Blog Archive

• Bicycle Seat Neuropathy
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Revisited
• Lateral hip pain… bursitis or tendinosis?
• I’m blaming it on the AC joint!
• Tib-Fib Fixation & Knee Pain
• When the Funny Bone Ain’t Funny
• Occipital Neuralgia Headaches
• Deep Gluteal Syndrome and Tendinopathy
• Pec Minor Technique for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Is Balance the Key to Ideal Posture?
• Sports Injury Whiplash…
• Don’t Disregard the Coccyx
• Nerve and Joint Gliding Routine for Carpal Tunnel
• Low Back Z-joint Pain: Addressing Facet Joint Syndrome
• Pro-Movement Bodywork Techniques
• Squinting Patella, MPDs & Runner’s Knee
• Plantar Fasciosis: Toss the Sneakers?
• Hamstring Massage and Mobilization
• Freeing the Ribs
• When You Don’t Know Squat!
• IT-Band Friction Syndrome…
• Deltoid Shear & Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy
• Digital Dementia
• Treating the TMJ
• A Surge in Overuse Injuries
• Ankle Sprain or Peroneal Nerve Pain?
• How to Become a Better Pain Detective
• Two Techniques for the Zygapophyseal (Z) Joints
• Treating Neck Cricks and Immobilization Arthritis
• Stiff Hips and Low-Back Pain
• Memory & Bodywork Mastery
• Breathing… our most dysfunctional movement pattern
• Putting the Pieces Together
• Fixated Facets & Reactive Muscle Spasm
• An Introduction to the Neurodynamic Techniques used in MAT
• Bodywork, Hormones & Homeostasis
• Get a Grip On Finger & Forearm Techniques
• Crick in the Neck: From Pathology to Pain
• Adductors, Pudendal Nerve and Pelvic Floor Pain
• Big Toe Kink in the Kinetic Chain
• A is for Asymmetry
• A Different Twist on Wrist & Hand Pain
• Does Weak Posture Really Matter?
• Bodywork is Like Chewing on a Stick
• How Do Ligaments Cause Sciatica?
• The 23rd Annual Pain Relief In Paradise Costa Rica Workshop with Erik Dalton
• Graded Exposure Stretching for Pec Minor
• Joint Play the Mennell Way
• Gut Gasses and Stomach Pain
• Three Steps to Mobilize the Neck
• Don’t Blame the Rotator Cuff
• The Eyes Have It
• Addressing SI Joint Syndrome
• Quad Pain and Femoral Nerve Entrapment
• Stomach-Sleeper’s Headache
• Recap: Oklahoma City 2023
• Anterior Scalene Technique
• Was Hippocrates Right About Scoliosis?
• Sneak Peek – Oklahoma City Workshop 2023
• 2023 Recipients of the Indiana State University Erik Dalton Scholarship
• Suboccipital Triangle & Headaches
• The Super Bowl of Massage Workshops
• Leveling the Head and Tail
• Alligator Sway: Undulation for Better Body Movement
• Hiatal Hernia, Acid Reflux and GERD
• Spindle-Stim Techniques for Cross Syndromes
• Subtalar Joint… the body’s steering wheel
• Pain Exposure Therapy
• Give Your Bodywork a Brainwave Boost
• Triggering Feel Good Hormones in Times of Stress
• The 22nd Annual Pain Relief In Paradise Costa Rica Workshop with Erik Dalton
• Coccydynia and Pelvic Floor Spasm
• Good Times at the 9th Annual OKC Workshop
• The Search For Normal Fascial Relationships
• Assessing Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Cranial Teleceptors & Neck Spasm    
• 2022 Recipients of the Indiana State Erik Dalton Scholarship
• Treating Frozen Shoulder & Adhesive Capsulitis
• Miracle Of Motherhood
• ABMP CE Summit 2021
• A Celebration of Teri’s Life
• What is the MELT method?
• Join Erik Online: The Hip Jam Oct 4-8, 2021
• Coccyx The Seat of the Soul
• MAT Being Taught at Indiana State University
• 2021 Recipient of the Indiana State Erik Dalton Scholarship
• The 8th Annual Oklahoma City MAT Workshop Wraps Up
• Just released! Myoskeletal Spa Massage
• 2020 Recipient of the Indiana State Erik Dalton Scholarship
• Technique Treasures
• Fascia as a Sensory Organ – A Target of Myofascial Manipulation
• Heel Wedge Angle and Ball-Walking
• Elastic Fascia
• The Basics of Pain-Free Work
• What is Sacral Torsion?
• What is Tensegrity?
• 2024 Recipients of the Indiana State University Erik Dalton Scholarship
• What Are Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques?
• The NEW “Essential MAT Assessments” Program
• 2019 Recipients of the Indiana State University Scholarship
• How Do You Stretch Fascia?
