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Welcome & introduction of instructor and course participants
Overview of outline of the course; introduction of topics that will be covered as well as description of practical lab experience and presentation of case studies.
Review framework of the RockTape Movement Pyramid
What is FMT? Functional Movement Training
Cupping Therapy History (Ch 1)
Historical review of cupping in body work
Suction and Vacuum Mechanism
Varieties of cup materials
Review of types of cupping techniques
Cupping Therapy Mechanisms (Ch 2)
Neural, Chemical and Mechanical responses to cupping
Understand neuroanatomy, skin and fascial systems and how they relate to the course
Discuss use of ultrasound to demonstrate objective changes beneath the skin during cupping procedures
Neural responses to cupping
Chemical responses to cupping
Review current literature related to myofascial cupping techniques (Ch 3)
Systematic Reviews
Cupping for Pain
Cupping for chronic vs acute conditions
Cupping’s Thermogenic Effects
Hour Two
Characteristics of cups (Ch 4)
Sizes, Cleaning technique, Graded Exposure system
Variety in plunge methodology, pre plunge, plunge onto skin, inverted plunge
Review of Treatment Considerations (Ch 5)
Indications and contraindications
Three levels of vacuum, pre-plunge, plunge to skin, inverted plunge
Types of glide: internal and external
Variations in patient/client positions
Mobilization levels
Cupping Treatment Strategies (Ch 6)
Introducing skin/fascial/movement screening process
Introduce and practice use of cupping as it relates to direction and pressure
Types of Treatments
Hour Three
Flash Cupping (Ch 7)
External Glide – multiple vectors
Internal Glide – movement with cupping
Learn, practice and perform specific applications of cupping
Instructor Feedback
Dry Cupping plus Functional Movement (Ch 8)
Treatment considerations
Trunk cupping locations
Upper Extremity cupping locations
Lower Extremity cupping locations
Bio-Psych-Social considerations for treatment
Learn, practice and perform specific applications of cupping
Instructor Feedback
Hour Four
Sensori-Motor Retraining with Cups (Ch 9)
Introducing external cueing concept in respect the use of cupping for movement disorders (posture, sensori-motor retraining)
Internal glide techniques
Stages of learning, stages of movement dysfunction
Introduce and practice use of cupping as it relates to movement dysfunction
Types of Cueing:
Mechanical
Visual & Tactile
Hour Five
Assisted/Resisted Cupping (Ch 10)
Learn, practice and perform specific applications of cupping with movement and integrate use of elastic resistance band
External Cueing for Movement Dysfunction
Isolated Movements – Flexion, Extension, Rotation, Ab/Adduction, Deviation
Functional Movements – Sagittal, Frontal, Transverse Plane Patterns
Movement Examples: Stretching, Mobility and Corrective Exercise patterns with elastic resistance band
Treatment considerations for cupping with movement, all movement is a screen/treatment opportunity, work and sport-related movement examples
Instructor Feedback
Hour Six
Upper Extremity Entrapments (Ch 11)
Condition Specific Applications
Tibial nerve, Sciatic nerve, Femoral nerve, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve
ACNES Case Study
Learn, practice and perform specific applications of cupping for nerve entrapments
Treatment considerations for neural entrapment cupping: external glide, internal glide, meaningful movement
Instructor Feedback
Scar Manipulation Cupping (Ch 12)
Introduction of screening and treatment concepts for specific conditions with cupping for scars
Case studies directional scar cupping – Trunk
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