Manual Medicine Workshop / Sharing Session: February 21, 2010 CERVICAL AND BEYOND

This is a call to our Colleauges, almost a plea.

I heard a German Quote last year which translates roughly to:
"How you shout into the forrest
determines the echo you get."

So we shout: Help us evolve this healing field.

I think it was the hockey sensation Wyne Gretzky that said: "Invariably, The Goals i never make are those i never take."



Session I-b (February 21, 2010)
The Head, Neck, and Jaw in Focus

Temporary and Evolving Outline:

Notions / Theoria:
How to use Bayliss Collapse / Engagment to determine local versus distal / compounded bony locks.
How cervical locks differ from other subluxations.
Tracing vectors as a way of noticing Neuromyofascial Full-Body Unwinding.
The Therapeutic pulse and how to use it.
Descriptions of the Cranial Mechanism.
Introduction to "Brain and Beyond" Techniques.

Palpation Lab

Individual Techniques:

Cervical Rotation taken into flexion-extension cycles; active nodding; sidebending. Compare with pre-harmonic patterns.

Spaceman / Floatation Unwind, Supine. Can you imagine what it would be like to let your patient's body guide you into its own healing mode?

Mandible Disconnection from Cervical Back-bending. Biomechanics meets proprioception.

The Non-surgical Facelift

Upper Masseter Intra-oral

Maxillary Lift

Epicranial Aponeurosis Release (CI: lateral Sphenoid Wing Compression)

Cranial Vector Releases:
AP L,R
Fronto-Occipital Diagonals L>R, R>L
Occipital L-R

cranial-sacral dural release posterior hookup

posterior cervical wedging, advanced, RRDT modifications

cervical FB-BB in rotation, supine; Facet opener variations and LVLA openers

cervical side-bending in rotation, supine

multistack unwind (ever seen Eight Degrees of Freedom?), focal, vector-locking openers

digastric release

masseter release, local, direct, external-internal

palatal arch-basing

maxillary anterior lift

galea aponeurosis / aponeurotic releases

disconnecting jawdrop from cervical backward-bending

laryngeal anterior release

Neurologic Integrartion:
How to fit in Neural Sliders
How to use Reflexes as a treament tool (Introduction to the Reflexive De-afferentation Technique Paradigm)

Protocols and how to dissect and modify them:
Treat headaches in minutes (sometimes in seconds!)
RDT checkpoints
Parasympathetic Rebooters
The Still Point and Beyond

Do in minutes what others do in sessions or followup days!


NOTE that Content of proposed Session I-b above may change at any time, without prior notice, and may be modified by how many participants are present, and how much good coffee we've had.
Yes, that's a hint! Bring coffee. Bring food. (AICA this time)
Bring more coffee.


FEES:

For those who register / commit to participate during the
February 21, 2020 Seminar-Workshop
Manual Medicine: Going Beyond Cervical Treatments
An Introduction to Scope, Synthesis
and Clinical Bases of Reflexive De-afferentation Techniques
(An Overview of Manual Medicine Techniques)

the following cutoff dates and corresponding fees apply:

Date of registration: cost share:
Up to December 29, 2009 P500
Up to January 31, 2020: P555
Up to February 07, 2010: P777
Up to February 14, 2010: P888
February 15 onward: P1,200
On-site: P1,555

Regret that free slots are already taken.

Yes, we are essentially rewarding early commitment. Many already understand that this is valuable information we're sharing. The techniques themselves are, in practice, invaluable.

Still, some people do not value what comes free. Yes, we know you're not like that. You know what we mean. So they are also most welcome to register late. And anyone who registered early is still most welcome to bring enough pizza for a baranggay. Or coffee. Or both. My cat likes Whiskas Ocean Fish Flavor. Yes, she asked me to tell you that. The rest of this post is very serious.


You now know how to use the Therapeutic Pulse.
Next up: How do you maximize that gift?

Ideal Audience:
Practicing Manual Therapists, Doctors progressing into Soft Tissue and Neural Work.

