Have you ever wondered why some patients continue to experience pain and dysfunction when no structural cause can be determined and why some patients fail to respond to conservative interventions? Joint tissue injuries present in our offices daily. Although some are easy to recognize and develop rehabilitation strategies for, some are underrecognized, misunderstood and underdiagnosed. These common neuropsychophysiological dysfunctions impact and contribute to somatic dysfunction and the experience of pain, diminishing our patient’s overall quality of daily life. This course will provide you with evidence-informed knowledge you will immediately incorporate into your practice, enhancing your understanding, competence and confidence in treating common joint tissue injuries and conditions.

In this course you will learn:

• Ligamentous Articular Strain Techniques for the Talus, Tarsals, Metatarsals, Metatarsophalangeals, Interosseous Membrane and more…;
• Current Pain Science knowledge you will immediately use with every patient;
• Research of how joint tissue injuries occur, how they heal, and how long it possibly takes to manage/rehabilitate these injuries;
• The factors (bottom-up and top-down) that contribute to, influence a patients’ pain experience, and impact their daily function and quality of life, and;
• What massage therapy can accomplish as part of a patient’s holistic management plan.

Having an updated understanding and perspective of the neuropsychophysiological nature of joint pain/dysfunction will improve RMT’s competencies, enabling RMTs to make better practice decisions. This knowledge will contribute to helping improve their communication and how RMTs educate their patients with current research. RMTs will have an enhanced understanding of massage therapy’s role in the big picture of pain management and understand how to treat and rehab their patients more effectively, improving our mutually desired outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to explain Referred Pain to their patients
• Students will be able to treat the joint capsule and surrounding tissues
• Students will be able to describe the typical Ligamentous Pain Referral Patterns
• Students will be able to describe and inform their patients about the Ligamentomuscular reflex
• Students will be able to apply the knowledge of Anatomy, Neuroplasticity, Mechanoreceptors and the Ligamentomuscular reflex in treating their Patients
• Students will be able to duplicate the techniques demonstrated
• Students will be able to palpate the ligaments addressed at the body areas covered within each course
• Students will be able to answer the 5 questions patients want answered
• Students will recognize and effectively treat forced coupling dysfunctions

About the Presenter
Robert Libbey has been a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT, 3000hr) for over 30 years and an educator for over 25 years. Robert has spent his career researching, learning, developing, expanding and updating the narrative for the Ligamentous Articular Strain Technique by incorporating the most current research and understanding of neurophysiology, biopsychosocial and contextual factors, pain science, fascial research and the neurophysiological model for referral pain. As science and medicine advanced, Robert recognized that some medical research, perceptions, narratives and principles may seem out of touch with today’s knowledge, while others maintain the test of time.

Along with developing LAST in its current form, Robert has completed 3 research projects documenting and consolidating information on:
1) Arthrotome: Joint Capsuloligamentous Tissues that are Mainly Supplied by Afferent Nerve Fibres from the Dorsal 
Root(s) of any Given Spinal Nerve(s),
2) A Review of The Ligamentomuscular Reflexes: Implications for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation,
3) A Review of The Ligamentous Articular Tissue Pain Referral Patterns: Implications for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation.

His courses represent a reconceptualization and a revitalization of Manual Therapy. He regularly speaks and instructs at national, international and online Massage Therapy Conferences and Physiotherapy and Physical Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Conferences and Pain Conferences. He is the author of Ligament Pain Referral Patterns documenting current knowledge and understanding of pain, the neurophysiological model of referred pain, neurological innervations and pain referral patterns for axial and peripheral joint capsules/ligaments. Robert maintains a full-time practice while he continues researching, developing, training and educating.

Notes:
-Registration Deadline: Monday, January 13 by 9:00am.
-All webinar registrations are on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity on total registrations per webinar. 
-Webinar will be recorded. All registered participants will receive a link to the webinar recording. Access to the recording will be available for upto 3 months from the webinar date.

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