Course Description:

Let’s talk about flexibility! What’s the difference between muscle length, fascia stretching, and effective myofascial release? How can it impact your patients? Does it play an important part in poor posture and subsequent impairments? How can you use Foam Rolling techniques with upper and lower extremity muscle groups to treat various diagnoses? In this course, Dr. Rina Pandya, PT, DPT, will explain the theories, evidence, and proper techniques of foam rolling.
Dr. Pandya will cover:
•   Proficiency with the anatomy and physiology of the muscle and the fascia
•   Identifying the effect of foam rolling on myofascial and the autonomic nervous system, CNS, cardiovascular, mechanical and neurological systems
•   Recognizing the stretch reflex
•   Applying the principles of foam rolling on posture, pain and body awareness
•   Learning techniques for foam rolling major muscle groups of the upper and lower extremities and correlating to various diagnoses through demonstration videos