Alberta Massage Therapists
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS and approved CECs for MTAA
Optimizing Shoulder Function
7.5 CECs
Covers shoulder anatomy, function, and critical role of the scapula. Learn the most effective exercises for shoulder injuries (impingement, rotator cuff tear, bursitis, adhesive subluxations, dislocations) and how to prevent them! Become the expert on the most mobile joint in the human body!
Part 1: Optimizing Hip and Knee Function: Fresh Ideas for Management of Osteoarthritis and Hip/Knee Joint Replacements"
8 CECs
Feeling uncertain about how to best train clients with hip or knee replacements or osteoarthritis? Learn the latest total joint surgical procedures and the most effective prehab/posthab exercises. Correct common muscle imbalances, prevent dislocations, and improve gait in your clients with osteoarthritis or hip/knee replacements. With 1 in 5 people living with osteoarthritis, find out how the right neuromuscular exercises can help this condition and even prevent surgery! Learn about the new core stability
"wrap around your glut" technique!
(no prerequisite for this course)
Part 2: Optimizing Hip and Knee Function: Taking it to the next level.
*must complete Part 1 to attend Part 2
10 CECs
Learn how to help your clients' achieve their life goals and effectively return to sport and work post joint replacement. Many in the younger population are undergoing joint replacement surgery and they have ambitious goals to live life to the fullest. This workshop covers post op musculoskeletal complications, return to work and sport exercises, targeted stretching and gait analysis and tips relevant to this active population.
Optimizing the Kinetic Chain
8 CECs
Learn about the kinetic chain which starts at our feet and moves upward. When alignment is optimized, this translates into improved function and injury prevention. Whether you are looking to learn about common postural ailments or hoping to discover ways to enhance your client's dynamic stability and strength for sport, this course is for you. In this self paced, 8 hour course, discover how the kinetic chain is dynamic and active!
Optimizing the Older Adult
16 CECs
Do you want to feel confident when working with the 55+ population? Learn about what influences aging and how increasing age affects a person physically, cognitively and mentally. This course covers a variety of chronic health conditions (respiratory, cardiac, neurological, diabetes, dementia, cancer). Discover key components for exercise programs for the healthy older adult and the older adult with multiple health concerns. We need to work "upstream" to help this client population to stay out of the hospital and THRIVE! Become an expert in the older adult population, expand your clientele reach and help them to lead their best lives.
Finding Balance: Dual Task, Cognitive and Vestibular Exercise Workshop
9 CECs
Learn the latest research on how best to incorporate thinking, vestibular, and dual tasks into exercises to improve balance
and selective attention. What is vertigo and how can you recognize it? Help your clients reduce risk of falling and improve
function in the real world. Become a dual task and balance expert and leave this course with a toolbox full of activities you can implement immediately into your practice .
