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Welcome:
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Thank you for your interest in our, hands-on, weekend seminar training
program for Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy®. We are a national continuing
education unit (CEU) provider of Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy®,
specifically for Massage Therapists and other health care professionals. |
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Our, hands-on, weekend
training seminar meets the requirements of most state massage boards for
CEUs and we are an approved NCBTMB continuing
education (CEU) provider under category A.
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Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy® is
a safe, gentle and easy to learn technique to relieve chronic muscle
related pain and/or disfunction by locating and deactivating trigger
points. |
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"Myotherapy: A
method for relaxing muscle spasm, improving circulation, and
alleviating pain. The therapist applies finger pressure to "trigger
points," usually in the muscle tissue or area surrounding joints. The
success of this method, developed by Bonnie Prudden in 1976, depends
on the use of specific corrective exercise of the freed muscles."
- Taber’s Cyclopedic
Medical Dictionary.
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Seminar Schedule
(Sept 2005 – Oct 2005):
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Cedar Rapids, IA |
September 24-25 |
Basic |
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Nashville, TN |
October 8-9 |
Basic |
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Herndon, VA |
October 22-23 |
Basic |
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Seminar Schedule
(Jan 2006 – June 2006):
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Hot Springs, AR |
February 4-6 |
Basic |
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Manchester, NH |
February 25-26 |
Basic |
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Asheville, NC |
March 11-12 |
Basic |
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Cedar Rapids, IA |
April 1-2 |
Advance Back |
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Memphis, TN |
April 29-30 |
Advance Back |
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Miami,
FL
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June 3-4 |
Basic |
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Objectives: |
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Understand the basic concepts and
techniques of Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy®. |
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Understand the history and development
of Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy®, the theories of Myotherapy and
trigger points, and how Myotherapy is used to relieve chronic muscle
related pain. |
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Understand importance of patient history
to guide the Trigger Points search. |
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Understand trigger points, how they are
laid down, how they affect muscles & and how to deactivate them.
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Identify and deactivate the trigger
points for typical chronic muscle related pain symptoms. |
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Headaches |
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Backaches |
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Shoulder, arm and hand pain |
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Thigh, leg and foot pain |
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Understand the importance of exercise as
a key component of a healthy pain free life. Passive stretching and
corrective exercises are an essential part of Bonnie Prudden
Myotherapy® to achieve pain relief for common symptoms (noted
above). While range of motion and strengthening exercises are
stressed for pain prevention. |
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Passive stretching (therapist gently
assist patient after treating trigger points). This helps the
patient understand how to properly use the corrective exercises. |
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Corrective exercises (for patients at
home, between trigger point treatments) are key components of Bonnie
Prudden Myotherapy®. |
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Kraus-Weber testing is taught to
determine a patient’s minimum level of muscle fitness (pass/fail
test). Failing this test identifies muscle weaknesses in the key
posture muscles, indicating susceptibility to back problems. With
the weaknesses identified, simple corrective exercises are taught to
strengthen these muscles. |
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Self-help exercise for massage
therapists and other health care workers is also stressed.
Participants are taken through a series of exercises which can be
implemented into their daily routine in be used as a preventative
measure to keep muscles healthy and pain free. |
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We believe that learning and
understanding benefits greatly by our hands-on approach. We’ll guide
you through Myotherapy with step-by-step instruction. |
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Learning is enhanced by working on a
variety of other participants, each with different needs.
Myotherapists seek to understand a patient's history of muscle
related pain, using it to as a guide to develop a treatment plan.
Understanding the unique needs of the individual is very important
for Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy®. |
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Our hands-on approach is designed to
give the seminar participants the confidence to begin incorporating
this the Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy® into their existing practice.
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