Do you want to be able to assess the posture of your client?              

Would you like  to be able to identify which muscles are short and tight and which are lengthened and weak?                                                                                                                        

Did you know it is a myth that most clients have "tight rhomboids"?                                      

Do you know why some shoulder pain is due to poor posture?

Would you like to know how to effectively treat round shoulders (kyphotic postures)?     

Do you know how to identify tight hip flexors?

Want to know why they can give rise to low back pain?                                                                                                                                                

Do you know why clients who stand with hyperextended knees can get patella pain?       

Or the relationship between tight hamstrings and a lordotic lumber region?                        

Or which clients have "flatback" and why this might be painful?                                                

If your answer to any of these questions is YES,  then this workshop is for you. 

On this one-day workshop you will have these questions answered and also learn: - methods for recording postural assessment - how to assess a client's posture when viewing them posteriorly - how to assess a client's posture when viewing them laterally - how to identify a kyphotic posture- how to identify hyperextended postures - how positioning, exercise and stretching can help change postures A full workbook is provided, including full postural assessment charts for recording information.

You will learn to understand the importance of posture and factors affecting it, to enable you to carry out accurate postural assessments on your clients, and to enable you to devise ways to improve posture through positioning, exercise, massage and stretching.  Photographs are taken for those who want a record of their own posture. 

Tutor Jane Johnson. 

Certificate of attendance awarded with 5 cpd credits. 

Date: 6th March 2008. 

Cost £75.00.