John Gibbons – The Vital Knee Complex

John Gibbons – The Vital Knee Complex

The Vital Knee Complex online course is a must for any therapist or student in the field of sports therapy, osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, yoga, pilates, and personal training.

In The Vital Knee Complex course, osteopath, author and respected bodywork specialist John Gibbons looks at one of the most neglected areas of the body: the knee joint. During the online course he will take you on a fascinating journey of enlightenment, teaching you to recognise pain and dysfunctional patterns that can arise from dysfunctions found within and also around the knee complex.

John will teach you functional anatomy and the biomechanics of the kinetic chain of the lower limb and the link to the knee complex and how dysfunction to other areas of the body, like the hip can cause referred pain to the region of the knee joint. Once that has been understood, he takes you on a fascinating journey to functionally assess the soft tissues, meniscus, collateral and cruciate ligaments as well as specific muscle length tests that can alter the biomechanics to the whole of the lower limb.

• The knee is not a hinge joint, so what of type of joint is it classified as?
• How does the hip joint cause knee pain?
• What taping techniques can be utilised for patellofemoral pain syndromes?

All these questions plus more are answered during this course.

You’ll also learn how to identify specific soft tissue dysfunction and weakness within the musculo-skeletal system, and to harness powerful Muscle Energy Techniques (METs) and specific exercises to restore function and stability of the knee complex to your athletes and patients.

On completion of the course you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific pathologies and conditions found within the vital knee complex framework and perform a variety of techniques that will help promote normality.

The principles described can be incorporated very quickly and effectively into a treatment plan to assist in the rehabilitation of anyone recovering from injury.

What You’ll Learn

➔ Functional Anatomy of the Knee Complex

➔ Muscles & Tendons associated to the Knee Complex

➔ Soft Tissue Injuries

➔ Bursa Injuries & Assessment

➔ Pathologies & Conditions of the Knee Complex

➔ Fractures & Dislocations of the Knee Joint

➔ Gluteal Muscles and their link to the Knee Complex

➔Range of Motion Assessment & Swelling testing of the Knee

➔ Anterior Knee Pain & Assessment of the Patellofemoral joint

➔ Meniscal Injuries associated to the Knee Joint

➔ Cruciate Ligaments of the Knee Joint

➔ Collateral Ligaments of the Knee Joint

➔ Muscle Energy techniques and their relationship to the Knee Complex

➔ Kinesiology & Athletic Taping techniques

➔ Knee Stabilisation Exercises

Theory & Practical

➔ How to locate Bony Landmarks,  Ligaments, Muscles and Tendons of the Knee Complex

➔ Locate the Bursa associated to the Knee complex

➔ How to perform the Hip Extension and Hip Abduction firing pattern sequence

➔ How Pathology of the hip joint relates to Pain to the Knee complex

➔ How the Knee Complex Links to the Ankle & Foot

➔ Variation for Swelling Testing of the Knee Joint

➔ Muscle length tests:  Rectus Femoris, Hamstrings, Adductors & TFL

➔ Treatment of hypertonic muscles using specific modalities of MET

➔ Demonstration of the range of motion (ROM) for the knee – Active & Passive Tests

➔ Anterior & Posterior Cruciate Ligament Testing

➔ Medial & Lateral Collateral Ligament Tests – Valgus & Varus

➔ Resisted Testing of the Quadriceps & Hamstrings

➔ How to apply Kinesiology & Athletic Tape to the Knee Complex

➔ Specific Open & Closed Chain Exercises