Last chance for FDM Cleveland Clinic
Hello everyone!
FDM Academy is in a busy season. We just finished a class at the Mayo Clinic in Mankato, Minnesota, and next weekend we head to the Cleveland Clinic. As of this writing, there are only 2 spots left for Cleveland!
We're working on the final touches to our teaching schedule for 2017 and already booking courses into 2018. If you have a facility we could teach at, there is no cost to the facility. Contact us at our emails listed in this newsletter to discuss booking We have the following dates available for 2017, first-come, first-served:
August 25-27
October 27-29
December 15-17
Scroll down for info on upcoming courses, including our Advanced FDM on a cruise of the Caribbean.
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FDM at the American Academy of Osteopathy's pre-Convocation course
Save 10% off Fascial Distortion Model classes at the FDM Academy.
Register early and use code EARLY10.
Hurry! Early registration for Module 1 (knee, ankle, shoulder) at Pacific University in Portland, Oregon ends May 3rd!
When you register 30 days early for most classes at FDM Academy, you can save 10% off when you use the code EARLY10 at checkout. Go to www.thefdmacademy.com to register and learn more. (Excludes FDM Advanced at Sea)
What you'll learn with FDM:
FDM teaches theory and technique applicable to most musculoskeletal conditions and many medical conditions. It is based on translating the subtle, and often subconscious hand gestures patients use when describing their symptoms. FDM is a model of both assessment and treatment. It is patient-centered, and the only model that focuses on interpreting HOW a patient describes that symptoms with their hand gestures. This pattern recognition of patients' hand gestures is essentially another language that the medical community has been previously unaware of. Practitioners using FDM can have more options in their differential diagnosis, and less need for imaging, labs, and medication. FDM incorporates new Pain Science and also provides a framework to develop new techniques that speed return to function. Almost all manual techniques, whether they are joint mobilization, joint manipulation, OMM, HVLA, or soft-tissue/fascial techniques, will fit into FDM. The end goal of the treatment is restoring range of motion, function, and reducing pain and fear of movement in the patient.
FDM is open to DO, MD, NP, PA-C, PT, PTA, OT, DC, ATC, ND, DPM, DDS, DMD, and certified Structural Integration practitioners (Rolfers).
Upcoming courses:
Cleveland Clinic
FDM Module 1
April 21-23, 2017
http://www.thefdmacademy.com/registration-cleveland-clinic
Pacific Northwest University, Yakima, WA
FDM Module 2 (spine)
May 5-7, 2017
http://www.thefdmacademy.com/registration-pnwu-yakima
Pacific University PT School, Portland, OR
FDM Module 1
June 2-4, 2017
http://www.thefdmacademy.com/registration-pacific-u-portland
Rowan University - Stratford, New Jersey
FDM Module 1
November 3-5, 2017
http://www.thefdmacademy.com/registration-rowan-som-new-jersey
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine - Lewisburg, WV
FDM Module 1 (knee, ankle, shoulder)
January 12-14, 2018
Don't miss FDM Advanced at Sea!
Caribbean Cruise June 18-25
Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas
Cruise the western Caribbean -
Advanced Fascial Distortion Model training on a 7-day cruise -
Cozumel
Grand Cayman
Jamaica
Registration and more info on cruise excursions:
https://continuingeducation.net/portsandpricing.php?topic=AFDMA_Caribbean_Cruise_Conference_June_2017
Jamaica's Dunn's River Falls
FDM Testimonial -
My perspective on the FDM is unique in that I have been introduced to the model as a student. In school we are bombarded with information and told to treat the patient as a whole. As a student and novice practitioner this concept sounds great, however, the schools proceed to teach us in segments. We are taught in anatomy and biomechanics about specific muscles, joints, bones, ligaments, etc. and it is all broken up into parts. We are taught special tests and manual techniques that are specific for certain muscles and joints or regions. This works great when we see "textbook" patients. What about the patients who don't respond to traditional treatment? Who show strange or bizarre symptoms or who continually complain of a nagging symptom? This is where the FDM has helped me to become more confident as a student
because I have seen the results of treatment on others and myself.
The FDM is different because restores the model of treating the whole patient back to the forefront of our focus. Due to the nature of fascia being the connective tissue between all cells you really can't say where it starts or ends. This provides us as PTs to, instead of focusing on segments to treat the "whole", we actually have a model and an explanation into how we can treat the "whole" every visit.
I learned the fascial distortion model on my last clinical rotation in school and find myself thinking of patients at old clinical sites and patients that I wish I could go back and treat again using this model. The fascial distortion model has also helped me think about the prognosis of patients very different. From what I have seen my expectations on recovery time have changed. I expect to see patients for shorter treatments and for fewer treatments.
The FDM model is a very powerful tool to have as a PT or MD. The treatments are quick and effective. When I first started learning the model I was somewhat skeptical, but I decided that even if I don't understand it I can try and use it because a single treatment only takes about 15 minutes and the results should be dramatic and immediate so I thought to myself 'why not try?' Another aspect that I have enjoyed about the FDM is that it is a model for MDs and DOs to use. This isn't a physical therapy model being adapted to them. As more DOs, MDs and PTs learn this it allows us to share similar language and understanding which improves the MD to DO to PT relationships which benefits the patient overall.
I have had the privilege of being the first physical therapy student to attend a class and receive formal training. Needless to say this model is young. The RCT studies don't abound when it comes to FDM. To a student in an evidence based practice heavy program this didn't appeal to me. After learning the model and seeing the results this is evidence one form of evidence that so far has been very convincing. I have learned that FDM is an effective and very powerful tool to have on my belt as a health care provider, and I am grateful that I have gained such a tool early into my career.
Anson Call, PT, DPT
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