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  Will SMRT Work Where Deep Work is Contraindicated?

  Posted on August 25, 2017 by Dawn in Anatomy, Head & Neck, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, Special Issues, Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique

  A new client of mine is a woman who had throat cancer and had 6 lymph nodes removed from her neck. She was sent to a physical therapist after the surgery to teach her to do lymphatic drainage on herself and to receive this treatment. The physical therapist told her that her scars were creating […]

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  Can SMRT on the Hips Help the Neck?

  Posted on August 18, 2017 by Dawn in Anatomy, bodywork, Head & Neck, Hips & Sacrum, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique

  I recently worked on a client who has chronic neck pain. We were focused on her legs. She broke her left tibial plateau a few years ago and the hardware was giving her grief, plus she had hurt her right foot about a month ago and it still had residual tension. How the Body Connects […]

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• Chronic Neck Pain

  Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Physiology, Questions and Answers

  Issue:  Chronic neck pain Solution:  First, I had to palpate to figure out where the problem seemed to be.  This client was a 66 year old man with torn rotator cuff tendons in both shoulders.  He had already had surgery twice on the right shoulder, but no surgery had been performed on the left.  The […]

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• Neck Pain

  Posted on August 15, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Questions and Answers

  Issue:  An 8-year-old came to me with a sore neck.  The pain was right underneath her occiput. Solution:  Kids are not as resilient as we like to think.  Bad pillows, crazy heavy back packs, braces, retainers, head gear, sleeping in strange places, it all effects them and the effects can be lasting.  Luckily, kids do […]

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• Shoulder DVD

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

  The first video we are doing is about the shoulders.  The advantage, I think, about having all of this information on video is that you will pick up what you are ready for each time you watch the video.  Unlike watching one demonstration in a class while taking written notes, the video allows you to […]

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• Neck Anatomy

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

  Stylohyoid O:  Styloid process of the Temporal bone I:  Hyoid bone A:  Draws the hyoid bone posterior   Omohyoideus O:  Superior Border of the Scapula I:  Hyoid Bone A:  Depresses the hyoid bone       Longus Colli O:  Anterior Aspects of C3 through T3 I:  Anterior Aspect of C1 through C7 A:  Flexion of […]

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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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