FHT Hosted Course: Designing Home Stretching Routines

Would you like to be able to design safe and effective home care stretching routines for your clients? In this primarily practical workshop, you will learn a little about the theory of stretching so that we can answer questions such as

• Who needs a stretching routine?

• How often should they stretch?

• Which stretches should be included?

• What specific advice do I need to give them?

• An, how can I check my client is making progress?

To do this we will start at the feet and practice all of the stretches ourselves. The muscles we will cover are gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the calf, the hamstrings and quadriceps of the thigh, hip flexors and gluteals, latissimus dorsi and quadratus lumborum in the back, pectorals, internal and external shoulder rotators, rhomboids, and muscles of the neck. We will identify common stretching mistakes clients make and learn how to correct these. These are safe, simple stretches with very few contraindications. This workshop is based on active stretching. That is, stretches that the client performs for themselves. It is an ideal accompaniment to the Stretch Your Clients workshop which focused on passive stretching.

For more information please visit our website here: https://www.fht.org.uk/designing-home-stretching-routines