SPECIFIC SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION (SSTM)

Course tutor - Glenn Hunter MSc MCSP CertEd

Glenn Hunter is a Chartered physiotherapist and is the consultant in Performance Medicine with the research and innovation team at Uk sport. His main role in this post is to facilitate the delivery of medical and therapeutic innovations that have a performance impact in Olympic and paralympic sport. Previously Glenn was a principle lecturer at the University of the West of England in Bristol. His main teaching areas are clinical biomechanics, sports medicine, developing clinical reasoning and research. He has a masters degree with distinction in Sports medicine and his Ph.D. work was on the effects of stretching on the active stiffness of the Hamstring muscles. His research interests are in muscle tendon unit injury and from 2002 – 2004 he was the lead researcher on an investigation into hamstring injuries in professional football for the football association. In 2003 Glenn was the winner of the international HvU award for sports physiotherapy, which is awarded by the international federation of sports physiotherapy for outstanding achievement in this field.

Course learning objectives:

By the end of this course you should have:

§ An increased understanding of the philosophy of SSTM
§ An increased understanding of the assumptions made in the use of SSTM, and the level and types of evidence used to support and refute its use
§ An increased understanding of the physiological and biomechanical models that underpin the use of SSTM
§ An increased understanding of the principles and practice of SSTM techniques
§ An increased understanding of the synthesis between SSTM and other related therapeutic approaches

Venue: PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT
WEXFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL
WEXFORD