Workshop 6:
Stretch Your Clients

Accredited by both the CThA , FHT and STO - Advanced Training, 5 credits..

Bodyworkers of all disciplines including fitness instructors and teachers of pilates. Attending this workshop provides an excellent opportunity to revise your muscles and is therefore highly beneficial for anyone who feels a bit rusty in this area.

Passive Stretching is a recognised National Occupational Standard (NOS) for sports therapy as set out by Skills Active. (D522)

Where you'll train
For this workshop we’re at the British School of Osteopathy (BSO)Teaching Centre.

Attendees receive a comprehensive set of handouts and certificate of attendance and are informally assessed to ensure competency.

To read Jane's article on Using Stretching Techniques (as featured in Today's Therapist) click on the link.

Author of Therapeutic Stretching; Hands on Guides for Therapists,

Jane Johnson, Chartered Physiotherapist, helps you learn how to advise your clients on simple and safe stretching routines and to analyse how best to incorporate stretching into your practice.

The focus of Jane's, workshop is on the practical aspects of this discipline but with a touch of theory too. The majority of the day is spent practising different stretches, addressing all major muscles of the body. Participants find there are questions such as, 'For whom might this be a good stretch? For which clients might this be contraindicated? When and how should stretching be used following injury? Can this stretch be used as part of a rehabilitative programme?'

You’ll learn:
The difference between active and passive stretching
Why some stretches are ineffective and others are more effective
How to safely incorporate stretching into your practice
To perform passive stretches on all major muscle groups of the body
To demonstrate active stretches for all major muscle groups of the body
How to devise safe and appropriate stretching programmes for your clients

You'll learn to stretch:
Lower limb muscles including:
Calf muscles
Hamstrings
Quadriceps
Hip flexors
Hip adductors
Tibialis anterior
Gluteals
Piriformis
Toe flexors

Upper limb muscles:
Shoulder
Biceps
Triceps
Forearm and wrist flexors
Forearm and wrist extensors

Trunk muscles:
Pectorals
Quadratus lumborum
Rhomboids
Latissimus dorsi
Levator scapulae
Upper fibers of trapezius
Scalenes
Spinal extensors