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Physiotherapy: A Complete Guide


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Summary

Price
£99 inc VAT
Or £33.00/mo. for 3 months...
Study method
Online
Duration
6 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Overview

If you’re currently a physiotherapy student or just have a passing interest, this course can help you improve on your fundamentals and advance your skills as a physiotherapist. It uses in-depth video tutorials to guide you all the way, constantly referring back to the latest research and science so you know your skills are up to date.

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Description

Course Highlights

  • Learn physiotherapy techniques with 3 hours of fantastic online video tutorials and multiple PDFs
  • Quizzes to check that you are on the right lines with the course.
  • Improve your knowledge of the body and potential problems from your own home
  • Learn about everything from diagnosis to Special Testing and Joint Play
  • Improve your performance in physiotherapy exams

Course Overview

This course offers a fantastic way to learn physiotherapy, right from anatomy instruction, to diagnosis tutorials and through to special testing and joint play of different parts of the body

By taking this course you will have the necessary skills to perform basic physiotherapy techniques on friends, family and clients. You will have the ability to successfully diagnose injuries to the body and perform appropriate practises on your patient.

Couse Curriculum

Introduction & Patient History Taking

  • Intro
  • Say hi and tell your fellow students why you're taking this course
  • Share your new course with your friends!
  • Introduction & Patient History
  • Patient History & RPS Form
  • Task 1
  • RPS Form

Observation & Functional Assessment

  • Handout - Posture analysis
  • Posture Analysis
  • Handout - Functional Assessment
  • Functional Assessment
  • Task 2
  • Jacky Brown RPS from Week 1

Gait Assessment, Active & Passive Range of Movement, Resisted Isometric Testing

  • Handout - Gait Assessment
  • Gait Cycle & Gait Analysis
  • AROM & PROM
  • Task 3
  • Gait Analysis Nijmegen

Basic Assessment of the Hip

  • Introduction to AROM Hip
  • Active Range of Motion: Hip
  • PROM Hip
  • Passive Range of Motion: Hip
  • Resisted Isometric Testing: Hip
  • Task 4
  • RPS Form

Special Tests for Muscle Tightness Around the Hip Joint

  • Bent Knee Stretch Test
  • Back Saver Sit-and-Reach Test
  • 90-90 Straight Leg Raise Test
  • Piriformis Test
  • Ober's Test
  • Rectus Femoris Contracture Test
  • Thomas Test
  • Ely's Test

Basic Assessment of the Knee

  • AROM Knee
  • Active Range of Motion: Knee Joint
  • Passive Range of Motion: Knee Joint
  • Resisted Isometric Testing: Knee Joint
  • Brush/Stroke/Swipe/Bulge Test
  • Patellar Test
  • Notes for the Brush & Pattelar Test
  • Task 5

Basic Assessment of the Lower Leg, Ankle & Foot

  • AROM Ankle
  • Active Range of Motion: Ankle
  • PROM Ankle
  • Passive Range of Motion: Ankle
  • Resisted Isometric Testing: Ankle
  • Task 6

Introduction to Special Testing & Joint Play

  • Introduction to Special Testing & Joint Play
  • Sensitivity and Specificity Explained
  • Task 7

Joint Play & Special Testing: Hip

  • Handout - Joint Play Hip
  • Joint Play: Hip
  • Special Testing
  • Anterior Labral Tear Test
  • Posterior Labral Tear Test
  • Trendelenberg Test
  • Patrick's/Faber/Figure Four Test
  • Sign of the Buttock
  • Weber-Barstow Manoeuvre

Joint Play & Special Testing: Knee

  • Joint Play: Knee
  • Special Testing
  • Apley's Test
  • McMurray Test
  • Thessaly Test
  • Pivot Shift Test
  • Lachman Test
  • Anterior Drawer Test
  • Posterior Drawer Test
  • Valgus Stress Test
  • Varus Stress Test
  • Task 8

Joint Play & Special Testing: Ankle

  • Handout - Joint Play Ankle
  • Joint Play: Ankle
  • Anterior Drawer Test
  • Talar Tilt
  • Tinel's Sign
  • Thompson Test

Basic Testing of the Shoulder

  • Active Range of Motion: Shoulder
  • Passive Range of Motion: Shoulder
  • Resisted Isometric Testing: Shoulder
  • Apley Scratch Test
  • Handout - Apley Scracth Test
  • task 9

Special Testing & Joint Play: Shoulder

  • Handout - Shoulder Impingement Explained
  • Shoulder Impingement Explained
  • Joint Play: Shoulder
  • Lift Off Sign
  • Lateral Rotation Lag Sign
  • Latissimus Dorsi Strength Test
  • Serratus Anterior Strength Test
  • Rhomboid Strength Test
  • Bicep Tightness Assessment
  • Tricep Tightness Assessment
  • Pectoralis Tightness Test

Basic Testing of the Elbow

  • Active Range of Motion: Elbow
  • Passive Range of Motion: Elbow
  • Resisted Isometric Testing: Elbow
  • Task 10

Joint Play & Special Testing: Elbow

  • Handout - Joint Play Elbow
  • Joint Play: Elbow
  • Mill's Test
  • Lateral Epicondylitis Test
  • Medial Epicondylitis Test
  • Valgus Instability Stress Test
  • Varus Instability Stress Test

Basic Testing of the Forearm, Wrist & Hand

  • Active Range of Motion: Wrist & Hand
  • Passive Range of Motion: Wrist & Hand
  • Resisted Isometric Testing: Wrist & Hand
  • Task 11

Joint Play & Special Testing: Forearm, Wrist & Hand

  • Joint Play & Special Testing: Forearm, Wrist & Hand
  • Joint Play: Wrist
  • Joint Play: Wrist & Hand
  • Phalen Test
  • Tinel Sign
  • Finkelstein Test
  • Allen Test
  • Digital Blood Flow Test

Quiz

  • Part 1
  • Part 2

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Who is this course for?

  • Students of physiotherapy
  • Current practitioners looking to improve their skills or update their knowledge.

Requirements

There are no prerequisites for this course

Career path

Become a physiotherapist

Certificates

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

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