CLINICAL SPORT MEDICINE ^4th EDITION
By Drs Peter Brukner & Karim Khan

This is the current Edition of this extraordinarily valuable book which has sold over 40 000 copies world wide.

WINNER OF THE HIGHLY COMMENDED PRIZE IN THE ORTHOPAEDICS AND RHEUMATOLOGY CATEGORY OF THE 2007 BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEDICAL BOOK AWARDS

If you don’t already own a copy I recommend this book to you as an industry “ MUST HAVE “ in the field of Sports Medicine

Clinical Sports Medicine is a complete practical guide book to musculoskeletal medicine and physical therapy, covering all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries and physical activity.

Brukner and Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine is the bible of sports medicine. The text explores all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries and physical activity such as the fundamental principles of sports medicine, diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries, enhancement of sports performance and dealing with special groups of participants. Each chapter has been comprehensively reviewed and updated and there are 12 new chapters which cover topics such as military medicine, prevention of sudden cardiac death and the integration of evidence into clinical practice. The contributing authors are renowned experts in their field and are based all around the world.

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The fourth edition is enhanced by a new companion website featuring ‘Clinical Sports Medicine Masterclasses Online’. Readers will gain access to this secure site via a pincode included with the book. The site will include video clips of clinical examinations, interviews with leading experts and will be updated regularly.

Whether you’re dealing with the recreational sports player or the elite athlete – here’s a comprehensive, authoritative guide to the total medical care of the individual participating in any form of physical exercise. With chapters organised according to the anatomical region of the presenting symptom, Clinical Sports Medicine, 4th Edition is a practical, superbly organised and easy-to-follow tool for Sports medicine doctors, Physiotherapists, General practitioners, Soft Tissue Therapists, Massage therapists and Athletic trainers.

• Full-colour format
• Over 50 international authors including our very own Rob Granter.
• The 4th Edition addresses new advances, including treatment of concussion, management and rehabilitation of shoulder injuries, prevention of knee and ankle injuries, and treatment of patello-femoral pain and tendinopathies
• The latest evidence-based sports medicine information on emergency medicine, epilepsy, diabetes and heatstroke.

This state-of-the-art guide to sports medicine provides important insights into anatomical and pathological causes of presenting problems. The text:

• Provides an understanding of the biomechanics of various sporting activities – a vital foundation for the sports medicine practitioner

• Covers everything you need to care for both the elite and recreational athlete – from pre-screening to injury management to returning to sport

• Brings clinicians fully up to date on the field’s most recent advances, with contributions from over 50 top international experts

• Is filled with practical, cutting-edge management strategies and clinical pearls

• Contains hundreds of illustrations facilitate accurate diagnosis and treatment: from anatomical models, tables and charts to photographs demonstrating diagnostic and rehabilitative techniques

• Clearly outlines the stages in clinical assessment, including examination routines for each joint or region

• Explains how to manage the most commonly dislocated joints, acute ligament sprains, muscle strains, contusions, and stress fractures

• Shows how to avoid muscle wasting and reduce joint stiffness when immobilisation is required for fracture healing

• Offers strategies for treating muscle cramps and restoring full motion and function in tendon injuries

• Explores predisposing factors in overuse injuries and describes their treatment

• Describes the role of radioisotopic imaging, MRI, and CT scans

• Alerts you to medical conditions that can mimic a sporting injury

• Enables you to initiate injury prevention strategies in one-on-one consultations and in-season planning sessions with coaches

• Gives you methods to hasten recovery following heavy bouts of training or competition

• Presents the keys to success in formulating individualised rehab plans

• Helps you counsel athletes on supplements ranging from vitamins and minerals to creatine and amino acids with website links to keep you abreast of this time-sensitive issue

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There are still places available for the “Vacuum Cupping for Myofascial Mobilisation” course which begins this Wednesday May 2nd and continues on Wednesday May 9th.

Lots of great information here to effectively treat Fascial restriction with minimal stress on you, the Practitioner.

We will also discuss other tools to use to effectively treat dysfunctional tissue. Click here for the brochure

Date & Time: Over 2 Consecutive Wednesdays –

MAY 2^ND& 9^TH  2012 6 – 9 pm

Venue: RMIT University Melbourne CBD

Presenter : Rob Granter author of “The Myofascial Vacuum Cupping Manual” and the DVD “Vacuum Cupping for Myofascial Mobilisation in Clinical Practice”

Cost: $180

Full Details & Registration: Please click on this Link

Do you want to learn the essential fundamentals of this highly effective tool for mobilising dysfunctional hypomobile myofascial tissue?

