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  SMRT Can Help Chronic Pain

  Posted on September 22, 2017 by Dawn in bodywork, Hips & Sacrum, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique

  While at the AMTA convention, we did free 15 minute SMRT sessions at our booth to promote the technique, videos, and classes. I spent quite a bit of time working on lower extremities while there. One of the therapists I worked on (who also happened to be a CE instructor) had a chronic hip problem. […]

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  SMRT Works on Lower Extremities

  Posted on September 8, 2017 by Dawn in bodywork, Human Body, Legs, Lower Back, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique

  I met a therapist in a class last year who, at only 26 years old, was bent at the hip. I attempted to help her with body mechanics, and she explained that it had been 2 years since she had stood up straight. She had given up on getting rid of the lower back pain […]

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  Using SMRT on the Shoulder

  Posted on September 1, 2017 by Dawn in Arm & Hand, bodywork, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, Shoulders, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique

  One of the student therapists in my last class asked me to look at her left shoulder. She had limited flexion and abduction. With palpation and assessment, I believed that she had a facilitated latissimus dorsi on her left side. Assessing the Shoulder As I began to work on her, most of the class gathered […]

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  Anatomy of the Elbow, Part 2

  Posted on April 3, 2013 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain

  Before we get into the ligaments and muscles of the elbow, I want to relate an experience I had yesterday. Recently I began to work with a fellow massage therapist. She has been booking 2-hour sessions, which is fabulous for me. The index finger on her right hand has developed some arthritis. It is swollen, stiff, and the range of motion is fairly limited. She has had these symptoms for two years! I said something to her about how she should have had it worked on before now (because massage therapists chronically do not get enough bodywork!), and she responded that she had tried a few times, but she couldn’t find a therapist that knew what to do with her arm and hand.

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• When it come to the Human Body, We Need Never Assume!

  Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Physiology, Questions and Answers, Self Responsibilty

  I go to a variety of therapists, and, unfortunately, I find that many of them have forgotten most of their anatomy and do not understand what they are feeling and what effects what in the human body.  It is frustrating to me to meet so many people who have been in pain for so long, […]

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• Neck Anatomy

  Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body

  Longissimus Capitis O:  transverse processes of about T2 thru about C5 I:  Mastoid process of the temporal bone A:  rotates, extends, and laterally flexes the head   Spinalis Cervicis O:  spinous process of C7 and ligamentum nuchae I:  spinous processes of C2 – C4 A:  extends the vertebrae and laterally flexes the head   Spinalis […]

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