Spring Sports Medicine Workshop to Focus on Soft Tissue Injury
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas athletic training education program, along with Physicians' Specialty Hospital, will feature the Graston Technique at the fifth annual Razorback Spring Sports Medicine Workshop on Friday and Saturday, March 7-8.
Registration may be done online at the Graston Technique website. The deadline to register is midnight on Thursday, March 5. The course offers 12 continuing education units and is considered by the National Athletic Trainers' Association to be at an advanced level. It will take place at the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building at the U of A.
Mike Dillon, a certified athletic trainer from the University of Washington, will present the training technique that uses specially designed stainless steel instruments, along with appropriate therapeutic exercise, to specifically detect and effectively treat areas exhibiting soft tissue fibrosis or chronic inflammation.
The technique is used at 2,400 outpatient facilities and 66 industrial sites, by more than 360 professional and amateur sports organizations and is part of the curriculum at more than 50 colleges and universities. Dillon has 12 years of experience as an instructor of the Graston Technique.
Contacts
Heidi Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138,
heidisw@uark.edu
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