Gaining competency in Vacuum Cupping will give your Clinical skills a huge positive leap forward and take a significant load off your own body.

This course will introduce you to the keys skills required.

This is not aggressive cupping and it is not traditional Vacuum Cupping where vacuum is induced by flame, This method will induced vacuum via the vacuum pump method and is sufficiently precise and highly monitored to be useful in a multidisciplinary setting.

You will be taught the indications for its use and the relative & absolute contra-indications for the technique.

You will study the skills required to perfect the treatment technique for maximising effectiveness and limiting adverse tissue reaction.

You will be able to introduce this technique into your clinic immediately.

All cupping equipment is supplied. Low participants numbers to maximize your learning.

Additional techniques will be presented and practiced to off load your fingers & thumbs.

The Myofascial Vacuum Cupping Manual, DVD and Cupping equipment will be available for sale to participants at discounted rates at the venue

Full Details & Registration: Please click on this Link

Date & Time: Saturday May 5th 2012 9am – 5pm

Venue: RMIT University Melbourne CBD

Presenter: Rob Granter (BSocSci AdvDipRemMass)(Myotherapy)(RMIT)

Cost: $185

Course Content: Please Click This Link to Download the Full Brochure

Do you want to immediately advance your knowledge & skill in treating chronic Low Back problems of a soft tissue nature?

Do you want more confidence in treating difficult Low Back conditions?

Do you want to learn advanced techniques such as Muscle Energy technique to restore mobility to the Lumbar facet joints if their function is restricted by soft tissue dysfunction?

Do you want more knowledge of surface anatomy of this region which will allow you to become much more specific with your treatment?

Do you want to learn in a fun, relaxed environment and get more satisfaction from your clinical work?

If you answered YES to any of these questions then this course is for you.

Course Content: Please Click This Link to Download the Full Brochure

Course Title: Assessment & Treatment of Neck Pain & Headache – The Soft Tissue Perspective

Date: Friday April 20th 6 – 9 pm & Saturday April 21st 9am – 5pm

Venue: Melbourne CBD

Course Content: Please click this link to download the full detailed brochure

Course Presenter: Rob Granter

Here are some of the comments of past participants of this course:

“I have been looking to further my ability as a therapist and this is the course that has been missing. It is a must”

LM. Remedial Massage Therapist Melbourne

“This course is essential training for those working on the delicate and variable structure as the neck”

GM. Soft Tissue Therapist Melbourne

“Rob’s teaching style and experienced practical knowledge will change the way I treat my clients”

GM. Remedial Massage Therapist Melbourne

“Rob has given me the confidence & skills to effectively treat my patients, I know by following this course content I won’t ever go wrong in treating my patients. Fantastic. Thankyou”

KF. Myotherapist Melbourne

“Excellent course. Great Instructors. Learnt many new techniques”

10/10 Course Content 10/10 Quality of Instruction

If you have any questions regarding the course please email us on: admin@softtissuetherapyonline.com

Or call 03 9459 1299

I’m very excited to announce that I have been invited to be a featured presenter for the 2011 World Massage Conference. I would love for you to join me.

This is a virtual conference that you attend by logging into your computer. It’s the largest event in the history of massage and over 15,000 massage therapists and bodyworkers from around the world are expected to register for this year’s event.

I’m presenting on My Top 10 Tips for Success in Sports Massage, however, the presentation will be very relevant for anyone wanting to build their practice in all aspects of Hands-on therapy.

I’ll be joined by more than 40 other presenters, all top massage experts from around the world and you can get over 50 hours of continuing education.

The conference starts in November with pre-conference lectures already in place, so check it out now. For more information on cost and lecture times or to register now go to:

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Our very good friends at softtissuetherapy.com.au and Clinic 88 in Canberra are hosting their annual Soft Tissue Therapy Conference in Sydney on August 27th & 28th 2011.

This will be a fantastic opportunity to spend a weekend with some wonderful therapists and make some great friendships within the industry.

I have the honour of giving the keynote address on Supraspinatus Assessment & Treatment and a workshop on Treating the intrinsic Soft Tissue of the Mid Cervical region.

I will be joined over the weekend by the wonderful Jeff Murray who will run workshops on the Onsen approach to Sacral dysfunction and C 0/1 and C 1/2 dysfunction.

