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There is an increasing need for skilled hands-on care to address the challenges of our aging population. Therapeutic massage has proven to be beneficial in managing the symptoms of medical conditions associated with aging, improving quality of life in the golden years. Therapeutic massage is an essential component of a treatment plan for seniors, with proven efficacy in the evidence-based literature for improving functional outcomes.

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Chronic pain affects 50 million people in the US, and 20% worldwide. For years, opiate medications were prescribed to manage pain, with disastrous results for some, including addiction and even death, and relief for others. In light of the deleterious side-effects of opiates, Health and Human Services created the Pain Management Best Practices Inter Agency Task Force for Pain. It promoted a multimodal, multidisciplinary approach combining traditional and integrative...

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This course includes in depth demonstrative video, as well as detailed images for enhanced learning. Viewers will learn to identify functions, structures and biomechanics of fascia, technique concepts, special tests, and objective measures in its treatment as well as indications and contraindications/precautions for myofascial release. Topics also covered include skin glides, skin rolling, cross hand and laminar releases, muscle play, traction circular and Z-friction as well...

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This course includes in depth demonstrative video, as well as detailed images for enhanced learning and focuses on various clinical applications of Myofascial Release for the upper body. Healthcare professionals are instructed on the functions of fascia, differentiating between 4 main body tissues, 3 stages of tissue damage and recovery as well as conditions that are indicators for myofascial release. Demonstrative videos include Crosshand and Laminar release techniques.

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Are you comfortable with treating patients who have chronic pain? Patients with chronic pain present considerable challenges in examination and in selection of effective therapeutic interventions. Many have been to numerous practitioners seeking results unsuccessfully, despite taking many drugs and trying a variety of therapies. Some have been misdiagnosed. This course clearly describes the differential diagnosis of two main categories of chronic pain conditions: fibromyalgia syndrome...

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With the time spent working and using technology, who has time to stretch these days? As people become less active and time marches on, the body tends to stiffen, resulting in reduced flexibility, painful movements and limited functional performance. Specialized stretching techniques make it easy to restore mobility and function using reflexes, with muscle energy/PNF. This course reviews how flexibility is...