again involve certification for those successful students. The skills that we will teach you cannot be learned from a book . The art of FMM is something that will come only to the dedicated person who understands that perseverance is essential and that this perseverance must be self-induced and not forced by the intellectual demand of a theoretical course , much as a University might do.

You will be expected throughout the course to be responsible for your own learning and to be vigorous in your pursuit of understanding.

ENJOY THE PROCESS.