An Encounter with Touch: Successful Treatment of Chronic Pain with Myofascial Release and Mindfulness Approaches

Patients with chronic pain or with complicated issues are the most challenging problems we therapists face. It’s the worst nightmare for many therapists! Our typical, narrow approach provides only temporary relief, resulting in patients cycling through our offices, frustrating both them and us.

But it doesn’t have to be that way! These patients require a multi-faceted approach with a different set of tools than do people with acute physical injuries. If you feel inexperienced or uncomfortable assessing and treating patients with chronic pain, this course is for you.  You will gain new modalities, approaches, and skills, the tools you need to successfully treat these patients.

This class is designed for therapists who are new to Myofascial Release and Mindfulness, who want to deepen their manual therapy skills and improve their success in treating chronic pain. To achieve these goals, you will be learning a multidimensional treatment approach, combining mindfulness strategies with soft-tissue mobilization, deep soft tissue release, and therapeutic exercise.

Through hands-on lab sessions you will learn:

1. The John F. Barnes Myofascial Release Approach.
2. Centering and grounding skills for yourself and for your patients.
3. Advanced palpation skills to recognize myofascial stress patterns unique to each patient.
4. Home program development unique to each patient.

As you improve your skill set and increase confidence in your abilities, your patients will be transformed … as will you.