What exactly is myoskeletal alignment?

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Permalink Reply by Michelle J Bishop on December 27, 2009 at 9:54am

When I was a new therapist ( and still am a pretty new therapist), Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques was the first workshop I attended directly out of school and I have had great results in helping my clients. I have a client that told me I was the first one to get her out of neck pain that she had had for years and she had other therapists work on her to no avail ( that was after her first visit with me). In my "laymen" terms, Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques is understanding theory that you use with different techniques. It is working with the reflexogenic relationship between joints and muscles and helping the body come back into balance. I hope this helps, Erik's workshops have really helped my practice and my personal understanding of the body more thoroughly.

Permalink Reply by Donna C. Agrinsonis, LMT on December 27, 2009 at 12:28pm

Awesome, that certainly sheds some light on the subject. Thanks Rick!

Michelle J Bishop said:

When I was a new therapist ( and still am a pretty new therapist), Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques was the first workshop I attended directly out of school and I have had great results in helping my clients. I have a client that told me I was the first one to get her out of neck pain that she had had for years and she had other therapists work on her to no avail ( that was after her first visit with me). In my "laymen" terms, Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques is understanding theory that you use with different techniques. It is working with the reflexogenic relationship between joints and muscles and helping the body come back into balance. I hope this helps, Erik's workshops have really helped my practice and my personal understanding of the body more thoroughly.

Permalink Reply by Erik Dalton, Ph.D. on December 28, 2009 at 11:01am

Howdy Donna:

Myoskeletal Alignment developed in response to a serious injury incurred during a clumsy judo fall in 1989. I was a Certified Advanced Rolfer at the time but had been trained in massage when the cervical neck fracture occured. In my attempt to deal with the devastating pain, I became interested in spinal biomechanics. I first enrolled in PT school and then found my interests were more in the manipulative osteopathic field. For 10 years, I attended post-graduate CE workshops at Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine and in order to integrate the biomechanical pain-management theories into my deep tissue practice, I developed Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques.

For more information, please visit this link from a 2000 Massage Magazine article dedicated to the MAT method: http://erikdalton.com/articlemobilizingjoints.htm

Thanks for your interest and thx to Michelle for such a kind and helpful personal description...Happy New Year to All.

Permalink Reply by Donna C. Agrinsonis, LMT on December 31, 2009 at 4:21pm

Erik I just added two of your courses to my list of things I must purchase for 2010. I have heard a lot about you and don't want to miss out on the training just because I am not able to travel right now.

Erik Dalton, PhD said:

Howdy Donna:

Myoskeletal Alignment developed in response to a serious injury incurred during a clumsy judo fall in 1989. I was a Certified Advanced Rolfer at the time but had been trained in massage when the cervical neck fracture occured. In my attempt to deal with the devastating pain, I became interested in spinal biomechanics. I first enrolled in PT school and then found my interests were more in the manipulative osteopathic field. For 10 years, I attended post-graduate CE workshops at Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine and in order to integrate the biomechanical pain-management theories into my deep tissue practice, I developed Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques.

For more information, please visit this link from a 2000 Massage Magazine article dedicated to the MAT method: http://erikdalton.com/articlemobilizingjoints.htm

Thanks for your interest and thx to Michelle for such a kind and helpful personal description...Happy New Year to All.

Permalink Reply by Erik Dalton, Ph.D. on December 31, 2009 at 5:30pm

Appreciate you Donna...have a wonderful 2010 ~ ERIK

Donna C. Agrinsonis, LMT said:

Erik I just added two of your courses to my list of things I must purchase for 2010. I have heard a lot about you and don't want to miss out on the training just because I am not able to travel right now.

Erik Dalton, PhD said:

Howdy Donna:

Myoskeletal Alignment developed in response to a serious injury incurred during a clumsy judo fall in 1989. I was a Certified Advanced Rolfer at the time but had been trained in massage when the cervical neck fracture occured. In my attempt to deal with the devastating pain, I became interested in spinal biomechanics. I first enrolled in PT school and then found my interests were more in the manipulative osteopathic field. For 10 years, I attended post-graduate CE workshops at Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine and in order to integrate the biomechanical pain-management theories into my deep tissue practice, I developed Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques.

For more information, please visit this link from a 2000 Massage Magazine article dedicated to the MAT method: http://erikdalton.com/articlemobilizingjoints.htm

Thanks for your interest and thx to Michelle for such a kind and helpful personal description...Happy New Year to All.