The Video: A Video Guide to Techniques

List price: $265.00
Website Price: $240.00

A Japanese translation of DVDs
is also available

This seven volume DVD (over 11 hours) acts as a companion to our Massage Therapist Manual: A Visual Guide to Techniques. The set is designed as a full study clinical training course for massage therapists wishing to expand their skills.

Schools and colleges have used the book and video series as the basis for massage training programs of over 100 hours length. This extensive training series not only shows countless strokes and techniques, but will, more importantly, demonstrate the qualitative art of working with deep tissues to effect profound change.

View the following clips from our DVD set:

Supine Hamstring Work

The Ankle Retinaculum

Freeing Muscles from Deep Restrictions

Section I: The Fundamentals
(DVDs 1 & 2)
Refining Touch, Working Through Superficial Muscles to Deep Layers - Biomechanics of Working Tissue Deeply

• Caveats - Areas of Caution for Deep Work
• Tools of Deep Tissue Massage - Saving your Thumbs and Fingers
  • Proper Use of Fingers, Knuckles, Fist, Forearm, and Elbow
• Massage Strokes and Techniques
  • Lengthening Tissue, Freeing Adhesions, and Releasing Holding Patterns
• Positioning of Clients to Increase Effectiveness of Your Work
• The Side-Lying Position to Dramatically Improve Your Effectiveness

Section II: Strategies
(DVDs 3, 4 & 5)
Hundreds of strategies to integrate into your practice.

DVD # 3: The Legs and Pelvis

• Balancing the Ankle and Foot and Increasing Mobility
• The Anterior and Posterior Lower Leg
• Working with the Knee for Mobility and to Free Restrictions
• The Upper Le - Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Adductors, Abductors
• The Pelvis - Rotators, Hips, Sacrum, and Coccyx

DVD # 4: Continuation of the Pelvis, Abdomen, and Back

• Quadratus Lumborum, Psoas, Iliacus, External Abdomen, Diaphragm and the Breath
• The Back
  • Spinal Mechanics and Mobilization of Vertebrae and Ribs
  • Major Back Muscles - Erector Spinae, Latissimus Dorsi, Rhomboids, and Others
  • Side-lying Work on the Back

DVD # 5: Working with the Shoulder Girdle, Chest, Arms, and Neck

• Shoulder Girdle - Freeing the Scapula, Rotator Cuff, Chest, and First Rib
• The Arms/Hand/Wrist, Forearm, Elbow, and Upper Arm
• The Neck and Head in Prone and Supine Position
  • Anterior and Posterior Neck and Vertebral Mobilization
  • Superficial Muscles of the Skull and Jaw

Section III: Advanced techniques for troubleshooting and treatment of injuries—including stretching and strengthening suggestions
(DVDs 6 & 7)

• Foot and Ankle Injuries - Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendinitis, Ankle Sprains
• Knee Pain and Dysfunction
• Sciatica
• Minor Back Pain
• Rotator Cuff
• Tennis Elbow, Wrist Complaints, and Repetitive Strain Injuries
• Thoracic Outlet Problems

Many additional strategies are also covered, such as working off the massage table in seated and standing postures and suggestions for rehabilitative home programs of strengthening and stretching for your clients.