Become Certified as an SFH Intraoral TMJ Therapist
Day 1- Intraoral TMJ with Precision Level 1
Learn a respectful way to treat the temporomandibular joint INTRAORALLY.
Become confident and expand your practice — great referral opportunities with this growing demand.
Offer a new and specialized service to your clients.
Gain precision and a solid foundation by reviewing the anatomy and mechanics of the jaw.
Learn to palpate the challenging soft tissue and joint components to ensure correct treatment.
Learn the factors involved in various pathologies and evaluation strategies.
Incorporate the new techniques into your practice and how to access this niche clientele.
Day 2- Intraoral TMJ with Precision Level 2
Review advanced regional anatomy, joint mechanics and relationship between the jaw and cervical spine.
Learn new hands-on techniques for muscles of mastication, anterior neck (supra and infrahyoid) and joint structures.
Take your assessment skill to a new level as lots of time is allocated to assessment review and case studies.
Gain expertise to offer a new and specialized service to your clients.
Advance your palpation skills to identify with confidence challenging soft tissue and joint components.
Learn the factors involved in various pathologies and evaluation strategies.
Gain comfort and confidence with lots of hands-on practice
Build trust with assessment review and case studies.
Becoming Certified
- Exam: Within three days of course completion, Seminars for Health will be sending students an email with a link to access the online exam. You will have 14 days of access to complete your exam, starting when you sign up. Upon passing (>70%), log in to your online account to obtain your certificate. To view the digital certificate, navigate to your online account.
- Remember to submit your certificate to your association to receive credit.
- You may obtain an institutionalized printed copy of each document at the cost of $19.95 each. Click here to order. Note that it takes about three weeks to receive your printed documents.
SFH Certification requirements
- Students must be present for the whole duration of the course length to become certified.
- Students must participate and safely execute all hands-on components of the course.
- Students must pass the final written exam.
- Students must assess 3 patients and provide 2 treatments per patient (120 days to complete)
- Students must submit filled-out forms to the instructor. Instruction will be provided in class.
Please note that the instructors have the right to ask the students to execute any hands-on component at any time. Refusal will deny you from the exam process and, subsequently, your certification.
SFH instructors hold the right to refuse students from writing the final exam if they feel that the participant cannot safely perform the material despite adequate training.
Looking for CEUS only
If you choose not to become certified, you are still entitled to receive your credits. Please reply to this email to request an email copy of proof of attendance.
Benefits of being an SFH Certified Therapist
Proof that you have understood the course content to the level where SFH is confident that you can safely incorporate their teachings into your practice.
Giving you full confidence that you understood the material to safely put it into your practice.
Proudly promote to your clientele that you are officially SFH certified.
Proficiency in your peers.
Who qualifies to take this course?
Prerequisite: Massage Therapists, Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Athletic Therapists, Nurses, and Osteopaths.
2nd Year Massage Therapy students who have completed Pathology are welcome.
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