Course Content

On our Corrective Manual Therapy ‘Treating Trapped Nerves’ two day Seminar you will learn practical and effective approaches for finding and treating chronic pain problems. Learn techniques to treat the tissues involved in nerve tethering and how to use neural tensioning and flossing to untether nerves to relieve muscle guarding, alleviate pain and improve function. This nerve mobilizing aspect is often the missing key in therapy sessions that can quickly unlock chronic pain conditions

‘Restore joint space and the nervous system will reduce guarding.’

Learn to access and treat deep tissues without excessive force, mobilise joints and address myofascial restrictions. By mastering this treatment approach, you will be able to quickly unlock chronic pain conditions.

Course Fees

Time: 9:00am to 5pm
Venue: Holistic College Dublin, 14 Main Street, Swords, County Dublin.

Price: € 295

Course Syllabus

This visually stimulating ‘Unlock the Spine’ seminar is based on Aubrey Gowing’s assessment and treatment protocols. This sequencing can help therapists quickly identify and treat common pain-producing conditions such as Forward head posture and Shoulder Pain, Thoracic outlet, elbow and wrist pain. This seminar is specially designed for practicing therapists who wish to dramatically improve treatment outcomes and shorten the route to success with each client.

This seminar includes techniques and treatment sequences for:

Cervical spine:

• Closing locked open facet joints
• Opening locked closed facet joins
• Treatment of Scalene dysfunction
• Treatment of Suboccipital dysfunction

Shoulder and arm:

• Treatment of Rotator cuff dysfunction
• Mobilising the glenohumeral joint
• Treatment of subacromial impingement
• Nerve flossing for the radial ulnar and median nerves

Correcting Pelvic dysfunction:

• Rotation
• Torsion
• Up-slip
• Hip hike and QL dysfunction
• Iliac inflare and outflare
• Leg length difference – true and apparent

Lower limb and foot:

• Opening locked closed facet joints
• Treating adhered tissues
• Nerve flossing for the Sciatic, Tibial, Fibular nerves and the Femoral and Obturator nerves

Course Requirements

Recommended to bring to class:

• 1 Pillow
• 1 Towel
• A pair of shorts
• Comfortable clothing and footwear are recommended e.g. polo top/t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms/leggings and trainers are ideal.

Course Support

Study is supported with a fully printed course manual and through an online Learning Portal with documents and dozens of demonstration videos, a sample of which you can see here.