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1 Course Listing: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Treatment of Brachial Neuralgia Dates & Times: Saturday, October 15, 2016, 9am - 5pm Venue: TBA, Vancouver, BC Notes for Participants: sheets, large towel, pillow, pen and paper, recommended texts: Netter Atlas (app or text), Myers Anatomy Trains (ibook or text) wear comfortable clothing that allows access to the limbs and trunk i.e. shorts and tank tops for women This course is an adjunct to the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Double Crush Phenomena. Quite often patients present with both issues, exhibiting double crush phenomena with associated painful signs & symptoms, thus requiring a full arm & neck treatment approach. Many people will suffer from these disorders at some point in their career, due to overuse and poor biomechanics. Treatment of the various ailments that occur will include: release of brachial, SCM, Upper Trapezius, & Pectoralis superficial fascia, as well as deeper structures, such as pectoralis minor, anterior & middle scalenes and their attachments. Focused decompression of Thoracic Outlet structures, such as clavicle/first rib mobilization, as well as coracoclavicular/ coracoacromial ligament treatment, and subscapularis release at the fossa as well as the humeral head, can improve shoulder girdle and cervical biomechanics. Patient education in self care, hydrotherapy considerations, and stretching/strengthening exercises are also covered, to progress long term treatment goals. 1

2 Course Listing: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Treatment of Double Crush Phenomena Dates & Times: Sunday, October 16, 2016, 9am - 5pm Venue: TBA, Vancouver, BC Notes for Participants: sheets, large towel, pillow, pen and paper, recommended texts: Netter Atlas (app or text), Myers Anatomy Trains (ibook or text) wear comfortable clothing that allows access to the limbs and trunk i.e. shorts and tank tops for women This course is an adjunct to the workshop on Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Treatment of Brachial Neuralgia, which highlights treatment from the cervical region to the elbow. These upper extremity disorders are becoming more and more prevalent in our iphone oriented culture. Quite often patients present with both issues, exhibiting double crush phenomena, with associated painful signs & symptoms. Many manual therapists will also suffer from these disorders at some point in their careers, due to overuse and poor biomechanics. This class will give you ideas on how to alleviate the pain and help with long term patient management. Treatment of the various ailments that occur for anyone who works intensively with their hands, starting with the elbow, and surrounding specific musculature and fascia will be shown. Intensive and specific palpative review of forearm attachments is emphasized, in order to successfully apply decompression of the elbow and wrist. Demos include general fascial arm sleeve limb unwinding, as well as specific approaches to releasing cubital, flexor & extensor retinacula, and palmar superficial fascia, before deeper structures, such as the interosseous membrane, are addressed. Focused decompression of the radius & ulna from the humerus, periosteal treatment, mobilizing the carpals, and releasing the Carpal Tunnel & Tunnel of Guyon, will help release pressure on the median and ulnar nerves respectively. Treatment of individual flexor and extensor tendons as well as intrinsic hand muscles, can improve & prevent many of the issues associated with these disorders. Postural and ergonomic suggestions, as well as home care hydrotherapy, stretching & strengthening exercises are recommended for long-term relief. 2

3 Course Listing: Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Direct & Indirect Advanced Myofascial Techniques Dates & Times: June 4, 2016, 9am - 5pm Venue: Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront, 1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Notes for Participants (supplies, clothing, tables etc.): Sheets, large towel, pillow, pen and paper. Recommended that students bring Netter Atlas (app or text), Myers Anatomy Trains (ibook or text) Wear comfortable clothing that allows access to the limbs and trunk i.e. shorts and tank tops for women Why do so many people seem to have pelvic floor dysfunction? Do they have to live with the pain, or is there something we RMTs can do to help? Direct MFR to the sacral ligaments and lateral rotators of the hip, especially the muscles attached to the ischial bone, can be very effective for decreasing pelvic floor dystonia. Direct work to Iliacus, the inguinal ligament and the musculature attaching to the superior aspect of the pubic bone, seems to relieve the trigger points associated with this disorder, possibly by resetting the pelvic fascial biomechanics. In addition, treatment of the levator ani, which attach to the same tendinous fascial arch and share fascial sheaths with the obturator internus, can have a dramatic impact on pain in this region. Indirect acetabulofemoral joint and hip musculature release using PNF stretching is also a great adjunct to the above treatment modalities for this much neglected region. Osseous (periosteal) work to the sacrum, coccyx, and pubic bone, may help decrease the strain on the muscle spindles, possibly decreasing nociceptor firing and therefore pain response. Pudendal treatment may also have a positive impact on disorders of the TMJ, Cervical & Cranial region, impacting head, neck and shoulder pain via the deep front fascial line and vice versa. 3

4 Course Listing: Osteopathic Approaches to Treatment Dates & Times: June 5, 2016, 9am - 5pm Venue: Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront, 1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC This workshop guides participants through Carrie s unique approach to accessing periosteum & bone, and how to integrate this into a deeper understanding of myofascial practice. Therapists with clinical experience in Myofascial Release will most benefit from this class, as a certain level of palpative sensitivity and assessment ability is necessary to fully delve into this topic successfully. Awareness of how to palpate periosteum & bone is cultivated, with sensitivity to all tissues, progressing through each layer from superficial fascia, to the deepest layer of bone. Techniques used will include periosteal pin & drag, bone compression, bending & C-bowing, and will be used throughout the body in the cranium, vertebrae, scapulae, clavicles, ribcage, humerus, radius/ulna complex, ilium, ischium, sacrum, femur, tibia/fibula complex, patella, and bones of the hands and feet. Joint mobilizations to grade 4 will also be covered, to help the manual therapist understand how to most effectively improve mobility, without straining sensitive ligamentous, fascial, and muscular structures. 4

5 BIOGRAPHY Carrie Taylor, RMT, B.Sc, LMT, CPT, CYT Carrie has been in the fitness & nutrition industry as a certified professional since 1990, a Registered Massage Therapist in Canada since 2000, and a licensed massage therapist in the U.S. since Following completion of a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of British Columbia, Carrie attended West Coast College of Massage Therapy in Vancouver to complete a 3000 hour Massage Therapy program. She has been teaching at the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences in New York since 2001 as well as the Finger lakes School of Massage NY, the Holistic Academy in Maryland, and the Everest Institute in Georgia. Her areas of expertise include: Anatomy & Physiology, Pathology, Neurology, Palpation, & Clinical Strategies. She also developed and instructs Advanced Taylor Techniques Certification in Myofascial Release (Level 1, 2, & 3). Carrie has been in private practice in Manhattan since 2001, owning several studios in midtown. She currently practices Myofascial Release, Joint Mobilizations, and Visceral release. She teaches Core Stability based Personal Training & Remedial exercise and Yoga. A Core stability total body conditioning DVD, as well as DVDs of her twenty class Level 1 & 2 certifications in Myofascial Release are available at She is currently working on books to complement all three levels, DVDs for Level 3 as well as correspondence classes 5