Completion of this course provides the skills and knowledge to practice as a Myotherapist within a clinical setting as an independent practitioner or as a member of a team within a health care clinic. A Myotherapist is a health practitioner who is trained to assess and treat various musculoskeletal pathologies. The vocational outcomes of the Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy are to: Manage health risks in a myotherapy environment; including aspects of health risk analysis, personal and premises hygiene, as well as infection prevention and control. Work effectively within a myotherapy framework; including working within clinic and regulation guidelines, achieving quality standards, as well as undertaking ongoing performance development and working with other services/networks. Perform myotherapy clinical assessment; including accurately gathering and interpreting information using clinical reasoning to assess a patient’s condition in order to provide myotherapy treatment. Plan myotherapy treatment strategy; including negotiating with the patient. Apply knowledge of pain science within a myotherapy clinical setting in order to develop and implement pain management strategy for patient. Develop, implement and evaluate patient-centred corrective exercise programs. Provide myotherapy treatment according to the techniques and practices of a myotherapy framework. Provide myofascial dry needling treatments. Research and evaluate relevant information and apply findings to own myotherapy clinical practice Employ communication techniques to establish, build and maintain relationships with patients, colleagues, and other stakeholders. Use a biopsychosocial model within myotherapy practice.