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Erik Dalton Blog

Scoliosis and Massage Therapy

https://youtu.be/AjImkYyA-Xg From Technique Tour course During adolescence, most of us recall our mother’s marching orders to “Stand up straight!” Fortunately, standing up straight wasn’t a

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Are Legs Really Necessary?

https://youtu.be/DjKmczlV9h8 From Dynamic Lower Body course Spinal Engine Gait Theory: “Optimal mechanical functioning of the spine is necessary for optimal mechanical functioning of the limbs”

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Engaging the Brain with Myoskeletal Enhancers

What’s a Myoskeletal Enhancer?
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the verb enhance means “to improve the quality, amount or strength of something.” Similarly, in Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT), the term enhancer is used as a noun to describe a therapist-directed movement cue that neurologically boosts, intensifies, and heightens a therapeutic outcome. Learn more…

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Fig. 1 Photo Courtesy of Emery University

Fanning Fibromyalgia Flames

For decades, fibromyalgia patients have been told their agony was imaginary, the result of emotional hysteria and not an authentic physical ailment. But beginning last

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That Funny Bone

https://youtube.com/watch?v=klcH9XOPFCY%3F From Treating Trapped Nerves course Mobilizing the ulnar nerve by Erik Dalton The ulnar is the most exposed of all nerves and ranks second

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Graded Exposure Stretching for Joints

https://www.youtube.com/embed/-xgkOEt-_WA From the sports therapist to structural integrator, the art of restoring pain-free range of motion and ‘joint-play’ should rank high on every manual therapist’s

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