Functional Anatomy: Advanced Palpation - 21 CE Hours

New course for 2024! The 21 CE hour Functional Anatomy: Advanced Palpation course is so much more than your average anatomy course! Today’s massage therapists are essential members of the healthcare team and must have a clear understanding of muscle and joint function beyond location and simple actions. Outlining musculoskeletal anatomy, kinesiology, and advanced palpation techniques, this course will help you to understand where anatomical structures are located and how they work together to create motion.

The textbook helps therapists to understand the body’s structures, regions, and layers, from bones to ligaments to superficial and deep muscles. Muscle descriptions include origin, insertion, action, and innervation. The course provides step-by-step instructions with video demonstrations on how to properly palpate each muscle and assess for function. It also outlines joint motion, and passive and resisted range of motion techniques.

This course will present:

• Body structures involved in movement such as bones, ligaments, tendons, fascia, and muscles
• Information about osteology, arthrology, and myology
• Origin, insertion, nerve innervation, and action for each muscle outlined
• Available movements and normal range of motion for each muscle outlined
• Passive, active, and resisted range of motion techniques for each muscle
• 30 minutes of online videos demonstrating palpation techniques for certain muscles

You Will Receive: Functional Anatomy: Musculoskeletal Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Palpation for Manual Therapists, 2nd Edition by Christy J. Cael, approximately 30 minutes of online video clips showing how to find and palpate muscles, guide with instructions, exam of 108 questions, course evaluation, certificate of achievement upon completion, and unlimited phone support for any of your questions.

The Center for Massage Therapy Continuing Education, LLC is an Approved Provider through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB); Approved Provider number 409296-00.

Our continuing education courses are also accepted by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP), and most state boards.

For more information on individual state requirements and approvals, please visit our Approvals page and click on your state.

I was thoroughly impressed with the amount of detailed information in this textbook. I had been looking for a refresher course for anatomy and this book exceeded my expectations. I look forward to being able to continue to review the information found in this textbook. I highly recommend this course! 10 out 10!!!! - Erin T.

What are reticular fibers?
a. Thin proteins that branch into tiny nets capable of resisting force in multiple directions
b. Long, straight stands of protein wound together like rope
c. Fibers that contain the protein elastin and appear branched and wavy
d. Cells that produce and secrete proteins that make up the fibers in the extracellular matrix

What are syndesmoses?
a. Continuous periosteal connections between bones
b. The specific fibrous joints at which teeth fit into sockets in the jaw
c. The most mobile of all the joints
d. Fibrous joints held together with a cord or a sheet of connective tissue

When palpating the medial epicondyle of the humerus, what position should the client be in?
a. Client supine with elbow flexed and forearm pronated
b. Client supine with elbow bent and forearm neutral
c. Client supine with elbow flexed and forearm supinated
d. Client supine with elbow relaxed and forearm pronated

Which of the following muscles is NOT involved in trunk flexion?
a. Iliocostalis
b. Rectus abdominis
c. External oblique
d. Internal oblique

Which of the following are the actions of the psoas muscle?
a. Abducts the hip, internally rotates the hip
b. Flexes the hip, extends the knee
c. Flexes the hip, externally rotates the hip
d. Flexes the knee, internally rotates the knee