Description
Learn how to assess and treat common musculoskeletal problems with a precise, clinically focused approach to orthopedic massage.
This comprehensive online video course combines functional assessment, palpation, trigger point therapy, cross-fiber friction massage, stretching, and client self-care. You will learn how to identify restricted or painful tissues, choose appropriate techniques, and work more systematically with muscle and tendon injuries.
Explore assessment and treatment approaches for more than 50 muscles and tendons throughout the body. Detailed lessons cover the back, hips, legs, ankles, neck, shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, and hands, with practical techniques for common patterns of pain and dysfunction.
The course includes focused work for conditions such as piriformis-related sciatic pain, iliotibial band syndrome, Achilles tendon problems, ankle sprains, shoulder restrictions, rotator cuff issues, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, and trigger point referral patterns.
With more than 4 hours of video instruction, 44 structured lessons, and an 84-page downloadable manual, this course provides a broad framework for combining assessment with targeted hands-on treatment.
Designed for massage therapists and bodyworkers who want to move beyond generalized massage and develop a more precise approach to orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions.
About Your Instructor: John Harris
John Harris is a somatic educator and internationally recognized seminar leader with decades of experience in massage and bodywork education. He served as a massage therapist at the 1984 Olympics, co-authored Fix Pain with Fred Kenyon, and taught extensively at the Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute. His teaching integrates myofascial release, trigger point therapy, sports massage, clinical assessment, and practical treatment sequencing.
