A creative systems solution to 5 linked pain conditions
Postural “Bad Karma” afflicts every one of your clients – and is likely the source of most of their top pain complaints. That’s why the “good karma” of your therapeutic massage provides only temporary relief, without fully resolving their pain condition.
Where does this “Bad Karma” come from?
It results directly from chronic postural misalignment and damaging repetitive behaviors: We hunch over a keyboard or smartphone, heads forward, texting thumbs overactive. We sleep in the wrong position, sit improperly at work, and even lean incorrectly over the massage table!
Forward head posture … collapsed front body … rounded shoulders … weak low back … piriformis/psoas imbalance … overuse and misuse of wrist and fingers – these result in carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches and neck strain, shoulder tightness, low backache, and stabbing buttocks pain.
It’s essential to “connect the dots” and see these five different pain conditions as an interconnected dysfunctional whole: The Hunchaholic Syndrome. This pernicious syndrome creates a rich breeding ground for a web of persistent myofascial pain trigger points that constrict and pervert normal movement.
Traditional Trigger Point Therapy has proven effective in relieving painful myofascial knots, especially those caused by an accident or injury. However, unless the “perpetuating factors” that continually aggravate the Hunchaholic Syndrome are addressed with neuromuscular re-education, no amount of isolated therapy will solve this bigger problem.
The Going Beyond Trigger Points Connect the Dots System Postural Dysfunctions Core Unit on the Top 5 Pain Conditions provides a new, integrated-systems approach to successfully treating this complex syndrome of inter-related pain problems. Trigger Point Therapy, postural re-education protocols, and Structural Integration therapies are incorporated into a practical therapeutic massage routine. Therapists can immediately apply these protocols in their practice, upgrade to a higher level of professionalism, and provide lasting relief from postural “bad karma” to their clients.
Cathy Cohen, LMT is an approved NCBTMB CEU provider and Board-Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist who will teach her Fast-Track 16 CEU seminar “Postural Dysfunctions Core Unit: Creative solutions to 5 linked “Hunchaholic” pain conditions” at FSM Jan. 26 & 27. For details: BeyondTriggerPoints.com/FSM.
