Graston Advanced 2-Day Training

Professional CEU Course

Sadhana Health Patients: The clinic will be closed on this date.

Join us at Sadhana Health for two days of Graston Advanced Training facilitated by GrastonTechnique®

For PT, OT, L/CMT: This course is open to professional physical therapists, occupational therapists, comprehensive manual therapists, and students in these fields who have already completed their M1 training.

DATE: Saturday October 12, & Sunday October 13, 2024
TIME: 8:00am-6:00pm
REGISTRATION: Register online at GrastonTechnique® >>

Note: Sadhana Health is not responsible for handling registration and payments for this course. Registration and all registration specific inquiries should be directed to GrastonTechnique.

About This Course

Course instructor: Dr. Ryan Lystad, DC

Ryan specializes in a hands-on approach to adjusting the spine, and focuses on prehab and rehab exercises. He uses Function Movement Screening, FMS, and SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment) to identify asymmetries and imbalances of potential areas that might become injured. Ryan also specializes in golfers utilizing the TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) system.

Ryan has been a GT Instructor since 2014. Dr. Lystad has always been a supporter of athletics and sports, specifically rugby. He played collegiate rugby for 4 years with MSUM. While in chiropractic school, he had the privilege of playing on the elite men s team for Life University. In Denver, his passion for rugby brought him the opportunity to work with the Denver Barbarian Rugby Football Club.

Ryan attended Life University for his Doctor of Chiropractic degree. Dr. Lystad and his wife opened their own chiropractic practice, Innovative Chiropractic Center, and run it together.

Course objectives:

• Advance knowledge of GT examination procedures for assessing musculoskeletal dysfunction while introducing the principles of regional interdependence and functional testing.
• Enhance clinical decision-making skills during the application of GT.
• Advance repertoire of GT interventions for the management of musculoskeletal dysfunction/mechanical pain.
• Develop a higher level of skill acquisition for utilizing GT while introducing movement, resistance, weight bearing, and provocation patterns to treatment.
• Review major GT concepts covered in the Essential course (eight fundamental strokes, ergonomics, scar & edema techniques, physiology of GT, if necessary).
• Provide an opportunity for participants to discuss patients that have challenged them since they started incorporating instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) into their practice.
• Introduce advanced GT skills incorporating IASTM with movement, with resistance, in weight bearing, during provocation, and with therapeutic exercise typically prescribed for common musculoskeletal pathologies.
• Review selected case studies that illustrate advanced clinical applications of IASTM.
• Share most recent research findings pertaining to IASTM.