Online Continuing Education Courses

Assessment for Sports Massage and Physical Rehabilitation Application

• Describe assessment for the sport and fi tness population
• Apply a clinical reasoning process to treatment plan development
• Develop outcome goals that are quantifiable and qualifi able
• Adapt charting methods to the athletic population
• Complete a comprehensive history
• Complete a comprehensive physical assessment
• Perform postural assessment
• Perform basic orthopedic tests to assess for joint injury
• Analyze movement assessment findings
• Perform muscle strength assessment
• Describe and assess kinetic chain function
• Perform gait assessment
• Perform palpation assessment
• Integrate clinical reasoning into the treatment plan using assessment findings
• Relate assessment data to first-degree, second-degree, and third-degree dysfunction, and categorize the adaptation response to stage 1, 2, or 3 pathology
• Integrate ongoing assessment data channeled into appropriate massage treatment strategies