6 CEU hrs credit - $120 with a $25 non-refundable deposit made at least one week before scheduled class. Former students receive an additional $20 discount.
Fibromyalgia What is Fibromyalgia? Remember how the flu feels? The stiffness, aches, headache, pains, lethargy, troubled sleep, discomfort and just plain unpleasantness?
Imagine having the flu all the time (without the fever) - for months or years!
Imagine having the flu all the time (without the fever) - for months or years!
That's what Fibromyalgia can be like.
Come to this class and learn some great techniques to treat the symptoms with massage therapy.
What to bring: table, linens, comfortable clothing. The work is all clothes-on. We will work straight through with short breaks.NO lotions or oils please.
Objectives:
What to bring: table, linens, comfortable clothing. The work is all clothes-on. We will work straight through with short breaks.NO lotions or oils please.
Objectives:
After taking this course the therapist will be able to:
- Describe the pain gate theory and memory
- Palpate the muscle which is ischemic and know how to prepare the tissue for release
- Learn what to look for in your visual inspections and intake
- Describe to the client toxin release and the importance of drinking water
- Determine which muscles are responsible for the pain
- Relieve hypertonic muscles
- Instruct the client on importance of proper self-care through exercise and stretching
- Hands -on portion:
- Review of anatomy of muscle
- Demo of techniques with Q&A
- Hands on for each pair
Presenter:
I,Charles"Hank" Krebs, am an injured chemical plant worker, and am intimately acquainted with intense spinal pain. I attended Lauterstein- Conway School of Massage in Austin. I have taken the following courses: James Waslaski's 5 day Intensive Orthopedic Sport Massage, Myofascial for Low Back, Neuromuscular Theory, Upledger Lymphatic Drainage I,II, & III, Geriatric I & II and more.
