Stretch to Win 2nd Edition Online CE Course With Ebook

This package includes the following:

• Stretch to Win, Second Edition, ebook
• Online study guide
• Practice exam
• Online continuing education exam

In Stretch to Win, Second Edition, Ann and Chris Frederick share their complete flexibility training system, proven to increase mobility, improve range of motion, boost recovery, and more. Made up of dynamic stretches that mirror sport-specific movement, this newest edition builds on the program by incorporating more research evidence, specifics on assessment, and more stretching options.

Illustrations of the body’s fascia will help you understand how to assess and identify imbalances. You’ll learn the techniques to eliminate these imbalances with corrective stretch movements that quickly improve mobility. You’ll also learn the most effective techniques for each sport, position, or event and be prepared to put these techniques into action with your clients.

Using the Stretch to Win fascia mobility assessment (FMA) protocol, you’ll determine range of motion deficits and identify performance inhibitors. With the stretching matrix, you’ll personalize a program developed for your client’s needs and goals. You can incorporate the matrix into existing workouts as well as into rest days, because stretching can aid in recovery and bring your body back in balance.

It’s all here—the tools, the stretches, and the instruction to create an effective flexibility program for any sport or activity. If you’re ready to help your clients increase mobility, power, speed, agility, range of motion, and overall performance, you need Stretch to Win!

Once you complete the course, certified professionals can take the companion CE exam to earn continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives

• List the 10 principles that form a foundation for a flexibility program.
• Describe the anatomy and physiology of the fascial mobility nets throughout the body.
• Identify the specific nets for each part of the body, and list all the key muscles and associated fascia that connect to each other.
• Recognize the different types of fascial mobility blocks that can affect movement and mobility.
• Explain the differences between traditional stretching techniques and fascial mobility training in the form of dynamic stretching.
• Identify the proper parameters that can be used in flexibility training to individualize and improve performance results.
• Describe how flexibility can have an impact on athletic performance parameters, such as power, strength, and speed.
• Determine any impediments to fascial movement through the use of an accurate fascia mobility assessment (FMA).
• Create an appropriate self-stretching program by modifying the stretching parameters and performing self-myofascial release (SMFR).
• Perform the Great 8 and the Fascia 5 stretches in order to increase, correct, maintain, and recover mobility of the core and the rest of the body.
• Perform assisted stretching in a floor routine or table routine to dramatically increase an athlete’s range of motion (ROM).

Audience

Certified strength and conditioning professionals looking to learn more about stretching and its role in performance.

Chapter 1. Ten Principles for Optimal Flexibility
Chapter 2. Anatomy and Physiology of Flexibility
Chapter 3. Flexibility Training
Chapter 4. Flexibility for Sport Performance
Chapter 5. Flexibility Assessment
Chapter 6. Stretches for Fundamental Mobility
Chapter 7. Dynamic Stretches for Sports
Chapter 8. Assisted Stretching

Ann Frederick has been a teacher of human movement through professional and academic dance education and kinesiology since 1975. She founded the Stretch to Win Center, where she, her husband Chris, and other staff offered Fascial Stretch Therapy, physical therapy, Pilates, sport massage, chiropractic care, and acupuncture. Ann and Chris have since founded the Stretch to Win Institute, where professionals in health, fitness, and sports can get certified in LifeStretch and Fascial Stretch Therapy—two therapy techniques that they created. Ann is certified in kinesis myofascial integration (KMI) by Thomas Myers and is a founding member of the Fascia Research Society.

Chris Frederick has been a licensed physical therapist in the areas of orthopedics, sports medicine, and dance medicine since 1989. He has an extensive background in professional dance and in the martial arts. Chris uses his passion for movement correction and reeducation to teach athletes how to assess their mobility and help themselves. He is the cofounder of the Stretch to Win Institute and cocreator of Stretch to Win Fascial Stretch Therapy and LifeStretch. He is certified in kinesis myofascial integration (KMI) by Thomas Myers. Chris is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the International Association of Structural Integrators and is also a founding member of the Fascia Research Society.