Course Description:

There is an abundance of evidence to support the use of therapeutic exercise in improving pain across a number of musculoskeletal conditions when done appropriately. This course will review the principles of therapeutic exercise and the physiological principles behind how exercise can facilitate tissue healing. Exercise prescription training principles and variables are reviewed, including progressive overload, specificity, variation, reversibility, and individualization. Viewers will be provided general guidance and recommendations of resistance training in accordance with the American College of Sports Medicine in how to design a program, including training guidelines for strength, power, endurance, hypertrophy, and plyometric training. A review of load management is presented with tips on how to improve load management specific to tissue type. A model of how to progress exercises is presented, with sample exercises and progressions presented to enhance the viewer's exercise prescription skills.