Medical Massage For The Back Video on DVD - Ralph Stephens

Learn To Assess, Treat & Relieve Common Back Issues

Complete Medical Massage Routine For The Posterior Lumbar Region With The Patient In The Prone Position.
Learn To Thoroughly Examine And Normalize The Soft Tissues Of The Low Back.
Common Causes Of Low Back Pain Explained, Including:

    Trigger Points
    Postural Distortion
    Pronation
    Learn To Provide Relief For People With
    Low Back Pain
    Lumbar Strains
    Back Spasms
    Over-pronation Syndrome
    Other Painful, Common Soft Tissue Conditions In The Lumbar Area

Primal 3D Anatomy Drawings.
Trigger Point Drawings And Anatomical Models.
Taught By Ralph Stephens.

Length 1 Hour 30 Minutes. Format: DVD, Region 0 - Plays Worldwide.

This DVD based program presents a complete medical massage routine for the posterior lumbar region with the patient in the prone position; clearly shown and explained, to help you thoroughly examine and normalize the soft tissues of the low back. Common causes of low back pain including trigger points, postural distortion, and pronation are shown and clearly explained. You will see powerful, yet easy, safe and pain free methods that can help you provide relief for people with low back pain, lumbar strains, back spasms, over-pronation syndrome and other painful, common soft tissue conditions in the lumbar area.

Included are primal 3D anatomy drawing, Trigger Point drawings and anatomical models to help you understand the anatomy and sources of pain in the lumbar region, and medical massage techniques are clearly demonstrated and explained to make learning fast and easy. Low back pain strikes most people and is one of the most common reasons people try massage therapy, and this program will help you better serve the needs of this huge market. When used in conjunction with the cervical program, the therapist will be able to treat the majority of neck and back complaints.

Mr. Stephens is an internationally recognized instructor of medical massage that shares his 20 plus years of experience in a way that makes learning easy and fun, and is one of the few hands-on instructors that come across effectively on video. He has produced 15 videos, one textbook, and has contributed to many magazines, textbooks, and journals, and is a popular presenter at state, regional and national meetings; presenting over 30 weekends each year.

Ralph was the first to adapt specific massage and stretching techniques to the chair and presents tem in his videos, Seated Therapeutic Massage and his textbook, Therapeutic Chair Massage. He has served his profession as a state and national officer of the AMTA and as chair of the Iowa Board of Massage Therapy Examiners. Don’t miss an opportunity to study with this inspiring instructor, in person or by DVD.