A 100% online 6 month Postgraduate diploma of intensive updating in Phytotherapy of Locomotor System Disorders"

Nutrition works in the prevention and improvement of patients' health. Along the same lines, Phytotherapy, whose scientific advances have allowed us to know much better the properties of medicinal plants, the products derived from them and their optimal concentrations.

In recent years, the incorporation of advances in this field into the most advanced Nutrition has made it possible to facilitate more specific treatments and increase people's well-being. In this sense, TECH has oriented this program to provide the most current information on Phytotherapy of Locomotor System Disorders.

Therefore, it provides the professional nutritionist with an intensive program of 450 teaching hours, where they will be able to deepen in the bases that support this discipline, the most relevant studies on the active principles of the plants or the galenic preparations. Special dedication will be given to the approach to pathologies such as arthritis, osteoarthritis, muscle contractures or joint pain. All with a theoretical-practical approach and supported by numerous additional didactic material.

Additionally, thanks to the Relearningmethod, the graduate will be able to progressively advance through the content of this program, consolidate the key concepts and reduce the long hours of study and memorization.

Also, as it is an online program, the nutritionist is not conditioned by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but can access the contents at any time of the day, from an electronic device with an Internet connection. This is an excellent opportunity to update their knowledge through an avant-garde academic option.

A unique opportunity to get an update on the use of medicinal plants to treat rheumatism"

This Postgraduate diploma in Phytotherapy of Locomotor System Disorders contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• Practical case studies are presented by experts in Phytotherapy
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• The practical exercises where the self-evaluation process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Incorporate into your nutritional programs the use of the most advanced Phytotherapy to treat patients with arthritis and osteoarthritis"

The program includes in its teaching staff professionals of the field who pour into this training the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, in which the professional will have to try to solve the different professional practice situations that will arise throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

A unique, key, and decisive educational experience to boost your professional development"

Learn more about the multiple therapeutic applications of simple Phenols, Coumarins and Lignans and improve your skills in Phytotherapy"

The syllabus of this Postgraduate Certificate has been developed with the main objective of bringing the most advanced knowledge on Phytotherapy of Locomotor System Disorders. In this way, the nutritionist will incorporate into their usual practice the most outstanding advances of this specialty for the approach of pathologies such as osteoarthritis, arthritis or joint pain. All this, both from a preventive approach as well as an action approach in the presence of these health problems.

An academic itinerary that will introduce you to the most recent lines of research on the use of Phytotherapy and its application in the field of Nutrition"

Module 1. Phytotherapy and Herbal Medicines

1.1. Phytotherapy: Definition and Scope of Application
1.2. Legislation and Registration of Herbal Medicines in Spain
1.3. Regulation of the European Market for Medicinal Herbal Preparations: Legal Regulations and Scope of Application
1.4. Plant Structure
1.5. Botanical Nomenclature and the Citation of Species in Phytotherapy
1.6. Cultivation, Collection, Processing and Preservation of Medicinal Plants
1.7. Current Classification of Plant Groups
1.8. Plant-Based Drugs: Impact of Drug Recognition on the Quality of Phytotherapeutic Products

Module 2. Active Ingredients of the Plants, Pharmaceutical Forms and Galenic Preparations

2.1. Active Ingredients: Main Groups and Properties, as a Basis that Justifies the use of Phytotherapy
2.2. Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Sulfocyanogenetic Heterosides and their Therapeutic Application
2.3. Simple Phenols, Coumarins and Lignans and their Therapeutic Application
2.4. Flavonoids and their Therapeutic Application
2.5. Tannins and Quinones, and their Application
2.6. Isoprenoids, Saponins and Cardiotonic Heterosides and their Application
2.7. Resins and their Application
2.8. Alkaloids and their Application
2.9. Magistral Formulation in Phytotherapy
2.10. Other Pharmaceutical Forms in Phytotherapy
2.11. Standards for the Proper Manufacture of Herbal Medicines

Module 3. Phytotherapy for Disorders of the Locomotor System

3.1. Phytotherapy in Diseases Affecting the Musculoskeletal System: Introduction
3.2. Phytotherapy in Diseases Affecting the Locomotor System: Plant Species with Analgesic and/or Anti-inflammatory Action in Oral Use
3.3. Phytotherapy in Diseases Affecting the Locomotor System: Plant Species with Analgesic and/or Anti-inflammatory Action in Topical Use
3.4. Phytotherapy in the Treatment of Rheumatism
3.5. Phytotherapy in the Treatment of Gout: Uricosuric Plants
3.6. Phytotherapy in the Treatment of Sarcopenia
3.7. Remineralizing Medicinal Plants

Learn more about the effectiveness of uricosuric plants for the treatment of gout and include them in your nutritional recommendations to treat this pathology"