Soft Tissue Therapy for the Lower Limb Online CE Exam With Print Book

This package includes the following:

• Soft Tissue Therapy for the Lower Limb book
• Online continuing education exam

Soft Tissue Therapy for the Lower Limb is a visual guide to understanding and applying massage, stretching, soft tissue release (STR), and trigger point release techniques for common lower limb conditions.

Chartered physiotherapist Jane Johnson breaks down the most appropriate soft tissue techniques and strengthening exercises for 31 musculoskeletal conditions affecting the hip, buttock, thigh, knee, leg, ankle, and foot. Step-by-step instructions and full-color photos demonstrate techniques, while tips highlight effective practices and common errors.

Along with information about appropriate treatments for each lower limb condition, this book shows how to assess lower limb posture, demonstrate simple and safe strengthening exercises that patients can perform with minimal equipment and without supervision, and measure the effectiveness of your treatment.

After reading the book, certified professionals can take the companion CE exam to earn continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives

• Assess the posture of a client, focusing on the pelvis and lower limb, and identify postural imbalances in the pelvis, hips, knees, ankles and feet.
• Describe the consequences of pelvic and lower limb postural imbalances.
• Provide examples of overall treatment aims and develop specific treatment goals.
• Determine the most appropriate way to measure the effectiveness of your treatments.
• Use the forearms, fists or elbows as appropriate when applying massage to treat piriformis syndrome, groin strain and tight hip adductors.
• Identify the soft tissue technique appropriate for each of the common conditions affecting the lower limb.
• Demonstrate the application of massage, soft tissue release and passive stretching for use in the treatment of conditions affecting the lower limb.
• Teach active stretches that are effective for use in the treatment of common lower limb conditions.
• List eight reasons an exercise plan might fail, and provide a solution for each.
• Perform simple tests to determine the length and strength of hip, knee and ankle muscles.
• Teach hip, knee, ankle and foot strengthening exercises, providing examples in different positions such as prone, supine, sitting and standing.
• Explain how to make lower limb strengthening exercises harder or easier and how to make them functional.
• Illustrate a safe, simple way to test balance and teach exercises that are appropriate for common conditions affecting the lower limb.

Audience

Certified athletic trainers, massage therapists, physical therapists and physiotherapists, and other allied health professionals.

Jane Johnson, PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), BA(Hons), CSP, HCPC, is a chartered physiotherapist specializing in occupational health and massage. In this role she assesses the posture of clients; performs manual assessments, including that of the soft tissues; and determines whether work, sport, or recreational postures may be contributing to a person’s symptoms. She devises postural correction plans that include both hands-on and hands-off techniques. A key element of her work involves educating each client in how to self-manage their condition.

Johnson has taught continuing professional development workshops for organizations in the United Kingdom and abroad. This experience has brought her into contact with thousands of therapists of varying disciplines and has informed her own practice. Johnson has a particular passion for inspiring and supporting students and newly qualified therapists to gain confidence in the use of assessment and treatment techniques.

Johnson is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. For many years she provided expert witness reports on cases involving soft tissue therapies. Johnson is the author of six titles in the Hands-On Guides for Therapists series: Postural Assessment, Postural Correction, Therapeutic Stretching, Soft Tissue Release, Deep Tissue Massage and Soft Tissue and Trigger Point Release. These titles have been translated into multiple different languages, including Japanese, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Postural Assessment has sold over 15,000 copies. Johnson is also the author of The Big Back Book: Tips & Tricks for Therapists.

Johnson regularly delivers webinars on popular musculoskeletal topics as well as on life working as a therapist. In her Facebook group, ‘Jane Johnson: The Friendly Physio’, she shares tips and tricks in her usual friendly manner.

Johnson lives in the north of England in an unmodernized house, where she creates books and webinars, keeps a sketchbook and nature journal, and rehomes big rescue dogs. Her Instagram page is @janejohnson5047, ‘The physio who keeps a sketchbook’.