Instructor: Cat Matlock, FreeBody Massage
Date: February 27, 2027
Time: 10 am – 6 pm (with an hour break for lunch)
Workshop Price: $180.00 (Purchase together with Releasing the Glutes (the day after) and save $30)
Location: Florida School of Massage
CE Hours: 7 CEs (NCBTMB approved, Florida pending and expected), 14 CEs for both trainings
NCBTMB CE Provider #: 452039-12
CE Broker #: 50-35060
Course #: 20-955852
To Register:
Click here to Register for Psoas and Quadratus Lumborum only
Click here to register for BOTH Psoas and QL and the Glutes training

Course Description
This is a Trauma Informed Trigger Point Therapy Training.

Liz Koch calls the psoas the “muscle of the soul,” and the more we learn about this tissue, the more we see it as much more than a hip flexor. The psoas responds to our fears, stresses, and traumas. Modern life keeps most of us chronically stressed, and the psoas feels it. That’s why nearly every client who gets on your table can benefit from skilled, respectful work with this muscle and its co-conspirator, the iliacus.

The quadratus lumborum sits behind and snuggles up to the psoas. When you work with one, it’s important to work with the other for the greatest benefit.

In this LIVE training, students are guided through the anatomy of the iliopsoas and quadratus lumborum and the important structures nearby. You will learn how these muscles act on the lumbar spine and pelvis, what gets them into tension, and their pain referral patterns. We’ll look at how chronic stress affects the psoas directly, and I’ll teach you simple breathing practices to help clients relax more deeply and prepare for the work ahead. Then I guide you through each step of the protocol, including simple body reading to determine where we begin, trigger point location and release with plenty of soothing, integrative techniques.

Releasing the Psoas and Quadratus Lumborum pairs beautifully with Releasing the Glutes, taught the following day. These two workshops together will give you skills you can immediately implement to help your clients with both hip and lower back issues. Register for both at the same time and save $30.

Included:

• Expert training
• Student handout with anatomy and trigger point pain referral pictures
• Access to a dedicated Google Drive with a copy of my PPT and videos of each step of the treatment that you can watch after the training, including the guided breathing practices

Instructor Bio

Cat Matlock, LMBT NC#1080, is a 1993 graduate of the Florida School of Massage and has been in practice ever since. She focused on trigger point work early in her career, and it remains the foundation of her practice, FreeBody Massage, in Asheville, NC. She has worked with tens of thousands of clients since 1993. Her experience includes spa and chiropractic settings, leading a clinic team, over 30 years in private practice, and teaching anatomy, kinesiology, and integrative massage.

Cat has taught continuing education to massage therapists since 2006 in live, live-stream, and online formats. A specialist in trauma-informed bodywork, Cat is a Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist and an IFS Informed Somatic Anxiety Coach. All of the trainings she leads are trauma informed. Cat teaches therapists how to meet the hypervigilance, pain, and emotional release that surface when we touch the body. She is the author of FreeBody: The Body, Pain, and a Path to Freedom (Manuscripts Press, 2023) and runs two YouTube channels. One channel is for self care, Youtube.com/@CatMatlock and one is specifically for bodywork and massage practitioners, Youtube.com/@freebodymassage. She is an NCBTMB approved continuing education provider. Her Florida provider status is pending.