Date: May 6-7, 2023

Time: Saturday, 9:00am-5:00pm (registration 8:00-9:00am); Sunday, 8:00am-4:00pm

Location: Insight-Rehab, 10B Elizabeth St, Bethel CT 06801

Course Instructor: Ayelet Connell, PhD, PT, IMT,C

Cost: $425–$375 EARLY BIRD RATE IF REGISTER BY APRIL 1st!!! ($99 non-refundable deposit)

Available Discounts: $375 tuition for early bird registration, groups of 3 or more registering together, military personnel, and students with valid student ID.

Cancellation policy: If cancellation is prior to first day of class, and all tuition has been paid, then tuition will be reimbursed to student minus $99 non-refundable deposit, within 30 days of cancellation date.

Contact Hours/CEHs: This course is not pre-approved for continuing education hours. This course offers 13 contact hours and will be noted on certificate of completion. 

Pre-requisites: 3 IMT course, inclusing IMT for Cardiac Habilitation (VMETCH1)— live or online course acceptable. 

Course Description:

This introductory lab course in cardiovascular rehabilitation provides the practitioner with simple-to-learn and easy-to-use manual techniques for improving total body circulation. The concepts and techniques learned in this course will lead to improved range of motion and joint mobility, as well as improved cardiovascular status and overall quality of life. Extensive lab time will be focused on clinical skills training. During this course, the therapist will learn how to apply the ‘Combined Vessels Approach’, a novel method to affect the tension of all major blood vessels in the body. This seminar is different from DCR’s course Cardiac Rehabilitation, which focuses on cardiac tissue. Cardiovascular Rehabilitation addresses peripheral vascular resistance, both arterial and venous. Peripheral vascular resistance is secondary to tension in arteries and veins, including smooth muscle spasm and impingement syndromes. The Integrative Manual Therapy learned in this course may be used to affect general circulation, claudication pain in the chest, trunk, arms and legs, as well as skin color and other signs and symptoms.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction to Combined Vessels Approach for cardiovascular system
2. Anatomy of cardiovascular system
3. Muscle spasm, angina pain and chest pain
4. Techniques for shifting pressures
5. Cardiovascular Scan: The Arterial and Venous Kinetic Chains
6. IMT to address major vessels in:
   1. Chest, including: aorta, inferior vena cava, superior vena cava, and pulmonary vessels
   2. Abdomen
   3. Pelvic cavity
   4. Lower extremity
   5. Neck
   6. Upper extremity
   7. Spine
   8. Head & face
7. Application of IMT for all patient populations, including orthopedic, neurologic, pediatric, geriatric, chronic pain, and more.