Gary Lang

Dynamic Release Therapy , USA

Abstract Title:Fascia to Function

Biography:

Research Interest: Soft Tissue restrictions, “scar tissue”, have plagued patients, athletes and therapists alike for thousands of years. History has documented ancient practitioners using bone, ox horn, stone and wooden tools, tearing healthy tissue embedded with collagenous restrictions, impeding movement, strength and functional activities. Manual Therapy including: Rolfing, Active Release Therapy, Cyriax’s Cross Fiber Massage, Myofascial Release, and Deep Tissue Massage take their toll on the hands of practitioners. Manual techniques create overuse conditions limiting or shortening a practitioner’s career. Unlike traditional IASTM courses, “Fascia to Function” provides a current evaluation of soft tissue, re-educating practitioners of the characteristic structure and functions of soft tissue. Collagen, is our necessary healing component creating restrictions and limitations to function. Fascia, our biological fabric, provides structure to our musculoskeletal anatomy, participants will understand how tensegrity allows our body to move. Participants will learn to educate and amplify their touch to navigate through soft tissue adhesions, restrictions versus the healthy tissues we must preserve. “Fascia to Function” also offers participants the opportunity to compare various instruments and tools being used in today’s therapy clinics. We will review how techniques of manufacturing as well as the materials of construction may benefit the patient and practitioner. We will instruct the most current techniques of safe manual soft tissue manipulation as well as the industry’s best instrument techniques to alter restrictive adhesions and scar tissue. Successful outcomes include: chronic ankle pain & fibrosis, supraspinatus tendonosis, achilles tendinosis, plantar fasciosis, posterior tibialis strain, trigger thumb, hamstring tendinopathy, posterior interosseus neuropathy, subacute lumbar compartment syndrome, costochondritis, knee arthrofibrosis & quadriceps insufficiency following patellar tendon repair, chronic bursitis and other soft tissue conditions. Participants will compare the differences of manual treatments and learn how to augment their human touch to extend the life of a career.