Event Overview

This is the in-person version of the same July 23rd event. Buying tickets there will mean you are on a Zoom call with Dr. Benjamin as he teaches the in-person class simultaneously. To buy tickets for the online event, click here.

FOR YOUR SAFETY: Participants will be notified of any COVID-19 restrictions prior to the event.

Prospective attendees can sign up for either one or two days and get the full experience. Each course is NCBTMB approved for 7 CE hours.

Join Dr. Ben Benjamin for two days of 95% hands-on workshops. On each full day of training, you will learn several dozen myofascial and deep tissue muscular therapy techniques to address pain and injury in some of the most commonly injured structures of the body.

You will also understand the anatomy of these structures as never before through physically locating and palpating each of the targeted muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Most of these techniques were developed from actual cases in Dr. Benjamin’s clinical practice.

Day One: Frustrating Neck Injuries

Orthopedic Assessment & Treatment

Neck pain and injuries are often misunderstood. Searing pain in the shoulder blade, a burning sensation down the arm, and a numbing, crawling sensation in the hand can all be the result of injuries to various structures in the cervical region.

Cervical injuries are second in prevalence only to those in the lumbar region. It is rare to find anyone who has not suffered from neck pain at some point in their life. Severe neck injuries can make life miserable for months or years. They may result from a fall, a head-on collision in an athletic event, working at the computer for many hours, or a car accident — particularly one involving whiplash.

In this course, you will learn over 2 dozen orthopedic assessment tests to pinpoint challenging neck injuries. We will then address the injuries through several different treatment modalities including friction therapy, myofascial therapy, muscle energy techniques, and Active Isolated Stretching for the neck. You will also learn how to physically locate and palpate each muscle, tendon, and ligament targeted with these treatment techniques.

Day Two: Active Assisted Stretching for the Lower Body

Low Back, Hip, Thigh, Knee, Lower Leg, Foot & Ankle

This intensive workshop teaches you a comprehensive, effective stretching protocol for the lower body. Active Assisted Stretching (AAS) energizes the body, enhances the health of the tissues, increases flexibility, protects the body from injury, enhances the healing process, re-aligns the fascia, and makes building strength more effective. AAS is especially good for athletes, the elderly, and the injured, and can also bene?t the neurologically impaired.

During this workshop, you will practice every stretch until you can perform them efficiently both individually and in sequence, with the least effort. You will also learn self-stretches to teach your clients who need to focus on stretching specific structures.

Instructor Background

Dr. Benjamin has founded the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1974 and has been in private practice for 55 years. He travels throughout the country teaching orthopedic manual therapy, ethics, and Active Assisted Stretching.  He is the author of Are You Tense?, Exercise without Injury, Listen to your Pain and a co-author of the Ethics of Touch and Conversation Transformation. Over the last two decades, he has also created a series of DVD and streaming programs on the assessment and treatment of the low back, the neck, the knee, shoulder and various common injuries as well as a 3-volume series on advanced technique and a 7–part series on Active Assisted Stretching.