• “Changing & Saving Lives” Celebration
• Scoliosis… is it functional or structural?
• Thigh & Groin Pain When Stretching
• Football & the “Terrible Triad” Knee Injury
• Oklahoma City Recap with Erik Dalton
• Updates, updates, updates…
• How Massage Therapists Can Master Complex Skills Faster
• Why Certify Through Us?
• Indiana State awards massage therapy minor degree
• How Did Tiger Survive the Crunch Factor?
• Brenda’s Dowager’s Hump
• Changing The Brain’s Mind About Weak Posture
• Treating Hip Osteoarthrosis
• First Rib Fixation Syndrome
• Assessing Funky Necks via the Head Raise Test
• Assessment: The Art of History Taking
• The Myoskeletal course that started it all…
• Dalton Interview with Massage Magazine
• Tight Traps, Pecs and Lats
• Is it Tennis Elbow or Nerve Pain?
• Is it sacroiliac or piriformis-induced sciatica?
• Tech-nology Neck…
• Watch the Walk
• Postural Paradox…Symptom or Cause?
• Meet Our Newest Certified Master Myoskeletal Therapist
• TMJ, Forward Head Posture, and Neck Pain
• Bodywork: Minutes Myofascia Maintenance
• Rib Pain and Massage
• Art of MAT
• Protective Muscle Spasm
• Is it really plantar fasciitis?
• Why I Created Technique Tour
• Calcaneal Eversion… too much or too little of a good thing?
• Quadratus Lumborum and Back Pain?
• Brenda’s Dreaded Dowager’s Hump
• Hip and Sacroiliac Techniques
• Why We Get Shorter
• Seven Days of Dalton
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• Iliosacral Alignment and Sciatic Nerve Entrapment
• Leveling the Head and Tail: Treating Neuromuscular Righting Reflexes
• Treating the Dreaded Dowager Hump
• Text Neck and Desktop Neck
• Changing the Brain’s Mind About Pain
• Myoskeletal Enhancers
• Scar Remodeling, Adhesions, and Nerve Pain
• The Mystery Pain Generator
• Pain Game – The Science of Pain Part 1
• Pain Game: The Science of Pain Part 2
• Puzzle of Perfect Posture
• Racewalking May Set Stage for Shin Splints
• Scoliosis and Massage Therapy
• True Grit of Muscle Spasm
• Toolbox of Touch: Coccyx Controversy
• Treating Iliosacral Upslips
• Simplifying Sensitization for Neck and Back Pain
• The Bike Body: Massage for Cyclists
• Shoulder, Arm & Hand Myoskeletal e-Learning
• Are Legs Really Necessary?
• Back Pain Simply Happens
• Bending and Twisting Back Pain
• Bullfighting Scar Treated
• Hooked Coccyx, Butt Pain, and Emotions
• Does The Brain Play a Key Role in Pain?
• Engaging the Brain with Myoskeletal Enhancers
• Fanning Fibromyalgia Flames
• Evaluating Elbows: Assessing Elbow Pain
• That Funny Bone
• Myoskeletal Mobilization tour of the upper extremities | Acknowledging the Acromioclavicular joint
• Assessment and Treatment Modalities for bony articulations of the shoulder, arm and hand
• Upper Extremity Disorders – Theory of shoulder girdle function and pelvic-trunk stabilization
• Common Upper Extremity Dysfunctions
• Wallet Sciatica and SI Joint Pain
• Why Women Hurt More
• Graded Exposure Stretching for Joints
• Happy Joints…Happy Muscles…Happy Joints
• Holiday Shopping and Back Pain
• Hooked Coccyx, Dural Drag & Butt Pain
• Nerve Mobilization Research
• Can Bodywork Lubricate Joints and Fascia?
• Scoliosis…Fixed or Fixable?
• MAT CEU Courses for Massage Therapists
• Learn to Use Myoskeletal Alignment for Lasting Pain Relief
• Get Continuing Education for Massage Therapy Online
• Massage Therapy Continuing Education with Erik Dalton
• Explore MAT massage therapy e-Learning courses
• Rev Up Revenue With Massage Courses Online
• MAT Taps Myofascial Release and More
• Massage For Headaches
• Sports Massage e-Learning Techniques
• Advance Your Skills in Orthopedic Massage Online
• Learn to Level the Head and Tail with Medical Massage Training
• Medical Massage can Ease Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Learn Clinical Massage and Bodywork Techniques
• Orthopedic Massage for Scalenes, First Rib Pain
• MAT Taps Elements of Structural Integration
• Manual Therapy Techniques for Neck Pain
• Deep Tissue Massage for Low Back Pain
• Joint Mobilization Techniques for Shoulder Problems
• Home Study Courses for Treating the Upper Cervical Complex
• Why Certify Through Us?
