CTB is a modality created by Chuck Duff that blends the techniques of Thai yoga massage with the insights of Myofascial Trigger Point, acupoint work and a structural analysis of body function. This therapeutic modality is highly effective in reducing or eliminating patterns of pain and restriction, often in cases that have failed conventional medical treatment. CTB gives the student specific tools to assess and design effective treatments for the most common client complaints and can be integrated into a mat, chair or table-based practice.
Clinical Thai Bodywork was designed to bridge the gulf between traditional Thai approaches and modern western clinical environments. The framework of CTB constitutes one of the most efficient and effective approaches available for orthopedic rehab, relief of chronic and acute pain, recovery from injury, and correction of myofascially derived dysfunction.
CTB is a great direction for massage therapists who have a therapeutically-oriented practice. It can produce amazing results even with clients who have severe and longstanding pain issues.
One of the remarkable properties about the art of Thai bodywork is that it can benefit both the giver and the receiver. Properly trained Thai bodywork practitioners use the core energy of the body rather than strength, and can practice sustainably.
We see many students who are practicing massage therapists, having serious problems with their bodies due to an inefficient, strength-based approach to their work. TheThai massage techniques you learn in this DVD series can add many years of life to your career as a bodywork professional and give you a renewed direction in your life and work.
- Chuck Duff
THAI MASSAGE DVDS Presented by Chuck Duff, ABMP, CTI
Whether you are a beginner or familiar with Thai Massage, Chuck Duff's Thai Massage DVD series provides the highest quality training available in video format. These DVD programs are designed to build your skill and knowledge from the ground up and do not require any particular background or training. Chuck's accessible teaching style reflects his diverse skills and experiences of Buddhism, martial arts and bodywork. He places strong emphasis on body mechanics, working safely and efficiently.
The individual DVD program titles include: Thai Massage: for Mat & Table
HandsFree™ Thai: The Commoner Style
Thai Massage: Therapeutic Thai Fundamentals, Level 2
Thai Massage: The Northern Style, Level 3
Thai Massage: for Mat & Table
This introductory program offers a 60-minute Thai Massage sequence for both the mat and table. Chapters also include intro to Clinical Thai Bodywork (CTB) herbal compresses and more.
[DVD-CDTMT] $49.95 IN STOCK
HandsFree™ Thai: The Commoner Style
This program presents 2+ hours of in-depth instruction of the HandsFree Thai™ technique, which allow the practitioner to work on large or heavily muscled clients in a way that is highly beneficial for the client and the practitioner. Commoner or rural style (Nuad Chaleisak) techniques allow the therapist to provide broad, deep pressure and more
This 2-disc DVD set shows in detail a 2.5 hour therapeutic Thai massage treatment and integrates aspects of Northern, Southern, Royal and Jap Sen (nerve touch) styles, with extensive anatomical and energetic background and more
[DVD-CDTTF] $59.95 IN STOCK
Thai Massage: The Northern Style, Level 3
This 3.5-hour Thai massage video (on 2 DVDs) presents the complete sequence of Northern Style Thai Massage as taught in a 70-hour Level 3 course. Chuck Duff performs an actual massage on a model while providing instructional commentary on body mechanics and technique for each pose and more
[DVD-CDTMNS] $59.95 IN STOCK
About Chuck Duff, ABMP, CTI >
Since 2001, Chuck Duff has trained hundreds of basic and advanced practitioners in Thai Bodywork and Massage. Integrating his extensive background in Buddhist studies, martial arts, yoga, and western clinical approaches, Chuck's Thai Massage DVD series offers massage and bodywork professionals a unique understanding of body mechanics, of movement without effort, and the use of core energy in healing. He is a certified Thai massage instructor and founder of the Thai Bodywork School of Thai Massage, an NCBTMB approved provider of continuing education.
Chuck produced this Thai Bodywork DVD series based on his work developing and teaching Clinical Thai Bodywork, (CTB) a modality he created that blends the techniques of Thai yoga massage with the insights of Myofascial Trigger Point, acupoint work and a structural analysis of body function. This therapeutic modality (CTB) is highly effective in reducing or eliminating patterns of pain and restruction, often in cases that have failed conventional medical treatment. Chuck's teaching emphasizes body mechanics, using core energy and sensitivity to the body's language, and places each technique in context as to its relationship to Sen lines, effects on specific muscles and pain conditions.
Chuck became a Certified Thai Therapist and Certified Thai Instructor (CTI) at the Luma Center with Dr. Anthony James, who was among the first individuals to practice and teach Thai massage in the US. He is certified as a Luk Pra Kob (Thai herbal compress) therapist by the Thai Ministry of Health in Bangkok. He pursued advanced studies in Thai massage and herbal compress application with Khruu Lek Chaiya in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Aachan Tawee of Wat Wiangkolok, Chiang Rai province, Thailand. Chuck joined the faculty of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in 2003, where he teaches Thai massage within the Oriental Body Therapies program. He also teaches on-site workshops for spas and private groups throughout the country.
Chuck’s life-long experiences as a student, healer, teacher and bodywork professional also include studies in Kundalini yoga, residency in an ashram and attending Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. As a yoga practitioner, Chuck has learned that Thai massage treatments enhance and accelerate his practice. He earned his black belt in Hapkido, a Korean monastic martial art, under Master Kwang Seek Hyun.
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What is Thai Massage?
Traditional Thai Massage (also called Thai yoga therapy, Nuat Thai or Nuad Boran) evolved from ancient healing traditions of Ayurveda, yoga and Thai Buddhism. Using hands, feet, arms, and legs the practitioner guides the recipient through a series of yoga postures involving fluid movements, gentle stretching, and breath work.
Performed on a floor mat in comfortable clothes, this assisted yoga creates a therapeutic "dance" incorporating rhythmic motion, palming and thumbing along energy lines to invoke emotional calming and deep relaxation. Thai Massage involves gentle stretching and pressure techniques, used to release held patterns and blockages in the body and to treat persistent pain. The result? Greater physical awareness, grace, and spiritual energy.
While Thai yoga massage has been in existence for hundreds of years, its therapeutic application has been somewhat opaque to the student, due to a lack of written materials and a tradition of oral teachings. Also, due to the fact that Thailand has no tradition of research in anatomy or dissection, only recently have schools begun to teach Thai techniques in terms of Western anatomy.
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Learn ancient Thai wisdom - Improve your treatment of pain and dysfunction.
At Peace Video offers four Thai Massage DVD programs from Chuck Duff, ABMP, CTI, and founder of Thai Bodywork School. Clinical Thai Bodywork, or CTB, combines the techniques of Traditional Thai yoga with the insights of myofascial trigger point therapy, osteopathic principles and acupoints, and is a highly effective treatment for pain and dysfunction.
