Headaches refer to a broad range of pain experienced in the head, face and skull. They derive from any combination of various structures including nerves, sutures, sinuses, arteries, muscles, and the functional and structural abnormalities. Sources can be both local and remote from the site of pain. The key to treating headaches is combining the ... Read more
With trager fundamentals and resistance and release work. Comprehensive treatment and release of the muscles of the jaw are almost never covered in massage trainings. And yet they are of vital importance in a number of ways. They are instrumental in addressing many issues that clients present: TMJ problems, dental alignment, teeth grinding, free craniosacral ... Read more
Non-traumatic, chronic back pain often is often caused by issues upstream to the low back. When clients have chronic low back pain, finding and treating contributing structures from the upper body can be the key to effect full resolution. Learn dynamic assessments and treatments for relationships of the following structures to low back pain, including: ... Read more
Manual Therapy for the jaw helps patients with neck, jaw, face and shoulder pain as well as many different kinds of headaches. After this sixteen hour course, you may apply to the WA health Department Massage Board for endorsement. You’ll learn • Anatomy and physiology of the TMJ • Biomechanics and assessment of the TMJ ... Read more
