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You can view more information on Spontaneous Muscle Release at our website http://efullcircle.com or you can contact us with other questions at 720-412-1240

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Dawn

It's been a while since the last post.  I just thought everything I was writing also going to this group area.  There are many new things happening.  We are working on self care videos, restoring bladder after surgery, and condensing a few of our larger video to accomodate less CE requirements

Class October 26-28 in Seattle:

Northwest Academy for the Healing Arts
Annex – 2735 California Ave SW, Suite B
Seattle, WA 98116

There are still spots available to register

http://efullcircle.com/classes/

"SMRT:  Hips, Lower Back, & Abdomen" live seminar, April 4-6, 2014, 8:30 to 5:30, in Winter Park, FL.  24 NCBTMB and CE Broker approved CE hours.  We will address sacral compression through muscle release and connective tissue release, as well as learning to elongate the lower back, dissolve abdominal adhesions, remove abdominal inflammation, and release the posterior hip tissue to create balance in the pelvic girdle.  Register at http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/

"SMRT:  Shoulder, Axilla, Ribcage, & Upper Back" live seminar, April 25-27, 2014, 8:30 to 5:30, in Rochester, MN.  24 NCBTMB approved CE hours.  We will address axillary tension and adhesion, as well as learning to release the costovertebral ligaments to allow realignment of the posterior rib heads, release all muscles attaching to the scapula, balance the ribcage, allow realignment of the 1st rib through ligament release, and much more.  Register at http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/

"SMRT:  Lower Extremities" DVD set, available February 28, 2014, pre-order now for significant savings!  24 NCBTMB approved CE hours.  We will address all structures from the iliofemoral joint ligaments to the ligaments of the interphalangeal joints, as well as learning to release the ACL, PCL, MCL, & LCL, painlessly unlock tone and adhesions in the adductors, work with chronic edema in the lower leg, mobilize the tibia to relieve shin splints, balance the structures in the feet and ankles, and much more.  Pre-order this DVD at http://efullcircle.com/store/spontaneous-muscle-release-technique-d...

Buy SMRT continuing education DVD's for multiple areas of the body and receive fantastic discounts!  Purchasing multiple DVD's gives you discounts of 5% to 25%, depending on how many DVD's you purchase.  DVD's may be purchased with CE's or without CE's attached.  Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique integrates beautifully with the other modalities you now use.  Whether your go-to modality is Swedish massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Thai massage, or Orthopedic massage (just to name a few!), SMRT will enhance your practice and allow you to achieve results faster.  Check out our website for more information, http://efullcircle.com/

Hit this link, http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/, to check out our live seminars!  This is a comment from a student last year:  "Small class size; Good students; Dawn was organized — loves her work; Also she allows time to work with you — She has the ability to adjust to help each of us; After the class she is there to support us and will allow us to email her and will help you."
~Participant, Seattle, WA October 11-13, 2013 Hips, Abdomen, and Lower Back Class~

Do you need CE's right now?  All of our approved massage therapy continuing education videos are available for 60-day rental or digital download.  You can access videos worth 4 to 24 CE's immediately, take the test when you are ready, and receive your certificate within 2 days time.  Don't need CE's, but still interested in learning Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique, you can purchase both 60-day rentals and digital downloads with CE's attached.   Check out Full Circle's website at http://efullcircle.com/ for more information.

Reasons you want to take the approved continuing education course SMRT:  Hips, Lower Back, & Abdomen in Winter Park, FL from April 4 - 6:

1. to gain a complete understanding of the pelvic girdle

2. to release the ligaments of the pubic symphysis

3. to help the coccyx realign

4. to quickly unlock tension in sacral tissues

5. to lower the tone in piriformis in a fast and lasting fashion

6. to release obturator externus (you know, the muscle causing all the deep hip tension that you cannot get to!)

7. to get effectively worked on yourself

8. and, as Laurie said, " The class was well paced; the content was well organized; the instructor gave the foundational anatomical information before doing the bodywork so that the students had a greater understanding of what we are affecting; we had plenty of time on the table to gain hands-on experience; lectures were accompanied with stories that demonstrate how much change can occur.  I absolutely loved this class!  I cannot say enough wonderful things about it.  And best of all, everything I learned is something I can apply immediately." ~Seattle, WA October 11-13, 2013 Hips, Abdomen and Lower Back Class~

Can't wait to see you!  Register at http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/

Reasons you want to purchase an SMRT approved continuing education DVD, digital download, or 60-day rental :

1. you can access the course immediately through download or rental

2. get your CE's as quickly as you need them

3. SMRT gives you the tools to highly effective massage…

4. …without hurting you or the client

5. you can easily integrate SMRT with what you do now

6. video allows you to go at your own pace

7. and, as Jennifer said, "This is a great course!  About the best I have taken online or through video.  I've been using it already and my clients really like it, plus I don't have to fight to get where I know I need to be.  Great course!"  ~SMRT: Head & Neck, with SMRT Cranial Sacral on DVD, November, 2013~

Buy now, prices range from $25 to $260, CE's range from 4 to 24, hit this link for more info - http://efullcircle.com/ - just place your cursor over the Store button for a drop down menu!

