Advanced Techniques for the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine

Structural Bodywork for the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine will provide you with simple and practical techniques to better assess and treat issues of the spine and relate those to breathing and gait. More importantly, though, this workshop will provide you with a basis for understanding how we move at a fundamental level and how good bodywork and movement therapies can help restore our client’s adaptability, awareness, and options for good movement. 

You will walk away from this course not only with a bunch of useful techniques but the thought process behind them and the critical thinking necessary to apply them effectively. A few of the topics we will cover:

• The functional anatomy of the spine and how it relates to breathing and walking. 
• How to take a client history that both makes your client feel heard and provides you with actionable information
• Static and dynamic movement assessments that guide your treatment strategy
• Direct myofascial techniques incorporating movement and breath
• Test / retest of assessments
• Movement and your client’s home program

The skills gained in this workshop will augment your existing skills and provide you with tools to more effectively engage and empower your clients to take an active role in their physical health both in session and at home.