Musculoskeletal Assessment

presented by Mel Cash

Subscribe Now

or

First Chapter Free Buy This Course
Accreditation Check:
A majority of pain and injury stems from distorted posture or skeletal misalignment, and proper assessment of postural or skeletal issues plays a crucial role in your approach to treatment. This course teaches the therapist how to assess the common postural misalignments, which can contribute to injury and identify the muscle dysfunction associated with them. It also shows how to assess the range of movement in specific joints to consider the soft tissue component involved in an injury and determine when soft tissue therapy is appropriate.

Meet Your Instructor

  • Mel Cash, BS, MISRM

    Mel Cash, BS, MISRM

    Mel is recognized as one of the pioneers of massage over the last 25 years and has published several international textbooks on the subject. He has gained the most extensive clinical experience having worked with World class athletes and dancers (including the Royal Ballet in London and the Tokyo Ballet in Japan) as well as people with serious medical conditions. He is a passionate and inspiring teacher who has also presented workshops Internationally. He used to compete at a high amateur level in Marathons and Triathlons. He has written a number of books including Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy and Advanced Remedial Massage and Soft Tissue Therapy and is regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject.

    Read full bio

Chapters & Learning Objectives

Download Learning Objectives
  1. Soft Tissue Injuries

    1. Soft Tissue Injuries

    In this chapter, Mel discusses the underlying postural and occupational factors which can cause musculoskeletal injury with clients who have minor and chronic conditions.. Participants will assess the underlying neuromuscular and functional factors which can lead to a musculoskeletal injury. Finally, after watching this chapter participants will understand the need to encourage the client to carry out rehabilitation and corrective exercises.

  2. Postural and Skeletal Assessment

    2. Postural and Skeletal Assessment

    In this chapter, the participant will be introduced to the common underlying postural factors that can lead to painful conditions in particular parts of the body. The participant will also learn to perform active and passive range of movement tests to determine whether joint pain is caused by a soft tissue problem, which can be treated, or an inner-joint structural problem, which should be referred.

  3. Assessment Application by Body Region

    3. Assessment Application by Body Region

    The participant will have the opportunity to apply postural and skeletal assessment principles in to the spine and pelvis, upper limbs, and lower limbs.

Completion Requirements

If approved for CE credit in your discipline and state, a minimum score of 70% is required for OT/OTA, Nurse, LTCA, and RT. A minimum score of 80% is required for SW. No minimum score is required for other disciplines unless otherwise specified within the course.