Functional Fascial Taping®

FFT® is a unique way to create an immediate and often significant analgesic effect and increase range of movement, facilitating accelerated rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pathologies. Video cases studies showing its effect are available on www.fft.net.au along with a number of the testimonials and articles published on the topic. FFT is non-invasive, cost effective and can be applied to most regions of the body with equally impressive results. The method has an objective assessment procedure that is functionally assessed and functionally applied for pain free movement to encourage normal movement patterns. The patient is treated in the position they get their problem.

FFT® can be applied to most musculoskeletal pathologies and was founded and refined by Ron Alexander during eight years service as the Principal Soft Tissue therapist [Musculoskeletal] for The
Australian Ballet. Ron has presented FFT to the International Olympic Committee World Congress, Fifth Interdisciplinary World Congress on Lower Back and Pelvic Pain and the Fascia Research Congress. FFT has been shown to be significantly better than placebo in a Randomised Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study [PhD] at Deakin University, Melbourne Australia.

The description below gives an introduction to the technique and an outline of the content of each day. The focus of each day is given in the title of the day but time is allocated for practise of previously learnt techniques.

Pre course Reading and Course Work
Registration: 8.45am
Start Time: 9.00am
Finish Time: 5.00pm

Day 1: Introduction and the Upper Quadrant

• Introduction to FFT
• Demonstration
• FFT technique
• Demonstration
• Group exercise – Lumbar spine flexion and rotation
• Demonstration
• Group exercise – ULTT1
• Integration of FFT with other manual and exercise treatments
• FFT for the wrist and hand
• FFT for the elbow – incl. tennis elbow
• FFT for the cervical spine – inc headaches
• FFT for the shoulder

Day 2: The Lower Quadrant and FRT

• Complex patients
• FFT for the knee
• FFT for the ankle – incl. anterior impingement
• FFT for the foot – incl. Plantar fasciosis and Neuroma’s
• FFT for the lumbar spine – extension problems
• Pre determined load techniques – ITB
• Introduction to Functional Restrictive Taping (FRT) (incl ATFL / ankle taping)
• FFT – high and low velocity movements and intermittent pain

Date and Venue

Next course will be held at:
Date: 4-5 May 2012 (Sat/Sun)
Time: 9:0am-5:00pm
Venue: TBA
Fees: S$700 per person (S$600 for registrations before 29 Feb 2012)
Closing date for registration: 31 March 2012

Registration

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