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This course instruction assumes a prior knowledge of dysphagia and anatomy/physiology of the head and neck. For an excellent review of the normal and abnormal swallow, we recommend bundling the ecourse “Anatomy of Swallowing”. Please note that VitalStim Providers and past attendees of John Kelly’s Myofascial Release and Other Manual Techniques in Dysphagia Management course may have already completed Anatomy of Swallowing (not sure, just ask CIAO). We are offering the ecourse at a $20 discount when added as a bundle during registration (price reflects discount).
A graduate of the University of St. Augustine’s graduate Physical Therapy Program. John has over 17 years’ experience with acute inpatient and hospital-based outpatient rehabilitation and currently an outpatient clinical director for Siskin Rehabilitation Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. John continues to balance full time patient care with administrative responsibilities. John is NDT certified and an experienced manual orthopedic therapist working toward his clinical doctorate and manual therapy certification. John is a certified VitalStim® Instructor and has taught orthopaedic and electrotherapy courses across the country. John is an accomplished clinical instructor and consistently is recognized for his exceptional patient rapport and strong evaluations from course participants.
Financial Disclosure: John is a salaried employee for his position at Siskin Rehabilitation Hospital. John Kelly receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of this course. He also receives royalties for the purchase of his recorded course(s)
Non-financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial relationship exists.
This course is offered for 0.75 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
CIAO is recognized on the NBCOT Provider Registry (meets PDU requirements for NBCOT)
"John was amazing and explains thoughts from a PT/Holistic approach. "
- Dallas, TX / Dec 2020
"John is very knowledgeable. I took his manual tx course before which was amazing. I felt that this more scattered & harder to follow in the morning but afternoon was much more structured and helpful. "
- Dallas, TX / Dec 2020
"This class was sooo interesting. I did get lost a few times. I realize I may need to get a 3D model and review and practice this information. He did make me feel better after saying there really isn't a wrong way to do it. I really would love to take his myofascial course eventually."
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Sep 2020
"Overall the speaker had excellent knowledge of the subject and was able to demonstrate techniques effectively but the beginning of the presentation was difficult to follow. I learned a lot today."
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Sep 2020
"John was the instructor for both the NMES and Myofasical Release training that I completed. He never disappoints!! Great instructor! Did miss the hands on interaction. Hard to judge tension when you don't know if what your doing is correct. "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Sep 2020
"The labs were very rushed as he probably had a hard time knowing how much time we needed to perform each taping technique. Perhaps more frequent, shorter breaks would have been good as it is hard to sit and look at a computer screen for several hours at a time. Overall a great course! I am never disappointed by John's classes!"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2020
"I have really benefitted from Johns courses, including both the Myofascial and Kinesiotaping courses. At times, John can be a bit tangential with all the information he has to offer. The information could be presented in a bit more succinct fashion, but otherwise no complaints!"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2020
"Thank you so much for this course. It was fantastic! Would love to take Myofascial Release course but prohibited from travel. Let me know if it goes live online!!!"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2020
"I really like the Live Stream format. I attended the in-person Myofascial Release course in Indianapolis last March (2019) & as much as I enjoyed the in-person experience, the extra costs of flying across the country were a strain. Those costs would have been prohibitive this year, even if large gathering were still advisable."
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2020
"Thank you for offering this as a live stream option during COVID-19! Great course!"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"I appreciate the opportunity for live streaming during this unprecedented time. I look forward to receiving the supplemental materials that will be sent by John. "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"Thank you so much John Kelly! I have never been disappointed in your seminars. I always leave your instruction feeling enlightened and refreshed with additional clinical skills . You did a good job with the livestream. I think this was a great livestream if you already had taken the manual myofascial tech lab. I saw a lot of questions regarding the manual techniques . I think it was overwhelming for some participants based on questions during the feed. That lab's base knowledge made a huge difference in my understanding John's relevance to the taping applications. Great Course!!! "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"great course even from afar. "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"John, you did an excellent job! "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"Great course! And affordable too. The only other option I knew about through a different company was going to cost upwards of $3,000!! So excited to take it here instead, and with John. He's extremely knowledgeable and relatable, and answers questions well. I love the link between how a PT looks at things and how SLPs should be looking too. Thanks for bringing us closer to the level of our PT/OT colleagues. I learned so much and can't wait to start taping my patients! Labs were a little hard to see on livestream, I think because of camera angles. If the camera could be mobile and shoot different angles that might help. I took John's myofunctional release course and I think that should be a prerequisite to this course, then less time could be spent on MFR information and more time delving in to case studies. Using case studies to figure out where to tape would be really helpful. So glad you developed this course!!"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"The knowledge this presenter portrayed was phenomenal, I will be registering for another! "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"GREAT course. I have attended the VitalStim certification, Myofascial Release and now this course with John. What a GREAT presenter. Thanks. "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"It was very nice to see John again. I met him when he come to Turkey. Was looking forward to be able to attend to this course."
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"Only recommendation is to include if a partner is needed at home. I had tape and scissors ready for the online course, but didn't see anywhere to have a partner ready. I know this is usually completed in person and a last switch to live streaming, which was awesome, but I would have talked my partner into working from home today had I known. "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"Obviously would have loved to take this class in person, but grateful for the option to learn from home!"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"Great course - I have wanted to take the myofascial release course for years but it hasn't come close enough yet. Thank you!"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"Online this was difficult, but manageable "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2020
"GREAT COURSE!"
- Tampa, FL / Feb 2020
"John was a very well informed instructor. He did an outstanding job at providing a knowledge base and then putting it into real applications."
- Tampa, FL / Feb 2020
"The information provided was very thorough. I enjoyed the ability to immediately practice the taping techniques with colleagues. Also enjoyed that many of the techniques can also be applied in pediatrics."
- Tampa, FL / Feb 2020
"Enjoyed the course-hope to take his other courses!"
- Dallas, TX / Dec 2019
"Fabulous- seriously amazing. Thank you!! SLPs need to use this modality! So excited to go back to work and implement my newly acquired knowledge. "
- Dallas, TX / Dec 2019
"I feel this course should be marked intermediate VS intro as there is a lot of A+P and general dysphagia knowledge that is assumed with this course presentation. "
- Dallas, TX / Dec 2019
"Great course, even if you are not as familiar with anatomy-learned a lot! Would be beneficial to have a peds specific course for taping. "
- Chicago, IL / Aug 2019
"With an uninitiated audience, I would have started with an explanation of taping. However, the presentation was excellent. "
- Chicago, IL / Aug 2019
"Thank you for designing this course! This is going to benefit my patients so much and fit right in my speech tool box. Cant wait to see what's next :)"
- Chicago, IL / Aug 2019
"Great course, but I don't feel like I had the base knowledge to understand some of the instruction. Presenter was great about answering questions as needed."
- Chicago, IL / Aug 2019