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http://ExercisesForInjuries.com ***ATTENTION FITNESS PROFESSIONALS***, visit Exercises for Injuries in order to receive your $299 Fitness Education gift. William Huhn will be presenting a number of courses to fitness professionals on trigger point: UNDERSTANDING TRIGGER POINTS TO OVERCOME PAIN DESCRIPTION: Trigger points will affect muscles in the sedentary or athletic body and can cause a considerable amount of long term misery if you are unfamiliar with their behavior and how to remove them. As fitness professionals, you are educated with the topic of muscles and related anatomy/physiology. You are also familiar with nutrition as it relates to mental and physical performance. I know from experience, that your dedication and attitude regarding health and fitness, will often inspire your clients to progress to a physical and mental fitness level they might not have attained without your support and guidance. Even though you are dedicated professionals, there are times when you may be puzzled regarding a client's physical progress. Why is this person in pain? Why are they not building muscle? Why is their particular problem not getting better? The client is usually looking to you for the answers. What do you tell them? Sometimes the problem simply does not fit the usual model. Hopefully, this does not happen often. But if it does, you'll want all the knowledge you can get to help your client. This should include an understanding of myofascial trigger points. And that's what this workshop is all about...trigger points and Trigger Point Bodywork. It should be considered and recommended as an option for the remedial treatment of pain or performance issues. And should also be a part of ALL physical rehabilitation protocol. This workshop is not designed nor intended to make you a trigger point expert. The objective here is to focus some light on myofascial pain and a type of bodywork that has been overlooked and misunderstood for far too long, especially in the fitness arena. This workshop covers basic information on myofascial trigger points and how they play a role in acute and chronic pain issues. OBJECTIVES: What will be covered in this workshop: - Myofascial Trigger Points are real - Causes of trigger point formation - Trigger points refer pain in predictable patterns - Trigger points affect muscle, fascia and ligaments - Other symptoms that trigger points produce - Susceptibility to trigger points - Vitamins and minerals; their relationship to muscle health - How to carry out basic "trigger points" assessment of your client - How to physically train a client when trigger points are suspected - Hands-on practice finding trigger points - Address common sport / athlete problems, including: Headache and Migraine, Frozen Shoulder, Upper back pain, Lower back pain, Buttocks and Groin issues, Hip Flexor, Knee problems, Plantar Fasciitis, Shin Splints, Heel Spurs HANDS-ON: Trigger Points for Lumbar, Hips, Buttocks and Groin Issues DESCRIPTION: This New Westminster workshop will deal mainly with the mid-body between the lower thoracic area and the upper thigh. We will be locating and treating TrPs in the QL, iliopsoas, erector spinae group, all gluteal muscles, piriformis, obliques, rectus abdominis, adductors, vastus lateralis, TFL, semimembranosis, semitendinosis and soleus. Other issues that may have a myofascial trigger point source, such as IBS, bladder control issues, painful menstrual cramps, and other pelvic issues will be discussed and demonstrated during the workshop. As well, we will briefly discuss the intrapelvic muscles and their role, as related to this workshop. This workshop is designed for bodyworkers and other interested health professionals, who treat pain issues and want hands-on instruction for assessing, locating and treating myofascial trigger points. OBJECTIVES: - Detailed palpation techniques of muscles for trigger points, treatment techniques, post-treatment protocol, latent / active TrPs, contraindications. - Explain how TrPs play a major role in lumbar, hips, buttocks and groin issues. - The muscles that play a causal role in lumbar, hips, buttocks and groin Issues - and how to deactivate their trigger points. - How exercise affects trigger points in the lumbar, hips, buttocks and groin muscles. - Explain why TrPs always affect muscle strength and performance and why muscle performance always improves when trigger points are removed. - The effects of heat / ice on TrPs. - Discuss stress, medications, over-use, trauma and skeletal abnormalities regarding TrPs. - Discuss how individual attendees might incorporate trigger point knowledge into their profession PREREQUISITE: Have previously attended an Understanding Trigger Points to Overcome Pain, presented by William Huhn. This prerequisite may be waived at the discretion of the presenter.

• Release Date

  Sep 11, 2009

• Runtime

  10:32