What you'll learn
- Demonstrate proficiency in assessing myofascial pain & dysfunction
- Differentiate between active trigger points, latent trigger points and fascial distortion
- Be able to identify fascial distortion, postural distortions, stabilizer muscle weaknesses, and mover muscle compensation
- Gain a better understanding of the genesis of aberrant movement patterns & distorted biomechanics
- Be able to identify dysfunction in the "Mover and Stabilizer muscles" driven by the brain "compensating for the injury/trauma/catastrophic event"
- Be able to identify specific myofascial pain pattern maps associated with shoulder, hip and low back pain
- Learn the critical stabilizer muscles and how to PROPERLY activate them
- Be able to demonstrate basic competence in applying specific active/dynamic manual therapy techniques to restore optimal movement and function
- Gain a deeper understanding of the EMOTIONAL impact of injury or trauma on the NeuroMyoFascial and limbic systems. Throughout the workshop as “learning opportunities arise during the practicums, participants will learn easy, disarming ways to address old trauma stored in the body
- Learn the secret to relaxing the neck and shoulder muscles thus improving vagal tone
Course description
Introduction: The Mover Stabilizer Model of Treatment:
Learn to see Dynamic Myofascial Dysfunctions in everyone’s static & dynamic posture by observing your clients unique gait & behavior
■ HUMANS ADAPT! Assessing today’s movement from yesterday’s (yesterYEARS) injuries enables you to identify NeuroMyoFascial adaptations and compensatory patterns
■ Recognize associated mechanical & systemic ramifications of myofascial dysfunction associated with common life injuries
■ Learn how to find & treat hidden Latent Trigger Points
Effective therapy for hidden Neuro-MyoFascial Dysfunctions:
How to leverage the interactivity between the brain, peripheral nervous system, myofascial network, biomechanics & aberrant movement
■ The BRILLIANT efficiency of the brain encourages INSTANT adaptive “solutions” that result in “functional” dysfunction
■ How injured muscles LEARN “the right wrong thing” that lead to ongoing dysfunctional adaptations so we can continue to function until pain STOPS US
■ Learn how to get the story behind the story… something most were never taught
■ Take a journey through the miraculous NeuroMyoFascial system: how and why it REALLY holds & releases pain patterns, postural compensations, old physical trauma and emotions
Restore functional movement by activating key Mover & Stabilizer muscles with dynamic easy to learn manual therapy techniques
■ GRAVITY is your friend: Learn to access this “assistant therapist” for immediate results
■ Stabilizers! The muscle function you never learned in school, and isn’t in the text books:
Learn how to reactivate these core muscles and instantly restore biomechanical ease
■ Once you are STABLE… You can MOVE! Understand the function of Movers:
Learn the techniques to release & re-educate these key activation muscles
■ Learn the fascinating relationship between agonist and antagonist muscles:
You’ve seen this in your practice, but what does it really mean?
You’ll get it, as soon as you see it!
■ Learn to use systematic Static and Dynamic postural assessment tools, client history intake procedures & dynamic re-education protocols