Online Course: Rethinking Manual Therapy and Exercise for the Tongue
Course Description: Manual therapy has long been seen as an expert-driven stretching or tissue impact model that reduces or corrects local pathology. However, newer research positions manual therapy as a form of communication to the patient’s brain, allowing them to contribute to change. This course uses newer multifactorial impact research to position tongue-based manual therapy under the umbrella of such evolutions.
Using a shared decision-making intervention model, this course will allow the learner to incorporate manual therapy in the tongue region for issues relating to articulatory disorders, oral motor delays, post-surgical and post-radiation disorders, airway issues, and swallowing/voice concerns.
This course teaches the most up-to-date tongue engagements taught in the in-person Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders In-Person class. This course will contain largely new/updated content from the Online Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders class, making it an essential part of working in this area.
This 2-hour online course will be available as of April 1, 2025. It will offer ASHA CEUs (0.2) and NCBTMB CEs (2.0).
Course Instructional Level: Intermediate
Learning Outcomes:
The participant will be able to:
1. Understand how manual therapy influences reach far beyond correcting local tissue faults.
2. Understand how shared decision-making can be incorporated into manual therapy interventions.
3. Feel confident in applying a range of tongue-based manual therapy interventions for the remediation of oral motor, swallowing, voice, and airway concerns.
4. Be able to combine tongue-based manual therapy with exercise to build awareness and function.
Timed Agenda
● 25 minutes Overview
● 30 minutes Approach 1
● 15 minutes Approach 2
● 5 minutes Approach 3
● 15 minutes Approach 4
● 30 minutes Approach 5
● 5 minutes Wrap-up
TOTAL: 120 minutes
You may purchase this course for $100 at this link.
