Course Description: SMRT: Shoulder, Axilla, Ribcage, & Upper Back live class or video course will help you to work the entire shoulder girdle. You will learn to successfully work with:
SMRT is a positional release modality. The principles of SMRT are similar to Strain Counterstrain and PRT. When we use SMRT, we move the tissue or body part into a position of ease or comfort. In other words, if tissue is shortened, we shorten it further. What we believe is happening when we do passively move tissue into its existing pattern is described in a theory called Proprioceptive Theory.
Proprioceptive Theory states, in simple terms, that when tissue is in a dysfunctional pattern there is an imbalance in activity between the golgi tendon organs and the muscle spindle cells that leaves the muscle spindle cells more sensitive. This sensitivity leads to increased restriction and sustained contraction. SMRT positions decrease muscle spindle cell activity and restore length to shortened tissues.
What is the benefit of SMRT for practitioners?
Clients receiving SMRT treatments have reported the following:
Where should you begin your SMRT courses?
There are 5 courses in our basic series. They are SMRT: Head & Neck (with or without Cranial Sacral Therapy); SMRT: Arm & Hand; SMRT: Shoulder, Axilla, Ribcage, & Upper Back; SMRT: Hips, Lower Back, & Abdomen; and SMRT: Lower Extremities. You may begin your SMRT training with any of these classes either live or through video.
You are on the page for SMRT: Shoulder, Axilla, Ribcage, & Upper Back. This course will teach you to work with all of the tissues in the shoulder girdle to balance the muscle tone, alleviate or reduce pain, increase ROM, and much more.
More Benefits of Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique:
Benefits of DVD’s and Digital Downloads:
Live seminar is NCBTMB approved (this means it is approved in all states that accept NCBTMB approved courses, which is most states), as well as NY sponsored, LA approved until 2021, and AR approved, for 24 CEs.
Video course is NCBTMB approved, as well as NY sponsored, for 8 CEs. Check your state regulations to see how many CE’s you can receive for technique classes done by home study.
COURSE | TYPE | DELIVERY | CE CREDITS | FEE | ORDER |
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Shoulder Axilla Ribcage & Upper Back Workshop | April 30-May 2 2021 Workshop | Anchorage AK | 24 | $500 | ![]() |
Shoulder Axilla Ribcage & Upper Back Workshop | September 17-19 2021 Workshop | Kalamazoo MI | 24 | $500 | ![]() |
Shoulder Axilla Ribcage & Upper Back Workshop | December 10-12 2021 Workshop | Augusta GA | 24 | $500 | ![]() |
Shoulder Axilla Ribcage & Upper Back with 8 CE's Book included | DVD & Book | Shipped to your address | 8 | $210 plus shipping | |
Shoulder Axilla Ribcage & Upper Back no CE's no Book | DVD | Shipped to your address | 0 | $180 plus shipping | |
SMRT: Shoulder Axilla Ribcage & Upper Back Book (Book Only) | Book | Shipped to your address | 0 | $40 plus shipping | |
Shoulder Axilla Ribcage & Upper Back with 8 CE's Book included | Digital Download & Book | Delivered to you through Google Drive folder | 8 | $210 | CLICK HERE |
Shoulder Axilla Ribcage & Upper Back no CE's no Book | Digital Download | Delivered to you through Google Drive folder | 0 | $180 | CLICK HERE |
Evaluation Comments from Shoulder, Axilla, Ribcage & Upper Back Courses in 2019:
Participants share what they liked best about the Shoulder, Axilla, Ribcage & Upper Back Class:
“Very hands-on. Very well done! Can’t wait to integrate in my massage practice. Dawn and Mary were wonderful. I would definitely attend another class!”
“Anatomy specificity and review were simply amazing. Lots of time for hands-on trades to apply technique. Thank you for inspiration to get back to anatomy basics and more!!”
“Dawn’s use of anatomy terms when describing movements. Great review of what I thought I knew but need to back into my daily use. Instructors and assistants, one on one time at the table was great. Helped me to pull it all together!”
“Lots of checking in from TAs and instructor providing correction and/or confirmation.”
“Teacher has a wealth of information and gives numerous examples of diagnoses in which SMRT helped, answered our questions fully and completely. She was my favorite! Loved her!”