*Structural Assessment and Correction of the Lower Body

Pelvic and Sacral Regions, including the Thoraco-Lumbar area,

• This class is directed towards those interested in understanding the mechanisms causing low back pain.

• It teaches how to assess deviations of the pelvis, sacrum and lumbar spine in detail.

• Volume I will take a look at the assessment and correction of single and multiple rotations of the vertebrae, pelvic rotations, upslips of the SI Joint, and Symphysis pubis misalignment.

• Treatment procedures will be provided for correcting pelvic, sacral and other lumber dysfunctions.

Functional Assessment and Correction of the Lower Body

Pelvic and Sacral Regions, including the Thoraco-Lumber area,

• Learn how to assess and restore Range of Motion for joints in the pelvis and lumbar spine.

•  Learn how to assess and correct both length and strength imbalances of muscles affecting the pelvis.

•  Learn to locate common adhesion sites restricting activity in the lower body and the protocol for their repair

• Volume II will take the therapist through a specific set of assessment protocols for testing muscles which cause problems in the structural components of the lower body.

•  During this volume the therapist will learn active, passive, resisted, strength and fatigue assessments of muscles affecting the pelvic region.

• We will also address specific testing and treatment of inert and contractile tissues.  We will include a practicum for the application of Onsen Techniques®, integrating both Lower Body Volumes I & II.

*The Cervical & Thoracic Spinal Regions

Structural Assessment and Correction of the Upper Body

This class is for those interested in understanding the mechanisms causing

pain that originates from the cervical and thoracic regions of the spine.

• There has never been a treatment of the cervical spine so detailed, yet so easy to learn and easy on the client. Clients who do not like their cervical spine wrenched by other therapists come to the Onsen Therapist for a quick easy painless release of this area. Students will be taught to assess and correct structural deviations in these two sections of the spine.

•  Considerations will be given to subjects such as:

a)  tilted or forward head, movement of the OA, AA and cervical spine

b) high/low shoulder

c) Hyperkyphosis

d)  concussion, migraines, headaches, pressure of base of the skull

e)  tinnitus of the ear

f) whiplash of the anterior and posterior regions of the neck

g) side bending and rotation of the cervical vertebrae

h)  flexed or extended lesions of the cervical-thoraco spine

 

Volume III will also address

• Type I dysfunctions which cause deviations of the upper spine, neck, shoulder and scapular.

• It will also address Type II dysfunctions resulting in facet joint closure creating a side bend and rotation of the affected vertebra to the side of the closure.

*The Cervical/Thoracic and Shoulder Regions

Functional Assessment and Correction of the Upper Body

Volume IV will take the therapist through a specific set of assessment

protocols for testing muscles which cause problems in the structural

components of the cervical, thoracic, scapular and shoulder regions.

• Learn how to assess and restore Range of Motion for joints in the Shoulder region including a very detailed Shoulder evaluation chart.

• Step by step pictorials for finding the clients source of pain and common adhesion sites restricting movement in both shoulder and neck and the protocol for their repair.

• Learn how to assess and correct length and strength imbalances of muscles affecting the neck and upper back.

• Learn to locate common adhesions sites restricting movements in the neck and shoulder.

• A practicum for the application of the Onsen Techniques® integrating Volumes III & IV will help you bring both structural and functional practice into a protocol that will work for your and your client.

​This specialized form of Onsen® has a far reaching therapeutic value. Onsen is very exciting because it gives us tools we never had before:1. Accurate assessment2. Skeletal repositioning with minimum effort3. Simple and painless correction4. Provision of long term relief5. A way to address individual spinal segments6. Correction of larger regional spinal curves7. Many new corrective techniques The Onsen Techniques® are made up of three components:1.  Hold / Relax Stretching, Isometric exercise2.  Hold / Relax Stretching, Post Isometric Relaxation3.  Transverse Friction Massage