• Gain Expertise with Massage Continuing Education
• Learn how to increase your salary as a massage therapist
• Learn Advanced Massage Skills with MAT CE
• Increase Your Salary as a Massage Therapist Through CE
• MAT Blends Skeletal Alignment and Muscular Balance
• Working with Dura Mater
• MAT Gives Manual Therapists Skeletal Alignment Skills
• Certification as a Myoskeletal Therapist Brings Big Benefits
• Apply CE and Become a Certified Myoskeletal Therapist
• Quality CE Hones Massage Skills Techniques
• Learn Advanced Massage Skills and Increase Your Income!
• Top CEU Courses for Massage Therapists
• Massage Home Study CEU Can Offer Quality and Convenience
• Make the Most of Massage Therapy CEU Online Classes
• Enjoy Advances in Continuing Education for Massage Therapy Online
• Complete massage courses online and reap the rewards!
• Consider both tiers of MAT massage certification
• What is myoskeletal alignment therapy?
• MAT approved for athletic training home study
• Learn MAT to help manage pain
• Understanding the foundation of MAT
• Start working toward your MMT credential now
• Massage Training for Pain Management
• Develop a Strategic Approach to CE
• Learn from Masters with Massage Online CEU
• NCBTMB vets CE Classes
• NCBTMB vets CE Classes
• Seek top-notch CE teachers
• Use CE to reach your goals
• Explore deep tissue techniques via CE
• Gain skills in massage for sports therapy
• Boost your practice: Learn massage techniques for back pain
• Using Massage Continuing Education to Develop Your Career in Medical Massage
• Invest in CE for the right massage certification
• What is Myoskeletal Alignment Therapy?
• Boost income with the right massage therapy CEU
• Massage CEs can lead to increased career satisfaction
• Use massage training to build a clinical practice
• Training Classes to Ease Low Back Pain
• Know what you need for a massage CEU
• Home Study Teaches Massage Therapists to Ease Neck and Head Pain
• Beyond the Pain Barrier with Graded Exposure Stretching
• Take a positive approach to CE
• Therapeutic Massage for Anterior Scalene Muscles
• E-learning means easy access to Erik Dalton
• MAT benefits both clients and therapists
• CE delivery methods continue to evolve
• E-learning program teaches Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques
• How Massage Therapy Can Reduce Stress in Premature Infants
• Get big returns on your CE investment
• Online learning means more options
• CE can help improve income and client outcomes
• Earn CEUs that Enhance Your Expertise
• Earn CEUs that advance your career
• Home-Based CEs Gives Access to Elite Educators
• “Attend” Dalton Massage Courses from the Comfort of Home
• Take your career to new levels with Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques
• Can Manual Therapy Skills be Learned at Home? (Free E-book)
• Movement, Massage, and Injury Prevention
• Fibromyalgia Pain: Fact or Fiction
• Joint Centration and Rotator Cuff Strain
• Oklahoma City’s Cox Convention Center welcomes back international author and manual therapy educator Erik Dalton, Ph.D. for the 2nd annual “Posture, Pain & Performance” June workshop
• Travell, Kennedy and Scoliosis
• Need Quality CEs quick?
• Sacral Torsion About an Oblique Axis… A New Approach to an Old Problem
• The MELT Method for Pelvic Pain
• Janda Upper Crossed – Neck, Shoulder and Rotator Cuff Pain
• Top Massage Articles, Videos and Newsletters
• Treating Sacroiliac Sprain and Spasm
• Practical Massage and Corrective Exercise
• Free Home Study Course for Manual Therapists
• Massage as a Mode of Treatment
• Massage Therapy Specialist Certifications
• A Massage Therapy Textbook by the Experts
• Tom Myers – Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians
• Eric Brown – Review of Erik Dalton’s Dynamic Body Textbook
• Treating Tendinosis Conditions
• Scar Tissue Adhesion Treatment
• Treating Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Tom Myers and Erik Dalton…Brothers in Arms
• The SCM: Suboccipital Battle
• The Suboccipital Battle
• Demystifying Myoskeletal Alignment
• A Rehabilitation Roadmap
• Reconsidering “The Fuzz”
• Gil Hedley, Ph.D. Reconsidering “The Fuzz”
• Ida Rolf and Coccyx Pain – “The Seat of the Soul”
• Til Luchau on Assessing Pelvic Movement in Walking
• John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, and Goldilocks
• Massage Therapy CEUs – Neck and Joint Mobilization
• SI Joint “Hypermobility” Pain
• Massage and Movement Therapy for Golf Injuries
• Heel Spurs, Pain and Plantar Fasciitis
• Train and Treat Plantar Fasciitis
• Aston Kinetics
• Refine Your Touch
• Myoskeletal Techniques to Restore Mobility to Upper Extremities
• Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques for the Suboccipitals
• Massage Therapy for Tight Muscles
• Addressing Forward Head Posture
• Forward Head Posture – Part 2
• Forward Head Posture – Part 1
• Forward Head Posture – Part 1
• High Heels and Postural Problems
• Bodywork Therapy for Bikers
• The Importance of Balance in Bodywork Practice
• Low Backs, Glutes & Lats
• Myoskeletal Alignment and Avoiding the Deadbeat Diagnosis
• The 42 Pound Head
• Tight Muscles or Joint Dysfunction?