GUARANTEED RESULTS!
Simple, straight, no-B.S. 100% Refund Money-back Guarantee:

Take the techniques you get from this into the clinics, into your patient's homes.

If you don't make up your money in professional fees from using at least one of the techniques here, we'll refund your money.

Experiment. Try it for thirty days. Use it! Prove us wrong! If, in that time, you have not recrued your costs because the techniques have not worked (one possible reason: whatever you DO NOT TRY does NOT WORK.)

Next, if you have ANY technology that works better, faster for any of the indications we overlap technologies with, we'll refund your money, and pay you to show us what you have!


P.S.:
If this Challenge feels rude,
Who is it that's reacting?
If you have any resistance to this,
Why is that?

Ever notice how peak moments and life-changing events can be scary right before you get a grip on them?


WHERE IS EVERYONE'S REGISTRATION DATA?
To confirm registration, please leave a note with your nearest coordinator, to be forwarded to Dionne with your coordinator's endorsement, with the following data:

Your name, designation, institution, position occupied or maintained
A brief statement declaring why you're attending
The names of your two study-buddies
A brief list of what you already know, what you're certified to practice, and what you have mastery of.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TURN AWAY ANYONE WHO DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THIS REQUEST. This also lets us free us your seat to others who are raring to join us. Did we mention we overbooked early?


P.S., we truly are sorry. While certificates will be issued, if you are merely looking for a piece of paper to stuff your portfolio or crowd your wall with, please offer your slot to any colleague you believe will more benefit from this. Your understanding with regard this matter is much appreciated.


ATTIRE:

Please come in either loose, comfortable clothing (anything easily removable is preferred) or in thin, body hugging clothing (no neoprene dive suits or Gortex body armor).


EQUIPMENT:

Please bring a large towel. One neuro hammer per group would be useful. One goniometer per group would be great. Those who prefer to bring along an anatomy atlas will be most welcome to do so. One skin marker or eyeliner pen per group may prove useful. One small, thin, long towel (Barbero towel) would be useful as well. A skin marker or eyeliner per group would be very useful for newbies.


SUGGESTED WORKSHOP FORMAT:

Preferably, three people will be assigned per group / table / plinth. They will alternate roles: patient, practitioner, and preceptor. This enables each participant to see each technique twice in their own time. Corrections and adaptations may be incorporated during each second demo.

Group numbers will be assigned. Each group will rotate a member at the main demo table at the front of the class at the start of each new technique demo. That group's two other members come closest to the main table to observe and ask questions re each new technique. This enables each group of three to become the resource persons for at least one technique. They can then proceed to master that technique and pass it on. They are thus encouraged to learn each technique they are decked to a degree worthy of peer review and learning. One or more groups may thus, over time, pass their mastered technique onto others. This will also engender a collaboration between colleagues (and perhaps between institutions), who may choose to meet to master each other's sets in between workshops. They are encouraged to pass on well-mastered techniques to uninitiated colleagues.

As in life, these are mere suggestions. (They do, however, make the ride much more worthwhile.)


(Per request, this is now starting to look like a manual! That's a hint, colleagues! Anyone want to volunteer to have their name printed as a co-author on a manual?)


One of the best ways we know of
to get out of a rut
is amazingly simple:
ASK GOOD QUESTIONS.
So,
here's a little attempt at that.

Have you ever walked away from a workshop remembering nothing?
Have you ever walked away from a workshop with a bunch of techniques and no idea how they all fit?
Are you regularly using techniques from the last few workshops you've been to?
Have you ever wanted to design your own workshop?
If you could do things better, what would you do?

It's happened to us, so we're asking.
And now we're asking you.
Help us do this better.
Help us so this works for you.



Paraphrased from the Late Pope John Paul II:
"This is one way,
not necessarily
THE way."

WHAT IS YOUR WAY, and where does it lead?

See you at the Sessions.

Yours in the Evolution of Manual Medicine,