Advanced Assessment & Session Design

We have three primary goals with this course:

#1 Learn to take a subjective history that is

time efficient, improves clinical reasoning and initiates the therapeutic alliance.

#2 Learn to take active and passive objective measurements that provide the therapist with a clear test / retest strategy.

#3 Take all the information gained from the subjective and objective

assessment and design a session that helps your clients move more and with less pain.

The magic is in the process, not the modality. You have plenty of techniques, now learn to apply them.

Learning Objective #1: Students will learn and identify the 7 steps of the scientific method in the client assessment process

Learning Objective #2: Students will learn to perform a subjective interview that builds the therapeutic alliance and informs clinical reasoning. They will demonstrate proficiency through trades with classmates.

Learning Objective #3: Students will learn and perform 7 key range of motion table tests on multiple class mates.

Learning Objective #4: Students will learn and perform 5 key active range of motion tests on multiple class mates.

Learning Objective #5: Students will learn to take the information from the subjective and objective assessments and apply clinical reasoning to design sessions based on archetypal presentations.

Learning Objective #6: Students will learn to take subjective / objective from classmates and apply clinical reasoning to design sessions based on actual presentations. They will then present their reasoning to the class and engage in discussion with the group.

Thomas Damron, LMT, ATSI, CSCS -  is a massage therapist, structural integration practitioner and personal trainer in central Austin. After graduating from Lauterstein-Conway in 2015 he aggressively pursued continuing education opportunities earning certifications in Neuromuscular Therapy, Orthopedic Massage, Functional Range Release and Structural Integration. His teaching style focuses on helping students develop the clinical reasoning, anatomical specificity, and curiosity necessary to create a sustainable and effective bodywork practice. When not working on the human movement puzzle he can be found playing upright bass in and around Austin.