Tissue Healing and Therapeutic Interventions

  • This module is delivered online with extensive resources to give you insights into to the tissue healing process. This knowledge is crucial when applying manual and exercise therapy at different stages of recovery.

    • The stages of recovery from soft tissue and bone injuries

    • Classification and healing times/processes for ligament, muscle, tendon and bone injuries

    • Appropriate therapeutic interventions in the early stage of injury

    • Tissue healing from a physiological point of view - what happens to the tissue

    • The stages of the healing process

    • The structure of ligaments and why they get injured/how they get injured

    • The latest grading system for ligament injuries

    • The structure of muscles and why they get injured/how they get injured, and common injury locations

    • The latest grading systems for muscle injuries

    • What a tendinopathy is and the current best practice for early stage management

    • The Stretch Shortening Cycle and it's importance in tendon rehab

    • Bone Injuries fractures and bone stress injuries

    • The physiological, biomechanical, Neurological, Psychological and immunological effects of manual therapy

  • 2 Parts -

    • Part a) Pre-course worksheet

    • Part b) Tissue Healing Video Presentation

    If you are completing the full diploma course you will also be expected to reflect on the content of this module throughout your 200 hours of clinical practice and how you have used the skills/communication from today with real life clients

    Detailed breakdown of assessments

The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated

- Plato