Pre-Conference Presentation: LAST Techniques For the Knee with Robert Libbey

My aim is to educate the therapists on a safe, ethical and effective treatment technique by providing education congruent with current evidence informed research and by developing the therapists skill, confidence and proficiency for the treatment of injured ligaments and the surrounding tissues.

LAST is a precise, principle based, mechanoreceptor specific manual therapy technique, supported by evidence-informed research, utilized in the treatment of peripheral joint tissue injuries to improve treatment outcomes and improve the quality of life of patients. LAST influences the fascial system and CNS modulation by targeting the ligamentoperiosteal and tenoperiosteal enthuses; areas known to have high concentrations of mechanoreceptors. Mechanoreceptor specific techniques, targeting peripheral joint tissues, affect autonomic nervous system functions resulting in decreased protective myofascial engagement, increased pain pressure sensitivity, normalize kinesthetic and proprioceptive awareness improving treatment outcomes.

Ligaments & joint capsules are embedded, local densifications, local specifications of a body wide collagenous and fibrous, tension…