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ZZZJ2.) Assessment and Treatment of the Neck Ligaments
( Seattle, WA / November 16, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Legs & Hips (Seattle November 15, 2025) and save $50.The neck is one of the most common areas of client complaint, injury and dysfunction, and it can be a challenging area to treat effectively. Injured or irritated neck ligaments can be particularly vexing; besides causing deep pain, they can provoke a...
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ZZZJ1.) Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Legs & Hips
( Seattle, WA / November 15, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Assessment and Treatment of the Neck Ligaments (Seattle November 16, 2025) and save $50.The legs are often treated by bodyworkers for the least amount of time in a session. Yet they support the upper body and are under tremendous compressive force, whether moving or stationary. When the structures of the feet and legs are functioning...
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ZZS2.) Introduction to Visceral and Abdominal Massage
( Seattle, WA / October 19, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Understanding the Somatic Nervous System and Proprioception (Seattle October 18, 2025) and save $35.The viscera are at the very core of our body, and are, along with our nervous system, a primary source of life. They are at the center of our structure, our emotions, our biochemistry, and our life energy. There are over 500 million neurons in the belly...
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ZZS1.) Understanding the Somatic Nervous System and Proprioception
( Seattle, WA / October 18, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Introduction to Visceral and Abdominal Massage (Seattle October 19, 2025) and save $35.When we are at our best in a massage, we are skillfully engaged in a conversation with our client's nervous system, including the autonomic and somatic components. Why do our clients hold themselves and move the way that they do? How can we efficiently...
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ZI2.) Bindegewebsmassage: Connective Tissue Massage
( Seattle, WA / September 14, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add The Neuroendocrine System, Stress, and Massage (Seattle September 13, 2025) and save $35.Bindegewebsmassage, or Connective Tissue Massage (CTM), is a precise and elegant way to work with the body's dermatomes and autonomic reflexes to induce corresponding autonomic changes in specific organs. The technique was developed in Germany by...
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ZI1.) The Neuroendocrine System, Stress, and Massage
( Seattle, WA / September 13, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Bindegewebsmassage: Connective Tissue Massage (September 14, 2025) and save $35.In order to improve the quality of their bodywork, most massage therapists focus on learning new techniques to add to their tool belts. But paradoxically, the most important element in successful massage outcomes might not be WHAT techniques you do, but...
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Q1.) Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries
( Seattle, WA / August 9, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Shoulder Girdle (Seattle August 10, 2025) and save $40A lot of our clients suffer from chronic rotator cuff injuries that seem to stubbornly persist using conventional massage techniques. Learn precise and specific techniques to identify and successfully treat some of the most common injuries to the...
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Q2.) Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Shoulder Girdle
( Seattle, WA / August 10, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries (Seattle August 9, 2025) and save $40The shoulders are meant to float freely on the ribcage, held in elegant suspension by 16 muscles, but very often they are restricted, stuck down and in pain. In the morning, you will learn to effectively liberate some of the major anterior structures of...
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K2.) Assessment and Treatment of the Lumbar and Sacral Ligaments
( Seattle, WA / July 20, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Torso: Iliopsoas, Diaphragm, QL and Paraspinals (Seattle July 19, 2025) and save $40.The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that more than a million workers suffer back injuries in a year, and that they account for about 20% of the total work-related injuries. Back pain can be debilitating for many people, and even when it's just a...
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K1.) Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Torso: Iliopsoas, Diaphragm, QL and Paraspinals
( Seattle, WA / July 19, 2025 [8 CE Hours]Add Assessment and Treatment of the Lumbar and Sacral Ligaments (Seattle July 20, 2025) and save $40.These muscular structures support the core--they are integral to maintaining balance, structural alignment, ease of breathing, mobility, and the ability to function without lower back pain. In the morning, you will learn specific, potent, and effective...

Utting, Brian - LMT
Brian Utting, LMT got his initial training in 1981 at the Brenneke School of Massage and by apprenticing with Catherin Maxwell, ND. He received his Washington massage license in 1981 and practiced for several years in private, chiropractic, and clinical settings. He founded the Brian Utting School of Massage (BUSM), located in Seattle, in 1982.
Brian developed and refined the curriculum at BUSM, and was the school's Director of Education, teaching there for 26 years. He taught many subjects, including Anatomy and Physiology, Kinesiology, Pathology and Contraindications, Business Skills, Communication Skills, Hydrotherapy, and Massage Theory and Practice. His 1000-hour COMTA-accredited school was considered one of the best in the country. Brian also served as the school's Director for 22 of its 26 years. Brian sold the school to Cortiva Education in 2006, and stayed on for two more years to teach out the last of the classes he developed for BUSM.
Brian is passionate about designing his classes and programs so that his CE students really get the material and can take it home and apply it in their practice, rather than just being exposed to it. He teaches with a rare blend of knowledge, passion, precision, humor, common sense, and depth. Brian was awarded the AMTA's Robert N. Calvert Award for Lifetime Achievement in April 2009. NCBTMB #451040-09.
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November 16, 2025 |
ZZZJ2.) Assessment and Treatment of the Neck Ligaments
Add Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Legs & Hips (Seattle November 15, 2025) and save $50.
Seattle, WA
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November 16, 2025 | 8 Hours |
November 15, 2025 |
ZZZJ1.) Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Legs & Hips
Add Assessment and Treatment of the Neck Ligaments (Seattle November 16, 2025) and save $50.
Seattle, WA
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November 15, 2025 | 8 Hours |
October 19, 2025 |
ZZS2.) Introduction to Visceral and Abdominal Massage
Add Understanding the Somatic Nervous System and Proprioception (Seattle October 18, 2025) and save $35.
Seattle, WA
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October 19, 2025 | 8 Hours |
October 18, 2025 |
ZZS1.) Understanding the Somatic Nervous System and Proprioception
Add Introduction to Visceral and Abdominal Massage (Seattle October 19, 2025) and save $35.
Seattle, WA
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October 18, 2025 | 8 Hours |
September 14, 2025 |
ZI2.) Bindegewebsmassage: Connective Tissue Massage
Add The Neuroendocrine System, Stress, and Massage (Seattle September 13, 2025) and save $35.
Seattle, WA
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September 14, 2025 | 8 Hours |
September 13, 2025 |
ZI1.) The Neuroendocrine System, Stress, and Massage
Add Bindegewebsmassage: Connective Tissue Massage (September 14, 2025) and save $35.
Seattle, WA
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September 13, 2025 | 8 Hours |
August 9, 2025 |
Q1.) Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries
Add Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Shoulder Girdle (Seattle August 10, 2025) and save $40
Seattle, WA
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August 9, 2025 | 8 Hours |
August 10, 2025 |
Q2.) Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Shoulder Girdle
Add Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries (Seattle August 9, 2025) and save $40
Seattle, WA
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August 10, 2025 | 8 Hours |
July 20, 2025 |
K2.) Assessment and Treatment of the Lumbar and Sacral Ligaments
Add Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Torso: Iliopsoas, Diaphragm, QL and Paraspinals (Seattle July 19, 2025) and save $40.
Seattle, WA
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July 20, 2025 | 8 Hours |
July 19, 2025 |
K1.) Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Torso: Iliopsoas, Diaphragm, QL and Paraspinals
Add Assessment and Treatment of the Lumbar and Sacral Ligaments (Seattle July 20, 2025) and save $40.
Seattle, WA
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July 19, 2025 | 8 Hours |