Learn how to look beyond the painful area, find motions that are freely moving and normalish feeling, and test whether they help the movement you're trying to change.
SOUND FAMILIAR?
You check six movements. Five look good. One doesn't. Naturally, your attention goes to the problem. You try something, recheck it, adjust, and it's barely changing. Meanwhile, those five good movements haven't gone anywhere. What if you've already found a useful treatment option and crossed it off because nothing was wrong with it?
IN THIS WEB CLASS
Find good motions in the arms, trunk and legs, even far from where it hurts, and test whether they help.
Go past left versus right. Explore upper body, lower body and diagonal relationships for more treatment options.
Use good motion, return to the original movement, and let the response tell you what to try next.
Help patients understand why you're working somewhere other than where it hurts.
HOW TMR WORKS
In Total Motion Release, we look for motion that's freely moving and normalish feeling, use it, then recheck the movement we want to improve. The good motion doesn't have to be near the problem to be worth testing.
FROM TOM'S CLINIC
While treating a patient's upper back and trunk, his right knee pain improved. That question led Tom to explore trunk treatment with around twenty more knee patients.
After surgery, injections and therapy, Margaret's progress had plateaued. Her opposite hip gave good motion to work with. About ten minutes in, she raised her arm higher than she had before.
A surgeon with painful, creaky knees. His arms gave good motion to work with. When we rechecked the step down, the pain during it was gone.
At 74, with arthritis in both knees and a walker, Dorothy's upper body had good movement available. By her eighth visit she'd left the walker in the car, and later returned to gardening.
EXPERIENCE IT
This isn't a lecture to watch from the sidelines. Follow along with the movements that are appropriate for you and see what your own recheck tells you. Before class, think about a patient whose progress has stalled. What movements did you mark “normal”?
YOUR HOST
Creator of Total Motion Release
Tom developed Total Motion Release from a practical clinical question: when one area is limited, where else in the body can help it improve? He'll walk you through how to find, use and recheck good motions live.
SAVE YOUR SEAT
Thursday, November 19, at 7:00 PM EST. Your personal join link will be emailed to you right after you register.