Hi Everyone! Here is a link for an article I just wrote for our newsletter - http://efullcircle.com/smrt-form-structural-integration/

        I just got another email from a woman whose father had surgery, sinus surgery in this case, and has been on a catheter, unable to urinate on his own, for a year.  People have had fantastic success with the self help video on our website on how to restore bladder function after surgery.  The work is so easy, they can do it on each other, but they prefer real therapists do the work.

        This means we need to teach it to more people.  I never realized how widespread this problem was.  We get emails from all over the world from people who are desperate for help.  The ones who try the SMRT work have great results, but some have no one who can do the work for them or their people do not feel they could do the work.

        This week alone I have gotten 3 emails on this issue.  I sent one to a student in NC, one to a student in AZ, and the other is the woman mentioned above, who is in WV.  I will have to do my best to coach her through email and hope she is willing to do the work on her father herself.

        This is only one of the amazing things that will be taught in the SMRT: Hips, Lower Back, & Abdomen course in Winter Park, FL on April 4-6, 2014.  http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/

        I am prepping to shoot another webinar for Tools For Touch!  This time it will be "Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome".  I have been preparing the course in my head for 2 weeks now.  Some of what you would learn if you were to sign up for the webinar:  how to instantly release opponens pollicis and opponens digiti minimi to soften the transverse carpal ligament, how to release the ligaments in the intercarpal joints to allow realignment of the carpal bones, how to quickly release the muscle attachments of the medial elbow to interrupt any median nerve impingement at the elbow, and more.

        Hope you will join us!  http://efullcircle.com/

        Stories about the SMRT Shoulder, Axilla, Ribcage, & Upper Back class:  in 2013, we had some wonderful things happen in this class.  I had a woman who had taken the course in 2012 sign up in Billings, MT in 2013.  When I asked her why she was taking the course again after such a short time, she told me "I messed up my shoulder, had all kinds of treatments, nothing is helping, I knew I could get it fixed in this class."  I was amused, and her shoulder did get fixed.  In that Billings course there was another woman in class who lacked confidence.  She did not think she was doing well, did not think she was understanding the information.  She registered and took the SMRT: Hips, Lower Back, & Abdomen course in Seattle a few months later.  She was supposed to be working on her partner's hips, but she saw that the woman's floating ribs were rotated and immobile.  Utilizing the training she received in Billings, she aligned and mobilized the floating ribs in 5 minutes.  5 minutes!!  She glowed with confidence.  It was a lovely sight.  This is the course we will be teaching in Minnesota the end of April - http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/

        Had a client yesterday whose sacrum was killing her.  She could hardly move.  She also could not take any pressure and did not really want her sacrum to be touched.  I worked through the sheet and blanket, and did Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique by itself.  When it prompted some myofascial unwinding, I went with that.  I followed the pain as it moved from place to place.  It started in her sacrum and then moved into her lower back, then into her lower hip, then to the anterior thigh, then into psoas, and finally back to the sacrum.  When she got up to get dressed, she says she could bend over and, well, put her underwear on.  Apparently that had been a real problem for a while.  Her pain was a 1 where it had been a 12.  Love the fact that SMRT can create such significant change so easily and quickly, and besides staying present with her body, I hardly had to do anything.  If you would like to learn to do this, come to Winter Park, FL the beginning of April.  Register at http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/

        Last night I woke up as 4 a.m., as I do most nights.  I was on my right side and my hand was asleep.  In my half conscious state I evaluated my hand.  I felt that it was the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and half of the ring finger that were numb.  My brain told me that these were carpal tunnel symptoms and meant an impingement on the median nerve.  Still mostly asleep, I evaluated my wrist.  My wrist was straight.  I pulled my shoulder down out of my ear.  The numbness began to subside immediately.  My elbow was in full flexion.  I relaxed the position and brought my forearm toward extension a couple of inches.  The numbness went away completely and I went back to sleep.  The median nerve can be impinged upon in numerous areas, including the carpal tunnel, the forearm, the elbow, and the medial upper arm.  If you would like to know how to treat carpal tunnel, please join me for a webinar on "Treating Carpal Tunnel".  Hit the Tools For Touch link on our website - http://efullcircle.com/

