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Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 0890399002187 Feature: The abdominal region literally holds key to unlocking stubborn back, shoulder and neck pain. Label: Ralph Stephens Seminars Manufacturer: Ralph Stephens Seminars Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: Ralph Stephens Seminars Region Code: 0 Running Time: 120 Studio: Ralph Stephens Seminars
Features The abdominal region literally holds key to unlocking stubborn back, shoulder and neck pain. Every movement of the torso passes through the abdominal wall muscles and every postural distortion is locked in by them. Clinical chapters show how to examine and manipulate each muscle of the abdominal wall for pain relief, postural correction, and improved flexibility. Relaxation chapter demonstrates how to easily and effectively relax the abdominal muscles in just a few minutes as part of your relaxation massage. Includes myofascial, neuromuscular, and massage techniques to provide both pain relief and postural correction.
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Editorial Reviews: Ralph Stephens has released the newest addition to his Medical Massage Series, a 2 DVD, 2+ hour training program for massage therapists to be able to work on the most under-treated area of the body, the abdominal wall. Medical Massage for the Abdominal Wall shares techniques and information to help therapists effectively and efficiently examine and treat this region; with either relaxation or clinical techniques. This professionally produced program includes myofascial, neuromuscular, and massage techniques to provide both pain relief and postural correction, and is mostly comprised of hands-on technique demonstrations. The clinical chapters show how to examine and manipulate each muscle of the abdominal wall for pain relief, postural correction, and improved flexibility. Superficial and deep muscles, including iliopsoas & diaphragm are addressed. The relaxation chapter demonstrates how to easily and effectively relax the abdominal muscles in just a few minutes as part of your relaxation massage. The abdominal region literally holds key to unlocking stubborn back, shoulder and neck pain. Every movement of the torso passes through the abdominal wall muscles and every postural distortion is locked in by them. If you need help solving tough cases, this DVD program may hold the answers you seek. Ralph is an internationally recognized instructor of medical massage with 20+ years of experience. He has produced 15 videos, one textbook, and has contributed to many magazines, textbooks, and journals, and is a popular presenter at state, regional and national meetings; presenting over 30 weekends each year. Ralph was the first to adapt specific massage and stretching techniques to the chair and presents tem in his videos, Seated Therapeutic Massage and his textbook, Therapeutic Chair Massage.