TherapyWorks offers a comprehensive series of courses designed to teach you how to effectively treat myofascial pain syndrome anywhere in the body.

All of the five courses are primarily lab courses, where you will be taught specific hands-on techniques that you can apply immediately in your setting. Once you have completed course 1, you are ready to go beyond the basics. In courses 2-5 you will learn specific referral patterns and treatment techniques for individual muscles. You will also learn additional and advanced myofascial relase techniques.

Your instructor, Laurie Connolly, has studied Trigger Point Release with the Dr. Janet G Travell Seminar Series; Myofascial Release with John Barnes; Craniosacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute; and Energy Medicine with Carolyn Myss and Dr. Norm Shealy. She has created a unique synergy of these different philosophies and techniques that is incredibly effective in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Course 1: The Basics of Myofascial Pain (must complete before taking courses 2-5)

		Name the clinical characteristics of myofascial pain syndrome. Identify trigger points by referral pattern and palpation. Understand underlying perpetuating factors. Understand myofascial trigger points versus myofascial release techniques. Apply a variety of treatment techniques for myofascial pain.

Course 2: Pelvis, Hips and Lower Back

		Complete a comprehensive postural evaluation. Identify and treat specific trigger points in the pelvis and lower extremities. Understand how structural and pelvic distortions contribute to pain throughout the body. Identify and treat upslips, pelvic rotations and leg length discrepancies.

Course 3: Shoulder, Arm, and Upper Back

		Identify and treat specific trigger points in the upper back, shoulder, and upper extremities. Understand and treat the underlying structural or functional causes. Understand and utilize myofascial release techniques as well as trigger point release.

Course 4: Head, Neck and Face

		Identify and treat specific trigger points in the head, face, and neck. Understand and treat the underlying structural or functional causes. Understand and utilize basic myofascial release and craniosacral therapy techniques.

Course5: TMD (courses 1-4 must be completed prior to taking this course)

		Understand TMD dysfunction from a whole body perspective. Be able to distinguish between myofascial pain and an internal joint derangement. Understand and utilize a variety of techniques for the treatment of TMD. Learn more craniosacral techniqes and intra-oral techniques.