Manual Trigger Point
Includes certificate
Includes certificate
Course Overview
The MTT-1 course features a brief introduction to the history of trigger points and myofascial pain. Many muscles commonly addressed in clinical practice will be addressed, including muscles that Janda considered as ‘tonic’ muscles: the trapezius, levator scapula, posterior neck muscles, sub-occipital muscles, pectoralis major and minor, subclavius, sternalis, coracobrachialis, pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis and ulnaris, palmaris longus, flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus, pronator quadratus, sternocleidomastoid, scalenii, latissimus dorsi, teres major, serratus posterior inferior, quadratus lumborum, iliacus and psoas, tensor fascia lata, sartorius, quadriceps, hamstrings, gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris, and popliteus muscles, among others. Students will review the anatomy, function, and manual therapy techniques for each muscle.
What You Will Learn
- Describe optimal musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology and the role of the sensory, motor and autonomic nervous systems; and to differentiate sub-optimal function
- Describe the aberrant neurophysiology of peripheral and central sensitization
- Describe the biochemical environment of the trigger point
- Describe the various mechanisms that perpetuate myofascial trigger points
- Demonstrate the highest standards of palpation, applicable to most soft tissue abnormalities
- Describe the use a variety of adjunct myofascial, heat, stretch, muscle play and movement therapies to reinforce the deactivation of these noxious points and return the client to full function
- Describe normal pain mechanisms; reception, transmission and modulation
- Describe the contribution of myofascial trigger points to soft tissue pain and dysfunction
- Identify the various potential causes of myofascial trigger point formation
- Describe the position of primary or secondary trigger point involvement in many common conditions like osteoarthritis, low back pain and other regional pain syndromes
- Demonstrate the detection and full de-activation of myofascial trigger points
- Create appropriate Home Care Exercises (HCA) and other beneficial advice for permanent resolution of myofascial trigger points
Who Should Take Our Courses?
Licensed Healthcare Professionals
Eligibility Requirements: Using manual or hands-on techniques to reduce pain and dysfunction, especially licensed massage therapists (LMT) and branches of that profession, physical therapists (PT) and assistants (PTA), and occupational therapists (OT) and assistants (OTA)
Physical Therapists
Eligibility Requirements: Working in states where dry needling therapy has not been approved.
Physicians and physician assistants
Schedule
Instructors

Rick Young
PT, MPT, CODN, CMTPT, Assistant Instructor
Rick graduated in 1985 from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. In 1992, he completed a Master of Physical Therapy from Temple University in Philadelphia. He has been practicing full time for 25 years in various environments including acute care, onsite workers’ compensation, and outpatient physical therapy holding managerial as well as staff positions.

Samantha Porter
LMT, CMTPT, Assistant Instructor
Samantha graduated from Truman State University in 2012 with a Bachelors degree in Exercise Science. She became a licensed massage therapist and a Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist in 2016. Ms. Porter is currently in the process of completing her physical therapy prerequisites and hopes to begin working toward her Doctorate degree in 2019. With her Doctorate degree, Ms. Porter hopes to further her knowledge of Trigger Point Therapy and human nutrition.

Stewart Wild
LMT, CNMT, CMTPT, Senior Instructor
Stew was born in New Zealand and became the first person to certify in the St. John version of Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) at the New Zealand College of Massage (NZCM) in Auckland, NZ. He became an NMT instructor in 1998. In 2004 Stewart relocated to the US and double-certified in the “American Version” of NMT. In 2009, Stewart became the first massage therapist to become a Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist through Myopain Seminars. Stewart is the principal developer of the manual trigger point therapy course program.
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