Amber Davies is a certified myofascial trigger point therapist, KY licensed massage therapist, and owner of New Day Myopain Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Amber completely revised The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook (3rd edition) written by her father Clair Davies. This new edition was published by New Harbinger Publications in 2013. The journey from pain sufferer to therapist started for Amber in the summer of 1991 when she injured her back in summer stock theatre. After years of pain her father, Clair, helped to solve her chronic low back pain during his early explorations of Janet Travell and David Simons’ landmark medical textbooks on trigger point therapy. While attempting to raise two willful young daughters, Amber is dedicated to helping bring treatment of myofascial pain into the mainstream. In addition to treating client/patients, Amber teaches continuing education for therapists and self-treatment to folks in pain.

Hands-on Session Topic:  Manual Treatment Round-up: 8 Hands-on Techniques to Release Trigger Points.

Description: Different health conditions, levels of sensitivity, and patient expectations require a variety of tools and some creativity when providing hands-on manual therapy. In this program, we will explore a whole range of approaches used in the field of manual and massage therapy.

Learning Objectives:

1.The student will be able to list specific health conditions that could alter the application of hands-on massage and trigger point therapy techniques 

2. The student will be able to alter hands-on techniques based on the level of sensitivity for a particular client.

3.The student will be able to replicate the hands-on treatment techniques as demonstrated by the instructor in this course. 

4. The student will be able to identify modified treatment positions for clients who may require special accommodations.