Advanced Soft Tissue Approaches for the Neck
Current OfferingDate: August 14, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Location: Brookside Therapy 4005 South 300 West LaGrange, IN Cost: $200 $175 early registration (before July 1st) About the ClassDid you know that your client’s shoulder and arm pain may not be coming from their shoulder or arm at all? It may be coming from their neck! Chronic muscle tension due to long term stress, and/or past injuries like whiplash, can lead to increased vertebral joint compression forces which can impinge on nerves and cause radiating and referred pain into the shoulder and down the arm into the hand. Any nerve compressed at the neck will be more susceptible to injury farther down the arm. Therefore, “normalizing” the neck musculature is important in treating any of your client’s upper extremity conditions.
Do you know how to improve cervical vertebral joint motion? Each vertebra should be able to laterally glide, side-bend and rotate for optimal overall neck motion. Learn a gentle and safe technique to assess and improve this vertebral motion. There are no high velocity thrusts, just safe & gentle techniques. Did you know that “jammed” occipital-atlanto (OA) joints can cause a tight upper trapezius and SCM? Your client’s chronic neck tension may be due to a structural problem that, if not addressed, will not resolve itself with massage techniques alone. Learn how to gently release the occiput from the atlas (C1). In Advanced Soft Tissue Approaches for the Neck you will learn:
Workshops limited to 20 participants. 8 NCBTMB Approved CE Hours |
“Listen to your body.
If you respond to its whispers,
you won’t have to endure its cries.”
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If you respond to its whispers,
you won’t have to endure its cries.”
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