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Two-day hands-on workshop with Dr Peter Levy, Chiropractor, USA
Neuromuscular Reeducation is a 'stand-alone' hands on approach to the
evaluation and functional treatment of 95+% of the soft tissue injuries a
healthcare professional will see in practice.
Results are what patients are looking for and this technique will allow you to
deliver in a most professional and satisfactory manner. It is a distinct and
powerful addition to any...
person's armementarium if they are in the field of treating soft tissue
injuries.
The course will cover:
NECK: Levator Scapula, Scalenes, SCM & Upper Traps
SHOULDER: every one of the muscles……impeccably !!!
LOW BACK: Erector Spinae (as a group), Quadratus Lumborum, Serratus Posterior
Inferior
HAMSTRINGS: Biceps Femoris, Semi-Membranosus, Semi-Tendinosus
BUTTOCKS: Gluteus Maximus, Piriformis,
HIP: Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Minimus, TFL, Psoas, Obturator Externus
KNEE: Hamstrings, Quadriceps, Gastrocnemius, Sartorius & Gracilis
It is precise and demanding work in that the muscles are markedly smaller in
most cases and need very specific protocols applied accurately to a frequently
limited area.
By using Neuromuscular Reeducation technique you will be able to offer rapid,
lasting relief from the pain and loss of function caused by many of the most
common sports and stress related injuries.
Interested in his concept... want to try before you buy? Have a look at
these clips of three of his protocols and try them out with your clients... see
if it really works!
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Neuromuscular Reeducationsm
is a “stand-alone” hands-on technique/approach to the evaluation and
functional treatment of 90+% of the soft tissue injuries a professional
will see in practice. Every muscle in the body is surrounded by a smooth
fascial sheath, every muscular fascicule and fibril are surrounded by
fascia that can exert pressures of over 2,000 pound per square
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When an area is injured, whether it's muscle, connective
tissue, fascia, tendon or some combination of these elements (as most injuries
are), the body handles this inflammatory response of the tissues to trauma the
only way it knows how, through a hyperplasia of the affected tissue followed by
a fibrous healing, the laying down of a less elastic, second grade, poorly
vascularized scar tissue to protect the involved areas. Adhesions occur wherever
damage and inflammation have occurred and they limit both strength and range of
motion.
Once there is fibrous healing these adhesions pull us out of a three dimensional
orientation with gravity. As a muscle tendon begins to stretch and encounters an
adhesion, the muscle contracts to prevent any further stretching and to protect
the area involved.
The result is that the muscles involved are not as strong and the range of
motion is limited in the involved joint. Adhesions can affect areas that are
quite small, sometimes just a few muscle fibers, and other times there can be a
number of areas like that scattered throughout a muscle group.
"Freeing the adhesion is only part of the
battle," according to Dr. Levy. "Each person has a subtle, complex and
unconscious perception of his or her own body. When you have pain and limitation
of motion due to an injury, you adapt your body image to fit that limitation.
This unconscious mental adaptation can often persists long after the injury has
been resolved without the “Reeducation” part of the technique.” "It
isn't enough to clear up a problem, we also have to convince the patients that
the problem is gone. Otherwise, they persist in favoring the area that was
causing them pain. Patients may often limp for several months after a hip or leg
problem has been eliminated, so the most important part of the treatment is in
making the patients aware so that they can adapt their new behavior to the new
physical reality."
The "Reeducation" part of the technique is elegant in its
simplicity and efficacy and patients are back to their normal activities in
short order
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This is accomplished by:
- working each involved joint through the fullest possible range of
motion during each session after the Neuromuscular work and then
- sending a patient back to the activity that has been causing him
or her the problem. As soon as possible to demonstrate that the
problem has been resolved.
Most bodybuilders and other athletes hope they can free adhesions on
their own by forceful contractions and stretching, but this maneuver
fails because:
- The inhibitory feedback signals from the affected area prevent
sufficient contracting or stretching to accomplish this, and
- The adhesions are not necessarily parallel to the muscle fibers
and can lie any direction thereby restricting full range of motion.
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Teacher: Dr Peter Levy
Relevant articles to follow.
Date: 19/20
February 2011; 9am to 5pm both days
Venue: British
School of Osteopathy, London SE1 1JE
Cost: £300 (deposit
£100) student discount £270
To book: +44 (0)7526
925734 or info@bodyworkcpd.co.uk
Date: 17/18
September 2011; 9am-5pm both days
Venue: Green
Room, Mercer Hotel, Lower Mercer Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Cost: £300 / €375 (deposit
£100 / €125) Early bird (paid in full by 30/05/11)/student £270 /
€330
To book: +44 (0)7526
925734 or info@bodyworkcpd.co.uk
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