2 live seminars in Seattle, WA:  SMRT:  Thigh & Knee, May 9th and 10th, and SMRT: Lower Leg & Foot, May 10th & 11th.  Each course is NCBTMB approved for 12 CE hours.  In the Thigh & Knee course, you will learn to instantly soften IT bands, painlessly remove adhesions and tension from adductors, release ligaments of the iliofemoral joint to mobilize the femur and knee, and work with chondromalacia, ACL replacements, MCL and LCL injuries, etc. In the Lower Leg & Foot course, instruction will be given in how to balance gastrocnemius, alleviate shin splints, lessen lymphedema, remove chronic ankle inflammation, release ligaments in the talocrural joint for natural realignment, and work with plantar faciitis and tarsal tunnel syndrome.  Get more information or register at http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/

Full Circle has put 3 new video clips of Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique on youtube.  All of these clips are taken from our NCBTMB approved continuing education videos.  Check out the following link for a gluteus maximus release - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS_rvsD90ek - this next link will give you an idea of how SMRT releases cervical ligaments - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyVHjYJ8gcc - and finally this link will show you how to take tension out of internal oblique - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlSX3r0x7po - If you would like to learn more about this massage continuing education modality, check out our website at http://efullcircle.com/

Can't wait to go to Winter Park, FL the beginning of April!  It is so cold here in Colorado, I am looking forward to teaching this course just for a change in weather!  We had such amazing things happen in the last hip, lower back, and abdomen course though, that I am also really looking forward to the fantastic things that will happen in class in FL.  One of the reasons to take CE's is just to get worked on, to be reminded of why we do what we do, and to get the work that our bodies crave.  Some massage therapists get regular massage, but most do not.  We are busy taking care of others and neglect us.  But attending  a CE class has the advantage of letting us know why we became massage therapists in the first place, and, hopefully, of fixing some of our own issues.  Personally, I had been having sacral pain for over a year.  I finally had some SMRT work done on myself, and the pain has lessened significantly.  Hope to see you in Winter Park!  http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/

        Gluteus Maximus is a large muscle with many attachments.  It originates from the posterior iliac crest, the posterior inferior sacrum and the posterior coccyx.  This means tension in gluteus maximus can affect the position of these bones.  It also means that a shift or compression in these bones can have an effect on tension in gluteus maximus.  If there is an imbalance between the left and right gluteus maximus (i.e. one is hypertonic, the other is hypotonic), these bones will be pulled to the hypertonic side.  This muscle inserts on the gluteal tuberosity and the iliotibial band, which means that tension in gluteus maximus can pull the femur into a lateral rotation or a posterior position.  Additionally, since it attaches to the IT band, any imbalance can cause either too much or not enough tension in the IT band.  This link is to a video that shows an SMRT release for gluteus maximus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS_rvsD90ek  This release will take tone down in hypertonic muscles and bring tone up in hypotonic muscles.  If you find that it does not work, it is possible the issue is a bony misalignment.   Get more SMRT releases for the hip at http://efullcircle.com/spontaneous-muscle-release-technique-hips-an...

        I have just finished proofing the video for our Lower Extremities DVD.  This DVD set will be over 6 hours long with extras.  The Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique information is exciting, from the ability to quickly release the deltoid ligament in the medial ankle to the ACL release that creates instant mobility in the knee, from the move that softens the ITT in 30 seconds to the ability to unlock the groin muscles without working directly on the pubic bone, from the release for the connective tissue at the popliteal fossa to the instant removal of adhesions between the hamstrings, it is fabulous.  And the extras in this set really excite me.  Patti does a take on active isolated stretching, both on the client and for you, the therapist, and Rhonda's yoga flows beautifully, and is designed to enhance your body mechanics.  Full Circle is an approved massage therapy continuing education provider through the NCBTMB, as well as in NY and ND.  This set is approved for 24 CE's.  To order, http://efullcircle.com/spontaneous-muscle-release-technique-lower-e...

I had an interesting incident at my chiropractor's office this week.  My chiropractor likes to use electrostimulation before each adjustment.  While I was prone on a table with my head turned to the side and electrostim pads on my mid and lower back, the man on the other table, who had had the pads on his hip, got up and walked to the restroom.

I remarked to the receptionist that he had a shortened psoas.  "A short what?"  She asked.  "It's the main hip flexor muscle.  His left side is short and imbalancing his hips."  I said.  Then I apologized for mentioning it.  "No," she said, "tell me more, that's my husband."  "Oh, well then maybe I can just fix it before he gets his adjustment."  I said.  "That would be great."  She said.

So, we put him back on the table in a supine position.  I did 2 moves on each iliopsoas muscle.  It all took about 2 minutes, and he went in to be adjusted.  The chiropractor later told me he had adjusted better than he ever had.  The next day, this man emailed me and asked if he could get an appointment with me.  Although he had been getting consistent massage for years, he informed me that his hip had not felt this good in a decade and he felt it was "a miracle".

I would love to see you in Winter Park, FL and show you how to release iliopsoas in 2 minutes. 10% tuition discount ends March 4, 2014.  http://efullcircle.com/class-schedule/