Instructor: Brian Utting, LMT; NCBTMB #451040-09

At the end of the weekend, you will know how to identify and treat the most common injuries to the shoulder, and to balance and create a supportive foundation for the shoulder girdle, as well as creating states of deep relaxation for your clients.

Saturday (Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries)

A 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 subscapularis, long head of the biceps, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor.  The class will include:

• a review of the rotator cuff anatomy
• assessment techniques for each of the muscle/tendon groups
• palpation review of the rotator cuff and related shoulder structures
• treatment techniques to both improve the injured soft tissue and to improve the range and quality of motion of the gleno-humeral joint

Sunday (Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Shoulder Girdle)

The 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 the shoulder girdle (such as the pectoralis minor, subclavius and subscapularis), and help to give your clients a feeling of ease and freedom in their shoulders that reaches all the way around to their back.

In the afternoon, we will work with the shoulder girdle from the side-lying position. Besides being deeply comforting and relaxing, skilled side-lying work gives you excellent access to the structures of the shoulder. You will learn specific, effective, and potent techniques for releasing the muscles of the shoulder girdle, including the trapezius, rhomboids, latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior, levator scapula, infraspinatus, supraspinatus, subscapularis, pectoralis minor, and the surrounding fascia. We sometimes think of side-lying work as primarily for pregnant women, but almost all of your clients can benefit from skilled side-lying work in this area, and it feels wonderful.

The day will focus on straightforward, muscle-specific techniques that can be immediately applied in practice. Body mechanics will also be a focus of this class, as well as proper use of fingers and elbows to save wear and tear on joints.

Registration Options: We are offering Brian Utting's classes at a discounted group rate if you register for both classes at once, versus taking each individual class. If you would like to register for just one or both days, please click on the following links to register, otherwise continue on to register for this class. Please note that by taking both days of class, you save $30.

• Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries & Deep Tissue Techniques for the Shoulder Girdle (Seattle March 15-16, 2025) - 16 hours Use this option to register for both classes; or, click on the class options of your choice below:
  • Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries (Seattle March 15, 2025) - 8 hours
  • Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Shoulder Girdle (Seattle March 16, 2025) - 8 hours

Class Date: March 15-16, 2025
Class Time: Saturday & Sunday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Location: Seattle Location 2 -- Staybridge Suites (please click on the location link for details)
Cost: $320
Cost/Hour: $20/hr
CE Hours: 16

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