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​COURSE DESCRIPTION and approved CECs for MTANS


​Optimizing Foot and Ankle Function: The Foot Core
12 hours of credit
Optimizing our foot and ankle function is ESSENTIAL to alignment, stability and propulsion.  Find out how to activate the "foot core" and all about foot intrinsics.  Help your clients reduce lower extremity injuries, improve gait and overall athletic performance.  Feet at the foundation of the kinetic chain.  Who knew there was SO much to learn about our feet?
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​Part 1: Optimizing Hip and Knee Function: Fresh Ideas for Management of Osteoarthritis and Hip/Knee Joint Replacements"
8 hours of credit

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!
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​​Part 2: Optimizing Hip and Knee Function: Taking it to the next level.

*must complete Part 1 to attend Part 2
7 hrs of credit
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.
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​​Optimizing the Older Adult
16 hrs of credit
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.
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    • Who Are We?
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      • BC Massage
      • Alberta Massage
      • Saskatchewan Massage
      • Manitoba Massage
      • Ontario Massage
      • Newfoundland & Labrador Massage
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      • PEI Massage
      • Australia
    • Courses for Kinesiologists
    • Courses for Fitness Trainers
    • Workshops for Schools
    • Workshops for Businesses >
      • Corporate: Workplace Wellness Workshops
      • VIRTUAL Corporate Seminars >
        • Sitting is the New Smoking
        • Move More - Work Smarter - Be Healthier
        • Culture of Health Management Webinar
        • Habits and Happiness
        • Stand Tall: Posture and Back Care
        • Lift for Success
        • The Impact of Repetitive Strain Injuries
  • Patients
    • Osteoarthritis: You Can Thrive
    • 1:1 Virtual Physio
  • Testimonials
  • Contact