March 14-15, 2020 Trigger Point
Therapy - A Neurological Approach
Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy
“Trigger Points –As if Neurology Mattered”
Trigger Point Therapy done with an appreciation of and reliance upon neurological principles is highly effective. In this course you will learn how to determine which spinal segments may be having an impact on the clinical presentation. Neurological and Muscle length testingwill be taught and practiced to aid in determining a treatment plan.You will learn a highly effective protocol for addressing the neurological component of the condition. This is the equivalent of putting your treatments on steroids
July 11-12, 2020 DermoNeuroModulation
Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy
Releasing Your Inner Calm
Your days of going home wiped out can stop. Focusing on the
nervous system takes a good deal of the work out of Bodywork! It is time for
the pain to end – your pain. You can save yourself and still help your
clients. Learn how to apply neurological principles to your thinking and
technique. See how gentle stretching of the skin in the
right place can result in warmth, softening, and surprise at
the effortlessness of movement.
This course emphasizes pain
science and neurology. The result is a highly effective therapy founded
on the newest understanding of research. Dermoneuromodulation is a
technique pioneered by Diane Jacobs PT. In this course you will practice
nerve evaluation and treatment via skin stretch. This approach works in a
manner that is gentle on both therapist and client.
November 7-8, 2020 Trigger Point
Therapy - A Functional Approach
Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy
“What the Muscles Really Do”
“Agonism-Antagonism-Stabilizer
relationships are functional and Physiological rather than anatomical.” This statement from Dr. Sella is made on the
basis of 5,940 S-EMGs of 138 muscles over 10 joints. These muscles were tested bilaterally and the
information put into a database. This data is the foundation for this course.
The
utility of a functional approach is that for the first time in history we
actually know what the muscles do! The
data demonstrate that long held assumptions in our anatomy, physiology and
kinesiology texts are often less than accurate.
One instance of this is the concept of reciprocal inhibition. The common understanding of the concept is
that when muscles on one side contract, those on the opposite side are
inhibited. However, according to Dr.
Sella’s data, “S-EMG studies on
thousands of muscles pertaining to 10 major joints have shown every single time
that all the muscles of a given primary myotatic unit are active to a different
extent during any given motion whether the muscles are symptomatic or
asymptomatic.”
The extent
of this activity is documented in this course in the following manner. First, the percentage of effort of each
motion at the joint is documented. This
will allow the practitioner to know which motions to train in proper order for
rehabilitation. Second, the amount of
effort for the combination of movements per muscle at each joint is
presented. This allows treatment to be
performed on the most active muscles for chronic pain or in cases of phase 1
myofascial pain disorders. Third, the
muscles responsible for each motion are listed.
This allows treatment of phase 2 myofascial pain disorders to be treated
in a very substantive manner taking guess work out of the procedure.
Dec 5-6 Trigger Point Therapy - A
Kinder, Gentler Approach
Academy of Massage Therapy and Bodyworks Pottstown, PA
Details soon!
“Saving your Hands and Body while
Relieving Pain”
This is a
foundational course that gives therapists the basic understanding and
techniques to do highly effective work.
We will discuss the history and controversy surrounding this effective
approach. Dr. Simons came to believe that Trigger Point
Therapy should be performed with little to no pain. In this course you will practice muscle
length testing, postural evaluation, and treating trigger points with very
little effort. It has a biomechanical focus. We also integrate the
original Swedish Movements making this course stand out from the other
Trigger Point modalities. This approach
helps the client and saves your body. It
also works.
January 23-24, 2021 Trigger Point
Therapy - A Kinder, Gentler Approach
Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy
“Saving your Hands and Body while
Relieving Pain”
This is a
foundational course that gives therapists the basic understanding and
techniques to do highly effective work.
We will discuss the history and controversy surrounding this effective
approach. Dr. Simons came to believe that Trigger Point
Therapy should be performed with little to no pain. In this course you will practice muscle
length testing, postural evaluation, and treating trigger points with very
little effort. It has a biomechanical focus. We also integrate the
original Swedish Movements making this course stand out from the other
Trigger Point modalities. This approach
helps the client and saves your body. It
also works.
Jan 30-31 Trigger
Point Therapy - A Functional Approach
Academy of Massage Therapy and Bodyworks Pottstown, PA
Details soon!
“What the Muscles Really Do”
“Agonism-Antagonism-Stabilizer
relationships are functional and Physiological rather than anatomical.” This statement from Dr. Sella is made on the
basis of 5,940 S-EMGs of 138 muscles over 10 joints. These muscles were tested bilaterally and the
information put into a database. This data is the foundation for this course.
The
utility of a functional approach is that for the first time in history we
actually know what the muscles do! The
data demonstrate that long held assumptions in our anatomy, physiology and
kinesiology texts are often less than accurate.
One instance of this is the concept of reciprocal inhibition. The common understanding of the concept is
that when muscles on one side contract, those on the opposite side are
inhibited. However, according to Dr.
Sella’s data, “S-EMG studies on
thousands of muscles pertaining to 10 major joints have shown every single time
that all the muscles of a given primary myotatic unit are active to a different
extent during any given motion whether the muscles are symptomatic or
asymptomatic.”
The extent
of this activity is documented in this course in the following manner. First, the percentage of effort of each
motion at the joint is documented. This
will allow the practitioner to know which motions to train in proper order for
rehabilitation. Second, the amount of
effort for the combination of movements per muscle at each joint is
presented. This allows treatment to be
performed on the most active muscles for chronic pain or in cases of phase 1
myofascial pain disorders. Third, the
muscles responsible for each motion are listed.
This allows treatment of phase 2 myofascial pain disorders to be treated
in a very substantive manner taking guess work out of the procedure.
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