The other great speakers include Rolfer, Colin Rossie, Eleanor Oyston and Dr Jamie Gaida.

I am thoroughly looking forward to the conference and I hope to see lots of you up in Sydney.

Click here for the brochure

 Kind Regards Rob Granter

An Essential Tool for the Soft Tissue Therapist for specific Myofascial Mobilisation & Practitioner Stress reduction

The latest DVD release by ACSTT Director Robert Granter

“Rob Granter has packaged his vast experience and years of clinical work in an easy to understand introduction to Vacuum cupping for myofascial dysfunction. This DVD is a must for those wanting to reduce the day to day load on their bodies in the clinic and for those exploring options to enhance clinical outcomes” James Barker Soft Tissue Therapist Canberra Australia

Produced in 2010 – 60mins duration

• · Do you want learn a highly effective treatment modality that mobilises the bodies myofascial tissue without ANY stress on  YOU the practitioner?
•  Have you wanted to know more about Vacuum Cupping but are unsure where to turn for competent advice.
• · Do you want to learn about Vacuum Cupping from a practitioner that has been using the technique for over 15 years in a Western Medicine Context.
• · Have you been “Put Off” by the technique of Vacuum Cupping by the excessive bruising that it can create?
• · Do you want a long and enjoyable career in Massage Therapy?
• · Do you want to reduce excessive stress on your own body by maximizing your efficiency?
• · Do you want relief from those painful fingers, wrists, shoulders, neck, and back?

This DVD can help you achieve all the above outcomes. It is one of the few resources available that outlines the techniques, in careful detail, in a Western Medicine Context

Who is the author Robert Granter AdDipRemMass(Myotherapy) RMIT BSocSci(Deakin)?

Rob has 23 years experience in Soft Tissue Therapy within the Australian Sports Medicine Multidisciplinary Model.

Rob was a contributor to the textbook Clinical Sports Medicine by Dr. P. Brukner and Dr. K. Khan, which is now in its 3rd revised edition and has sold over 40,000 copies worldwide. He is co-founder of the Australasian College of Soft Tissue Therapy and is the only Soft Tissue Therapist on the editorial board of the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Rob is based in Melbourne, Australia, and has been head of Massage Therapy/Soft Tissue Therapy for:

•       Australian Olympic teams for Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 & 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne

•       Victorian Institute of Sport (10 years) & Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre (6 years)

MYOFASCIAL VACUUM CUPPING FOR SOFT TISSUE MOBILISATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Section 1 – The Fundamental Principles The Required Underpinning Knowledge

1.     Course Introduction

Description of the Technique / The Correct Equipment / The correct application of Vacuum Cupping to the body

2.     Why is Myofascial Vacuum Cupping an essential Clinical Modality for the Remedial Therapist?

Effectivily mobilise Myofascial Tissue / Taking stress off the Practitioners Hands, Wrists, Shoulders and Spine / Use of Myofascial Vacuum to Chronic Exertional Compartment Sydrome

3.     How does Myofascial Vacuum Cupping positively change tissue mobility?

By restoring the optimal volume of the Fascial ground substance by stimulation of fibroblastic activity / By reducing the collagen crosslinkages that may potentially cause unnecessary “adherence” of one fascial layer to another / By the potential Thixotrophic nature of fascial tissue / By the activation of mechano receptors causing a reduction in local tissue tension

4.     Body regions most suited for the technique

Which regions of the Body are particularly suited to this technique

5.     Selection of Appropriate Patients

Avoiding Irritable patients and selecting appropriate robust patients

6.     Contra-Indications to Vacuum Cupping

Absolute and Relative Contra-Indications / Clear guidelines to avoid major adverse reactions

7.     Key Principles of Application of Myofascial Vacuum Cupping to maximising effectiveness and limiting adverse tissue reaction

The 4 Vital Signs to maximize effectiveness and minimise bruising / Precise application and release of the Vacuum cups

8.     How to use the modality effectively in Clinical Practice

Preparing For Vacuum Cupping

Section 2 – Practical Application of the Myofascial Vacuum Cupping technique

9.     Practical Application Of Vacuum Cupping

Key principles for excellence in Practice / Practical Exercise 1 & 2: Mild Static Vacuum Cupping to the Thoraco-lumbar Fascia / Longissimus / Ilio-costalis / Lower to Upper Trapezius

10.  Practical Exercise 3: Mild Sliding Vacuum Cupping:

To the Thoraco-lumbar Fascia / Longissimus / Ilio-costalis / Lower Trapezius / In neutral a Spinal position and progressing to more functional positions prone and seated

11.  Practical Exercise 4: Comparison of Static Cupping to Sliding Cupping in the Hamstring Group: Biceps Femoris, Semi Membranosus & Tendinosis

12.  Practical Exercise 5: The Use of Vacuum Cupping with “Through Range” movement To the Upper Trapezius and Levator Scapula myofascia.

