Trigger Point Therapy for Backache
After completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
Verbalize and locate the 13 main muscles that refer pain to the upper, mid and lower thoracic back regions.
Explain to your patient how muscular pain referral happens and demonstrate patterns using trigger point charts.
Select the most effective treatment method for the location and perform it on your patient. Explain to your patient their perpetuating factors and suggest self-help techniques.
Mark Bigelow LMT, a veteran massage therapist since 1986, specializes in muscular pain and sports injuries. Affectionately called “MacGyver” by his students, he uses creative tools like ropes, beach balls, and Play-Doh to make complex concepts accessible and engaging. In 1992, he invented the Air-O-Flex abdominal exerciser and later earned a patent for the "Sarcomere - Three Dimensional Teaching Model," now used in medical schools worldwide. Mark has lectured extensively on repetitive movement syndromes, consulted for Levi-Strauss & Co., and developed a self-help video on carpal tunnel syndrome. With teaching experience at Palm Beach Academy and Palm Beach Community College, he's also a sought-after speaker at industry conventions
This course is approved by the Florida Board of Massage Therapy as a hands-on credit, relevant to and focused on massage therapy techniques, skills and protocols.