NOTE: All virtual classes have a 'live' option, or can be viewed on your own time.
All attendees will receive pre-class content, live class recording, supplementary materials, and a follow-up quiz for CE credit.

ONLINE ONLY TICKET: Participate in a live or recorded zoom class (11am-1pm) with lecture, demo, and QA session.
IN-PERSON TICKET: Attend the morning lecture in-person, plus an additional 2 hours (2pm-4pm) of hands-on demo + practice time (limited to 6 tickets - see safety information below).

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Whiplash and its related disorders are common and commonly misunderstood.  What is often seen as a musculoskeletal strain/sprain condition is actually a trauma disorder -- an overwhelming stimulus leading to dysregulated protective behaviors.  These behaviors include pain, stiffness, inflammation, and hypervigilance.

 

But if such a person sees a purely 'neuro-affective' practitioner; their treatment is also likely to languish due to real localized tissue injuries.  Spinal joints and ligaments and muscles really do experience everything from irritated stretch to partial rupture.  Healing from these injuries is tremendously aided by practitioner able to locate and work with them.

A person with whiplash is in pain, their movement is limited, they often experience dizziness, dysautonomia, and nerve entrapment. 

In this class, we will learn to

1)  Understand these as linked phenomena, and

2) Contact the key tissue interfaces and sensory processes that aid a whiplash patient's relief and recovery.
 

We will attempt not to get stuck in purely biomechanical or overly abstract pain-science models. 

Too many persons experiencing whiplash get treated by 'armchair therapists',  unable to meet the complexity of real bodies, and now we've got the chance to make a difference.   Can we do it?

This course will provide specific, intuitive, and evidence-informed model of manual therapy for whiplash.

 

 

continuing education certification

ONLINE

• This 3-hour Continuing Education class is open to all healthcare practitioners licensed in Manual/Massage Therapy

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IN-PERSON

• This 5-hour Continuing Education class is open to all healthcare practitioners licensed in Manual/Massage Therapy.

• Other practitioners are welcome to join for the first 2 hours of class. (i.e. Movement Teachers, Allied Healthcare Practitioners, and body nerds).

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Both meet the WA state CE requirements for physical therapy and massage therapy.