Continuing Education

A two-day (14 hour) seminar focusing on an integrative treatment approach that employs advanced therapeutic techniques designed to release soft tissue restrictions. A comprehensive treatment protocol that examines your client's most typical problem areas will be presented. Focus is on targeting the treatment to the appropriate soft tissues, based upon a movement analysis of the involved joints. Deep tissue massage techniques included are myofascial release, trigger point, active release, and transverse friction massage. Post-isometric relaxation techniques that aid in mobilizing the joint by lengthening the tight muscles will also be examined.

Learn how to make your client's feel you perform absolute magic by mastering techniques to effectively treat these critical and common complaint areas.

A two-day (14 hour) seminar focusing on an integrative treatment approach that employs advanced therapeutic techniques designed to release soft tissue restrictions. A comprehensive treatment protocol that examines your client's most typical problem areas will be presented. Focus is on targeting the treatment to the appropriate soft tissues, based upon a movement analysis of the involved joints. Deep tissue massage techniques included are myofascial release, trigger point, active release, and transverse friction massage. Post-isometric relaxation techniques that aid in mobilizing the joint by lengthening the tight muscles will also be examined.

Learn how to make your client's feel you perform absolute magic by mastering techniques to effectively treat these critical and common complaint areas.

A two-day (14 hour) seminar focusing on an integrative treatment approach that employs advanced therapeutic techniques designed to release soft tissue restrictions. A comprehensive treatment protocol that examines your client's most typical problem areas will be presented. Focus is on targeting the treatment to the appropriate soft tissues, based upon a movement analysis of the involved joints. Deep tissue massage techniques included are myofascial release, trigger point, active release, and transverse friction massage. Post-isometric relaxation techniques that aid in mobilizing the joint by lengthening the tight muscles will also be examined.

Learn how to make your client's feel you perform absolute magic by mastering techniques to effectively treat these critical and common complaint areas.

Birth is a most sacred part of our human existence. Simply being with a woman (and her partner) before, during and after birth helps the mother (and partner) cope with the process and helps to nurture the new soul into this physical life. Massage applied skillfully during the birth process can diminish her sense of pain during active labour contractions. This course shows practitioners how to prepare and be professional in this privileged role. The goal of the training is also to create a safe environment to explore birth as a normal function; to relate current information and research regarding pregnancy, childbirth and lactation; to share stories and experiences; to create a community and a society that is comfortable with birth as a normal event and not as a pathology; and for breastfeeding and gentle birth practices to be respected. Develop skills as a professional birth attendant (Doula) and/or deepen your knowledge about the birth process. Lots of hands on skills that can enhance knowledge for Yoga teachers, Massage Therapists, Pilates teachers, etc.

Topics include:
- Touch effectiveness
- Anatomy / physiology of birth / tests in pregnancy
- Consultation / guidelines
- Doula kit / birth story / birth records documenting
- Professionalism / positive reinforcement
- Comfort measures / positioning
- Alternatives/ hands on skills / observing gentle birth
- Medicated and non-medicated births

Global Objectives:

1. To update delegates on the most recent developments in clinical biomechanics of the lumbar spine specifically how it works and how it becomes injured. This is to develop an evidence-based foundation for clinical decision-making.

2. To provide guidance in the application of this knowledge to the clinic, workplace, rehabilitation centre, and sports field to reduce the risk of injury, optimize healing of the patient and build ultimate back performance in the athlete.

3. To give practice and technique development with workshops throughout the day.

Infant massage is an age old tradition that has almost disappeared in modern times. It has re-emerged through the work of dedicated researchers and instructors and is becoming a social "norm". Learn the importance of this method, its applications and benefits, and how to professionally teach parents to massage their babies. Techniques to calm & delight. Topics include:
- Benefits & purpose
- Preparation & application
- Infant massage techniques
- Teaching parents
- Understanding baby's cues
- Research studies
- Special situations

This is a one-day (7 hour) seminar that is recommended as a prerequisite for those therapists who hold less than a 2200-hour certificate. If your practice has been mainly focused on relaxation massage, and you wish to develop the skills and knowledge to
provide therapeutic treatment, then this is a must for you. Learn how to identify the correct approach when working on different parts of the body, and with different body types.

This introductory course will give you the skills to begin to expand your practice, your client base, and elevate your ability to provide therapeutic treatment. The advanced seminars listed below will
provide you with an in-depth protocol to treat the critical problem areas that you will encounter regularly in your practice. Register in this seminar and any other at the same time, and receive a special discount.

The goal of utilizing Muscle Energy Techniques is to correct motion restrictions and improve the client's functional range of motion. This course will teach techniques that are unique to Muscle Energy Technique - regarding evaluation, prioritizing findings and treatment of joint stiffness. In this module, you will understand the clinical implications of Muscle Energy Technique, the rationale for treatment, progression and its integration with other treatment modalities.

Muscle Energy Technique is a direct technique based on a concept originated by Dr. Fred Mitchell, Sr., DO. This module will focus on the Upper Quadrant. You will see immediate changes in your patient's pain and functional level. Because of the gentleness and effectiveness of these techniques, they are appropriate with the following patient populations; neurological, amputees, sports injuries, auto accidents, pediatrics, geriatrics, respiratory and general orthopedic conditions.

This three-day (21 hour) seminar focuses on the correction of both structural and functional imbalances. Onsen Technique protocols will be employed to assess and correct the structural imbalances. Trigger point therapy and transverse friction massage techniques will be utilized to effect positive changes in the functional imbalances that result from soft tissue restrictions. The Onsen Technique is a muscle energy technique that is designed to correct skeletal alignment through the application of hold/relax stretching. Each assessment has a specific purpose and is linked to a specific correction. Muscle
energy techniques and deep tissue release techniques, integrate well with each other, and when used in combination, result in longer lasting, positive changes for the client.

This one-day (7 hour) personal development seminar will teach you how to engage your core and postural muscles, to help lesson your strain and prevent injury while practicing as a massage therapist. Learning how to properly engage your stabilizing muscles will not only decrease the strain on your body, but also increase your ability to perform deep tissue massage on your clients. This seminar features a full certified STOTT PILATES Instructor Peggy Glasgo, who is also a practicing Massage Therapist. Together, Peggy and Cheryl will ensure you receive supervised instruction to guide you towards learning how to work smarter, not harder.

Course Dates: Ongoing
Website: www.perfectbalanceseminars.com