Advanced Massage Mark Senzig BCTMB, MMT, CMT - Hip - Low Back - Class

234 Hutchins Avenue,Sebastopol CA 95472

27 March, 2022

Description

Breaking Pain Patterns And Knowing Which Path to Be ON Class Topics: Hip - Low Back - Hamstrings - SI Joint - More Benefits: • Expand your clinical thinking skills • Examine reasons for how therapy performs to mend soreness • Reassessment of anatomy & kinesiology principles • Assessment and solving strategies • Insightful, knowledge-based, and comprehensive study Objective Develop into a more effective practitioner Course Description This evidence-based course teaches how to effectively assess, identify, and treat the underlying causes of strained hips, low back, hamstrings and more. It applies myofascial release, trigger point therapy and deep tissue stripping techniques. Using nine hip and back imbalances as starting points, observation and palpation techniques are taught that narrow down root causes. Treatment success increases because thirteen assessment skills and twenty-two release techniques crafted for specific root causes are taught in detail. Lecture 20% and hands on 80% Course Outline 10:00 - 10:15 Meet and greet 10:15 - 10:45 Anatomy review 10:45 - 12:30 Imbalance 1 “My Back is Extremely Tight on One Side Only.” 03:30 Assessment 1A: ASIS Test: Hip Lowest to Table 03:42 & 04:27 Release Technique 1A: Ilium Lift: Focus on Back Strain 05:00 Assessment 1B: ASIS Spring Test 06:36 & 10:50 Release Technique 1B: Hip Plunge 06:53 Assessment 1C: Check for TFL Tightness 07:42 Release Technique 1C: TFL Hip Correction 07:42 Assessment 1D: PSIS Standing Test & ASIS Spring Test 10:24 Release Technique 1D: Sacral Scrub Plus 11:09 Assessment 1E: Check for Sacroiliac Joint Imbalances 12:54 Release Technique 1E: Deep Tissue Sacral Groove 12:54 12:30 - 12:15 Break 12:15 - 1:30 Imbalance 2 “Burning Sensation Around One Hip” 15:00 Assessment 2: High Hip: Suspected Lateral Pelvic Tilt 15:10 Release Technique 2: Hip/Knee Tense and Release 15:29 Imbalance 3 “My Hamstring is Tight and Fiery. My leg Feels Heavy.” 17:30 Assessment 3A: ASIS Test: Focus on Iliacus Tension 17:38 Release Technique 3A: Ilium Lift Tense and Release for Back and Hamstring at Ischial Tuberosity 19:43 Assessments 3B-3F: 19:05 Release Technique 3B: Hamstrings Cross Friction with Soft Fist 21:00 Release Technique 3C: Hamstrings Cross Friction with Finger Pads 22:47 Release Technique 3D: Hamstrings Cross Hand Myofascial Release 23:41 Release Technique 3E: Hamstrings Deep Tissue Biceps Femoris 24:13 Release Technique 3F: Hamstrings Deep Tissue Pin and Stretch 26:46 1:30 - 2:30 Imbalance 4 “Gluteal Area Sore to Touch or Sit” 27:15 Assessment 4A: Focus on Gluteal Tension 27:30 Release Technique 4A: Gluteal Manual Therapy 28:10 Assessment 4B: Underlying Tightness in Coccyx, Sacrotuberous and Long Dorsal Ligaments 31:17 Release Technique 4B: Trigger Point Therapy at Sacrotuberous and Long Dorsal Ligaments and Coccyx 33:00 Imbalance 5 “My Hip Feels Stuck and Sore.” 35:10 Assessment 5: Investigate Mobility at Ischial Tuberosity Bone 35:18 (prone) Release Technique 5: Tense and Release at Ischial Tuberosity 35:43 (supine) Imbalance 6 Unknown Tightness: “I Don’t Know Why My Hip and Mid-back are So Tight.” Possible Curvature 38:30 Assessment 6: Exploring Fibrotic Tissue: Lamina Groove 38:42 Release Techniques 6 Lamina Groove Fibrotic Tissue Release 39:33 6A Lamina Groove Fibrotic Tissue Release 42:21 (what muscles?) 6B Releasing Asymmetrical Curvature of the Spine 42:50 6C Tissue Softening for Low Back with Elbows 45:35 6D Tissue Softening for Low Back with Finger Pads 46:06 Benefits of Scoliosis Maintenance 47:13 2:30 - 2:45 Break 2:45 - 4:00 Imbalance 7 “Walking Hurts My Hip - One Leg Lags Behind.” 47:26 Assessment 7 Notice Lack of Free Movement in Gait 47:32 Release Technique 7 Lumbar Facet Joint Mobilization 47:55 Imbalance 8 “Low Back Strain, Hip Immobility, and Gluteal Tenderness” 51:17 Assessment Overview 8 Assessing Key Back Stabilizing Muscles Page __ Release Techniques 8A Latissimus Dorsi and Ribs Release 8A1 Latissimus Dorsi and Gluteus Medius Release - Finger pads 51:36 8A2 Ribs and Hip Release - Forearms 52:18 (Standing moving arms in different directions) 8A3 Ribs and Iliocostalis Release - Soft, Open Fists moves towards spine 53:34 8A4 Myofascial Rib Release cross hands (and finger pads) 54:10 8A5 Latissimus Dorsi Back Release 55:00 Release Technique 8B Erector Spinae Iliocostalis 56:16 Release Technique 8C Quadratus Lumborum 57:10 Imbalance 9 “Feels Like I’m Being Pulled Forward on One Side.” 1:00:32 Overview for Imbalance 9A. What is the psoas? (PAGE ONLY__) Release Technique 9A Psoas Release 1:00:45 Overview for Imbalance 9B. What are the Obliques? Release Technique 9B Obliques Release 1:02:33 4:00 - 4:30 Questions an Answers 4:30 - 4:45 Fill out and turn evaluation form OBJECTIVES • In this course students will learn: • How to observe before palpation starts, and spot chronic pain patterns • How to discover why erector spinae muscles are tight only on one side • Which musculoskeletal relationship can cause a tautness in hamstrings? • Location of the source of chronically tight rotational hip patterns that often go unrecognized • How to assess and test for rotational patterns • Assessment skills for the musculoskeletal system for possible causes or contributing factors to low back tightness • Protocols to reduce low back tension in a chronic pain pattern • How to assess the lamina groove fibrotic tissue for dysfunctions and some causes of curvature of the spine • Appropriate techniques designed to change muscular and fascial structures to improve breathing, range of motion and posture OUTCOMES • Students will be able to: • Show a technique to release a client’s stuck ilium • Understand how to free up the stuck ASIS • Identify tissues involved in hip rotational patterns • Test for and assess hip rotational imbalances • Identify a key ligament in the gluteal area that links several muscles to their tightness • Demonstrate how to free up stuck, glued down hamstrings • Identify several techniques to improve a client’s posture • Demonstrate how to free up the deeper layers by using bones as levers • Show improvement in their client’s gait • Apply a specific technique to increase flexibility of the spinal column • Apply techniques to decrease functional leg length discrepancy • Demonstrate the techniques to improve breathing Mentors: Art Riggs - Tom Meyers - Erik Dalton ( complete list in website bio)