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THE MYOFASCIAL VACUUM CUPPING MANUAL 16 Chapters including 3 extra chapters on The Use of 3 Additional Soft Tissue Treatment Tools in Clinical Practice. Smooth edged Tools, T bars and Jack Knobber  Tools and Spikey Balls.

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STABILITY, SPORT & PERFORMANCE MOVEMENT

GREAT TECHNIQUE WITHOUT INJURY

by Joanne Elphinston

PURCHASE DETAILS CLICK HERE to Download the information brochure and Purchase Information

An athlete must create and control forces. Ideally they will use the muscle patterns and kinetic chain sequencing which minimises effort and localised stress on specific body structures, while maximising the result. The effectiveness of their movement links their risk of injury and their performance.

“Stability, Sport and Performance Movement: Great Technique without Injury” presents a testing and training programme for technical development and injury prevention in sport. It was written in response to requests from athletes, coaches, physiotherapists and fitness professionals for a resource that would help them to understand the anatomy and training of functionally stable movement in a clear, relevant and logical way.

The book establishes the link between movement, muscle patterns, force management and injury, and addresses functionally stable movement as the result of interplay between a variety of factors including functional mobility, balance, proprioception and neuromuscular coordination.

A full chapter is dedicated to the testing of these factors in order to establish baselines for training, and this is followed by four fully illustrated chapters of progressive, integrated exercise which show the user how to develop sound patterns from beginner level through to high level.

For the sports medicine professional, the book provides insight into why an injury may occur, how to identify potential for injury, and methods for addressing problem areas for both prevention and rehabilitation. A chapter on application of the principles to specific patient presentations provides additional guidance.

For the coach and fitness professional, the book explains how technique is dependent upon multiple factors, and how simple testing can identify key issues which can be dealt with in order to progress technique safely and effectively. A testing list for a selection of sports is provided.

The book’s content is relevant across all age groups, from junior level to veterans. The author’s identification of recurrent patterns in elite level sport led to investigations on the development of patterns in children and adolescent athletes, and as a result the book provides a comprehensive chapter on developing effective movement in our young future athletes for physical education teachers and professionals working in junior sport.

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about the author Joanne Elphinston BPhty MA MCSP Joanne Elphinston is performance consultant, international lecturer and physiotherapist working with elite and professional athletes. A recognised lecturer and consultant on technical movement enhancement for performance, injury prevention and rehabilitation, Joanne works with elite athletes in a wide range of sports, as well as professional dancers and musicians. Drawing from backgrounds in applied biomechanics and motor control, philosophy and psychology, Joanne addresses movement from a multimodal and holistic perspective. A former coach herself, Joanne has one foot planted in the medical and the other in the training aspect of athlete management and development. This gives her a unique understanding of the challenges in sport from both perspectives, and an ability to build bridges between the two areas in her teaching, writing and consultancy. Joanne’s detailed approach to movement has led her to work for the past eight years with professional contemporary dancers on dancer development, physical preparation and performance enhancement. Other performing arts clients include musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Welsh National Opera.

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A Fantastic group of 20 Skilled Therapists completed Rob Granter’s Assessment and Treatment of Neck Pain & Headache course this weekend May 27-28th.

Here are some of their comments:

“I have been looking to further my ability as a therapist and this is the course that has been missing. It is a must”

LM. Remedial Massage Therapist Melbourne

“This course is essential training for those working on the delicate and variable structure as the neck”

GM. Soft Tissue Therapist Melbourne

“Rob’s teaching style and experienced practical knowledge will change the way I treat my clients”

GM. Remedial Massage Therapist Melbourne

“Rob has given me the confidence & skills to effectively treat my patients, I know by following this course content I won’t ever go wrong in treating my patients. Fantastic. Thankyou”

KF. Myotherapist Melbourne

“Excellent course. Great Instructors. Learnt many new techniques”

10/10 Course Content 10/10 Quality of Instruction

Another Cervical course is planned for the second half of 2011.

Register your interest by emailing us on: admin@softtissuetherapyonline.com