Soft Tissue Therapy for Muscle Dysfunction
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May 4: 8am-5pm
May 5: 8am-12pm Columbia Edgewater Country Club 2220 NE Marine Drive Portland, Oregon 97211 |
Instructor: Michael Schneider, DC, PhD
Secondary Instructors: Dave Panzer, DC, DABCO, Shireesh Bhalerao, DC, MCR, Karen Baranick, DC, MDT, Dave Perham, DC.
Seminar Description: This 12-hour, hands-on, evidence-based seminar focused on the manual treatment of myofascial pain syndromes, tendinopathies, and myofibrosis. Hands-on instruction focused on high pay-off trigger point therapy (Nimmo), myofascial stripping/gliding, and specific therapeutic stretching. Conservative management strategies for global muscle dysfunction were demonstrated and actively practiced. In doing so, cervical and lumbar spinal rehabilitation was reframed for the practicing clinician using the best available research evidence as a foundation.
Secondary Instructors: Dave Panzer, DC, DABCO, Shireesh Bhalerao, DC, MCR, Karen Baranick, DC, MDT, Dave Perham, DC.
Seminar Description: This 12-hour, hands-on, evidence-based seminar focused on the manual treatment of myofascial pain syndromes, tendinopathies, and myofibrosis. Hands-on instruction focused on high pay-off trigger point therapy (Nimmo), myofascial stripping/gliding, and specific therapeutic stretching. Conservative management strategies for global muscle dysfunction were demonstrated and actively practiced. In doing so, cervical and lumbar spinal rehabilitation was reframed for the practicing clinician using the best available research evidence as a foundation.
Seminar Schedule:
Saturday May 4th
8:00-8:30 Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Myth Busters: Evidence-Based Manual Soft Tissue Therapies for Muscle Dysfunction
9:45-12:00 Hands-On, Soft-Tissue Therapies
NECK Muscles:
12:00-1:00 Lunch (Provided by Tulip Seminars and Columbia Edgewater)
1:00-3:00 Hands-On, Soft-Tissue Therapies
SHOULDER Muscles:
3:30-5:00 Hands-On, Soft-Tissue Therapies
HIP/PELVIC Muscles:
Sunday May 5th
8:00-8:30 Check-in, Networking, Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Panel Discussion: “Soft Tissue Therapy for Fibromyalgia? Research: Is There a Connection?”
9:45-11:45 Hands-On, Soft-Tissue Therapies
LOWER LEG Muscles:
8:00-8:30 Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Myth Busters: Evidence-Based Manual Soft Tissue Therapies for Muscle Dysfunction
- Key differentiations between focal and global muscle dysfunction
- The 4 basic categories of muscle/soft tissue dysfunction
- The 3 types of focal muscle/soft tissue dysfunction: trigger points, tendinopathies, and adhesions
- Brief overviews of the scientific basis for each of the above
- The 4 basic treatment approaches for focal muscle/soft tissue dysfunction: static pressure, gliding or stripping pressure, focal stretching, and combinations of the others
- The 3 types of global muscle dysfunction: weakness/hypotonicity, tightness/hypertonicity, and poor sensorimotor control
- The 3 basic treatment approaches for global muscle dysfunction: strengthening/facilitation exercises, stretching/inhibition exercises, and sensorimotor control exercises
9:45-12:00 Hands-On, Soft-Tissue Therapies
NECK Muscles:
- Suboccipitals
- Splenius/Semispinalis
- Upper Trap
- Lev Scap
- SCM
- SNAGs
- Muscle Energy/PIRs
12:00-1:00 Lunch (Provided by Tulip Seminars and Columbia Edgewater)
1:00-3:00 Hands-On, Soft-Tissue Therapies
SHOULDER Muscles:
- Supraspinatus
- Infraspinatus/Teres Minor
- Subscapularis
- Pect Minor
- Tennis/Golfer Elbow/Tendinopathies
- MWMs
- Muscle Energy/PIRs
3:30-5:00 Hands-On, Soft-Tissue Therapies
HIP/PELVIC Muscles:
- Iliopsoas
- Gluts
- Piriformis
- Hamstrings
- MWMs for Hip
- Muscle Energy/PIRs
Sunday May 5th
8:00-8:30 Check-in, Networking, Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Panel Discussion: “Soft Tissue Therapy for Fibromyalgia? Research: Is There a Connection?”
- Review of the history of fibromyalgia (FM) as a diagnosis
- Why FM is not a type of muscle or soft tissue dysfunction
- Debunking myths about the purported causes of FM
- Overview of the updated 2010 criteria for the diagnosis of FM
- The 4 subsets of patients with widespread pain and fatigue (FM syndrome)
- Diagnostic algorithm for patients with a FM diagnosis
9:45-11:45 Hands-On, Soft-Tissue Therapies
LOWER LEG Muscles:
- Gastroc-soleus
- Patellar tendinopathy
- Achille’s tendinopathy
- Common flexor tendinopathy (aka ‘plantar fasciitis’)
- MWMs for Knee and Ankle
- Muscle Energy/PIRs