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Melting the Muscles that control the Atlas and Axis utilizes the patient method of waiting to feel a muscle melt before moving on. Presence with the muscle shape and fiber direction is also taught. Muscle guarding is not judged as bad, so we do not fight to lengthen the muscle. Instead, we move the muscle into a shortened position. Then the brain feels its need to guard has been aided, and the muscle melts of its own decision. The one-day advanced workshop includes learning to assess and create the three directions of movement: pure rotation, pure flexion / extension, and pure side bending. Palpating spinous and tranverse processes of C2 and the other cervical vertebrae. Participants will learn the attachments and function of the Obliquus Capitus Inferior. Also palpation and treatment of SCM, subocciptals, traps, splenius capitus, the hyoids, and other muscles of the head and neck. Participants will integrate the rhythm of cranial motion with treating the muscles that control Atlas, Axis, and other cervical joints. As the Melting Muscles Workshop covers the macrocosm that is the body, the Advanced Workshop focuses on the microcosm of the OA/AA joints. It is a ‘deconstruction’ of the intricate structures involved in the movement of the head and neck. Course Objectives: assessment, motion palpation (discerning quality and range of motion), and cranial palpation (for direction of cranial motion). Date: TBA Time: 9am-5pm Location: KCCM Campus Instructor: Lara Pollock is in her 16th year of practicing therapeutic massage. She has a BA in English with certification in Secondary Education from Bethel College. She has training in Reiki, Cranio Sacral Therapy, and Connecting with Essence. She has been working with Patrick Moore learning, developing, teaching the Melting Muscles technique for two years. In addition to instructing Melting Muscles Workshops, she has helped edit the workbooks, and contributed to course curriculum development for the workbooks and workshops.Lara is currently attending the KCCM Master of Oriental Medicine Program. She lives near Wichita, Kansas with her husband and three active children This course is presented by Elenchus Publishing&Workshops and is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. "Both Melting Muscles and Advanced Atlas Axis workshops provide 14 and 7 Category A hours for NCBTMB, by using the certificate and provider number that Lara Pollock will provide." "Any workshop that is NCBTMB Category A approved also fits the criteria for ABMP, AMTA, and most State requirements for continuing education." View Article here For Continuing Education Application form click here: |
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