
Master five joint mobilization grades, with grade five as manipulation; use grades one and two to reduce pain, three and four to stretch, and glides: anterior-posterior, posterior-anterior, distraction, medial, lateral.
Understand the hip joint as a ball-and-socket, multi axial, weight bearing structure that balances mobility and stability, and address issues like arthritis and bursitis using compression and long axis traction.
Explore hip mobilizations through scouring, compression, traction, and lateral distraction, and build hip joint range of motion with internal/external rotation and muscle energy techniques.
Learn practical SI joint mobilizations for massage therapy, including AC joint dysfunction assessment, gentle gapping, distraction and compression tests, and posterior sacral mobilizations to relieve pain.
Explore the lumbar spine anatomy, weight bearing, and cauda equina nerve functions, plus common disorders like stenosis, sciatica, herniated discs, and cauda equina syndrome.
Explore the thoracic spine anatomy, its rib attachments, and neural pathways, and learn how posture, breathing, and common injuries affect thoracic pain and spinal stability.
In this course manual osteopath and registered massage therapist Mike Everson is going to guide you through how to deliver joint mobilizations for the entire body. In massage therapy, joint mobilizations can be used to treat both joints and soft tissues. Joint mobilizations are performed when a bone or vertebrae is moved to relieve tension, stiffness, pain and improve range of movement. Joint mobilizations are delivered with various pressures and are graded one to five. The pressure used with joint mobilizations is dependent on desired outcomes and clinical intuition used by the therapist.
Joint Mobilizations are one of the most effective tools a manual therapist can use for treating a variety of conditions. Yet, joint mobilizations are often not focused on in some education and training programs, leaving this valuable skill misunderstood and underused. Most massage therapists leave their training with very little experience and lack of confidence when mobilizing the hips, ribs, thoracic spine TMJ etc. As a result, missing out on potentially the missing link when it comes to providing more useful treatments.
This course is perfect for therapists looking to have a complete understanding of the human body. Knowing how the health of the joints can effect pain all over the body AND also how to treat that pain, is essential for any manual therapist to know to be as effective and helpful as possible.
You can study and complete this entire course in the comfort of your own home with lifetime access to the videos in case you need to go back, review and re-inspire yourself!
In this course you are going to learn:
> How to assess the joints for treatment, gaining key hands-on intuition over time
> Learn techniques for all the joints including the hips, SI joints, lumbar spine, TMJ and many more
> Become a specialist for people who have chronic or hard to deal with issues
> Learn the anatomy and physiology of the joints as it relates to local and global pain within the body
Enroll now! Grow your knowledge base and practice today!
*the content is for educational purposes and does not replace medical advice.