Fascial Manipulation®Stecco Method - Podiatry.

Level 1a Online theory: Muscular Fascia. 

There are 3 study rooms to progressively work through containing  approximately 12 hours of excellent theory and practical lectures (see below). It is advised to work through each of the lectures in study rooms 1 and 2, at least twice. For planning, depending on your learning speed, allow between 7-8 weeks to learn and complete the MCQ’s. People can have up to 3 attempts at the MCQ’s.

The third Study Room is approximately  3.5 hours of practical video instruction, of which, only the pelvis to feet are pertinent. Even so, I would advise a minimum of 16 hours practice. This practice is essential and you will need a volunteer helper to be your model. Below are the main topics covered.

At the end of the theory section you will have been equipped with the Fascial Manipulation® clinical reasoning and understanding to assess and determine a treatment pathway and, in practicing the approach in the videos, begun the hands on learning to aid diagnosis and treatment of fascial restrictions. This does not qualify you to treat as yet.

i) Anatomy Study Room (approx 4hrs) – 6 lectures with MCQ exam:

Anatomy of:  Superficial fasciae; Muscular fasciae gross anatomy; Deep fasciae microscopic anatomy; Epimysial fasciae; Deep fascial innervation.

ii) Basic Science Study Room (approx 4.5hrs) – 6 lectures: with MCQ exam:

Basic Principles of Fascial manipulation;  Physiology of the fascial system;  A biomechanical model of myofascial sequences and units employed in assessment and treatment of fascia;  Assessment and treatment of fascia in its sagittal, frontal and transverse planes;  Comparative identification and assessment of centres of coordination in fascia and their treatment strategies.  Successful, post level 1 course attendees, will be able to access, via one year subscription, videos of movement tests treatment points from the Stecco Learning Platform. 

iii) Clinical Science Study Room  (approx 3.5hrs) – Total of 12 brief practical videos. MCQ exam: 

There are approximately 3.5* hours of clear, practical instructional video material. A minimum of 16 hours home based practical study is advised to attain both a familiarity and comfortable competency in undertaking the task.  It cannot be rushed.  

Covering from the pelvis to the feet, the excellent videos aid:  identification of specific muscular fascia points, known as Centres of Coordination and associated motor units,  which we will work upon.  Below are the main topics covered. 

Introduction and demonstration of palpation assessment and treatment techniques.  You will learn these for each plane of movement (sagittal, frontal and horizontal), in each segment of the lower body, pelvis to toes. Practical application of treatment to the areas of concern. Safe working placement of patients and practitioners (see image opposite). Movement assessment tests for a limb segment to aid diagnosis.  

Repeated practice of this is required in order to become efficient by the time of the practical course so, the more time given, the better.  MCQ exam, which will be geared to our scope.

NB. Acquiring of the above practical skills does not permit their use diagnostically, nor clinically, until the course is completed via the practical 1b. 

* You will only be required to learn the video material from the pelvis to feet.