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"Keep trying to grow, take classes, relate to other therapists not as competitors, and learn to express who you are as a therapist rather than trying to fit into a mold given you in your early training.
The key to success is to distinguish yourself from the competition by doing something rather than trying to do the same thing as everyone else but just better—better is a pretty subjective word. This can take shape in a lot of ways including who you are with your nature, or by doing techniques that are different from the run of the mill work."
- Art Riggs,
Creator, Deep Tissue
Massage and Myofascial Release
7-Volume DVD Set
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DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE and MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
by Art Riggs
A Video Guide to Techniques with Art Riggs
This seven DVD set featuring Art Riggs, Certified Advanced Rolfer is an encyclopedia of deep tissue and myofascial bodywork. Designed as a full study clinical training course for massage therapists wishing to expand their skills, it offers clear demonstrations of virtually every tissue technique any therapist will need. Many massage training products just show "strokes" without delving into the complex issues of soft tissue restrictions, osseous articulations and strategies for working with the multitude of different issues we face as therapists.
This extensive training series not only shows countless strokes and techniques, but, more importantly, demonstrates the qualitative art of working with deep tissues to effect profound change. Seeing them performed live, in real time, offers an educational experience that is impossible to achieve in books alone.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
SECTION I: The Fundamentals
(DVDs 1 & 2)
Refining Touch, Working Through Superficial Muscles to Deep Layers
- Biomechanics of Working Tissue Deeply
- Proper Use of Fingers, Knuckles, Fist, Forearm, Elbow and Thumbs
- Massage Strokes and Techniques to Lengthen Tissue, Free Adhesions, and Release Holding Patterns
- Positioning of Clients to Increase Effectiveness of Your Work
- The Side-Lying Position to Dramatically Improve Your Effectiveness
SECTION II: Strategies
(DVDs 3, 4 & 5)
Hundreds of techniques and strategies to integrate into your practice.
Video # 3: The Legs and Pelvis
Video # 4: Continuation of the Pelvis, Rotators, Abdomen, and Back
Video # 5: Working with the Shoulder Girdle, Chest, Arms, and Neck
SECTION III: Advanced Techniques (DVDs 6 & 7)
Foot and Ankle Injuries
- Knee Pain and Dysfunction
- Sciatica
- Minor Back Pain
- Rotator Cuff
- Tennis Elbow and Wrist Complaints
- Thoracic Outlet Problems
Many additional strategies are also covered, such as working off the massage table in seated and standing postures and suggestions for rehabilitative home programs of strengthening and stretching for your clients.
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ABOUT ART RIGGS,
Certified Advanced Rolfer, C.M.T.
Art Riggs is a Certified Advanced Rolfer® and massage therapist who has been teaching bodywork since 1988. A lifetime of hard physical activity and high level athletic pursuits including ultra-marathons led him to bodywork, first as a grateful recipient, and later as a student. The fulfillment he experienced in both receiving and performing bodywork led him away from his graduate studies in Exercise Physiology at the University of California, Berkeley to a full time career as a Rolfer and teacher of Deep Tissue Massage. He has conducted numerous workshops for health spas and for medical professionals, including physical therapists, and has assisted in Rolf Institute trainings.
For the first ten years of his practice, he specialized in myofascial release at a physical therapy clinic where an interest in the treatment of injuries was cultivated. He has worked with several Olympic athletes, professional football and basketball players, and professional dancers and musicians to treat injuries and to improve performance. However, his teaching and the practice of working with the general population to provide a better awareness of their bodies and allow more ease and comfort in their everyday lives remains the most gratifying aspect of his work. Art Riggs lives and teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Discover what motivates and inspires Art Riggs in his exclusive Q and A interview in
AT PEACE UP CLOSE.
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REVIEWS:
Superb teaching tools for the classroom and matchless sources of clinical massage reference.
- Keith Grant, PhD, NCTMB Research Physicist and Director,
McKinnon Institute Sports & Deep Tissue Program
Art Riggs has dedicated himself for over a decade to sharing his knowledge and wisdom of the body. We highly recommend this book and video for students and health professionals alike.
- Paulette and Richard Bergess, Directors,
The San Francisco School of Massage
Just came across your DVD's while I was doing a program in London. Really impressive! I would like to recommend them to my students.
-Tom Myers, Author of "Anatomy Trains"
I wish I had had this resource 12 years ago when I was in physical therapy school. These products have dramatically improved the quality of my work and saved my body from injury.
- Patrick Hannum, Physical Therapist and Rolfer
‘Deep Tissue Myofascial Release Massage’ has enabled our school to plan a 100 hour curriculum around its clear progression from the basic skills to clearly defined strategies.
- Julie Morrison, Director of Massage, Western Career College, Pleasant Hill, CA
The thorough demonstrations —not only of specific massage techniques, but the subtleties of working with tissue—show how to work with virtually all soft tissue situations encountered in a bodywork practice. Art Riggs has made this valuable information accessible for both the relatively new massage therapist and experienced professionals performing sophisticated clinical therapy.
- Helen James, Masters in Physical Therapy, Stanford University and Professor Emeritus California State University, Fresno, CA
…so much more than just showing strokes. This series has transformed the way that I work. At a fraction of the price I’d pay at a school, this is an entire bodywork course that I can study at home. It will be a reference for years to come.
- Justine Jacobs, Massage Therapist
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Deep Tissue Massage
A Visual Guide to Techniques NEW! REVISED EDITION
By Art Riggs
Foreward by Thomas W. Myers
AR-DTB $19.77
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This Clinical Bodywork Massage Book is designed for both new therapist training and continuing education in deep tissue myofascial techniques. These manual therapy techniques will transform the way you perform bodywork. New practitioners will learn countless techniques to make their work more effective and fun. Experienced therapists in myofascial release, bodywork, physical therapy, and clinical massage enthusiastically praise Art Rigg's massage therapy books and videos for expanding their skills.
Over 225 pages
More than 250 photographs
Over 50 detailed anatomy illustrations.
The book is divided into three sections.
“Fundamentals” covers basic skills of palpation, explaining the deeper layers of the body and presenting detailed instruction on working with these layers to release tension. This section gives clear information on the proper use of knuckles, fist, forearms, and elbows in preventing injury to the therapist.
“Strategies” offers more precise protocols and treatment plans for the entire body with emphasis on client positioning options to stretch muscles rather than just kneading tissues.
“Caveats” details areas in which the practitioner needs to exercise caution.
Deep Tissue Massage presents a wealth of information in a way the therapist can immediately utilize. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and includes a preface to the new edition, a foreword, an index, a Suggested Reading list, and extended sections on integrating deep-tissue massage into bodywork practice and the psychology of treating injuries.
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