• The Miracle of Motherhood
• Fibromyalgia: Fact or Fiction?
• Learn Dynamic Techniques for the Treatment of Low Back, Hip and Leg Pain
• New Dynamic Body 32CE Home-Study
• SI Joint Stability
• Erik Dalton Presenting at the American Massage Conference
• In Search of the Perfect Bike Fit… The Vicious Cycle
• Treating Cycling Injuries
• Gaga Over High Heels
• Stilettos…A Pain In The ???
• Home Study or Workshops for Your Bodywork Training?
• Chicago Countdown!
• Femoral Anteversion in Children
• Pain Management in Paradise a Great Success!
• Judith Aston to be inducted to the World Massage Therapy Hall of Fame
• Fix Painful Shoulders
• Tom Myers Dynamic Ligaments
• Receptor Techniques for Painful Necks
• Is the Lumbodorsal Fascia Necessary?
• It’s Golf and Low Back Pain Season Again!
• Expert Answers on Techniques and Business
• Patella Pain
• Erik Dalton on Knee Pain
• Fascia…can be a source of body pain
• Pain – Spasm – Pain
• Ida Rolf 1955 Letter to Byron Gentry
• Functional Scoliosis Responds Well to Manual Therapy
• Toolbox of Touch: The Mambo of Golfing
• Stretching and Other Stuff
• The Sacroiliac Struggle
• Manually Evaluating and Treating the Wrist and Hands
• Manual Therapy Pain Relief
• Pain Puzzle
• Mobilizing Joints through Muscle Manipulation
• Short Leg Syndrome Part 2
• Short Leg Syndrome Part 1
• Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome
• Reflexogenic Relationship Part 2
• Reflexogenic Relationship Part 1
• Pinched Nerves
• Low Back Piriformis SI Joint Pain
• Fixing Achy Hips
• Bodywork Mechanics Begin With Balance
• Dont Get Married Part 2
• Don’t Get Married Part 1
• The 42 Pound Head
• Art and Science of Fascia
• Discussion from Leon Chaitow and Erik Dalton Myoskeletal Facebook
• Primary psoas abscess extending to thigh adductors: case report
• Erik Dalton Finishing Touches Routines
• Erik Dalton and Other Top Educators at the World Massage Conference
• What do you find the most exciting about bodywork therapy?
• Erik Dalton – Forward Head = Funky Neck
• Erik Dalton is a Featured Presenter at World Massage Conference
• Erik Dalton – Featured Presenter at the World Massage Conference
• What’s so great about Long Legs?
• Winner of Blue Collar Contest for Feb.
• Erik Dalton – The 42 Pound Head & Upper Crossed Syndrome
• Massage, Joint Mob & Spinal Manipulation…science or a sham?
• Reviews of Erik Dalton Seminars and Home Study
• What’s with all the CT and PET Scans?
• What the heck is Erik Dalton holding?
• High Heels and Back Pain – Erik Dalton
• Erik Dalton SI Joint Articular Stretch Routine
• Age old argument…shoes or no shoes?
• Chasing The Pain
• Sacral Ligaments
• Pain Management Technique Articles
• Reference Posters for Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques Available
• Shoulder Release
• Fixing Fibromyalgia???
• What’s your take on the core stability controversy?
• Treating Suboccipital Pain
• Piriformis / SI Joint Release
• Muscle Mass, Strength, and Longevity
• Tendon and ligament mechanical loading in the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis
• Efficacy of Integrating Cervical Posture Correction With Lumbar Stabilization Exercises for Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Randomized Blinded Clinical Trial
• A Johns Hopkins Study Reveals the Scientific Secret to Double How Fast You Learn
• Know your Neurotransmitters
• Brain Connectivity Changes after Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
• Sagittal Balance of the Spine
• Cervical sagittal balance: A biomechanical perspective can help clinical practice
• How predictive coding is changing our understanding of the brain
• Mental Toughness is Totally Overrated
• A Small Piece of Neuroscience to Change the Way You Learn
• “Text Neck” Research
• The impact of the position of the head on the functioning of the human body: A systematic review
• Sources of Cervicogenic Headache Among the Upper Cervical Synovial Joints