Ep 601 – What We Need to Know About Pain with Kristin Coverly

Join Kristin Coverly and guests Rachelle Clauson, Troy Lavigne, Til Luchau, Nicole Trombley, and Ruth Werner as they explore what practitioners need to know about pain, from fascia to chronic pain, and how shifting our perspectives can transform the way we approach client care.

Resources:

ABMP CE Summit: https://www.abmp.com/summit

ABMP Education Center: https://www.abmp.com/learn/

ABMP CE Course, "Fascia Fundamentals" https://www.abmp.com/learn/course/fascia-fundamentals-what-every-massage-therapist-needs-know

ABMP CE Course, "Understanding Fascia's Role in Low-Back Pain" https://www.abmp.com/learn/course/understanding-fascias-role-low-back-pain

Host:

Kristin Coverly, LMT is a massage therapist, educator, and the director of professional education at ABMP. She loves creating continuing education courses, events, and resources to support massage therapists and bodyworkers as they enhance their lives and practices. Contact her at [email protected].

Guests:

Troy Lavigne is a massage therapist and pain educator. He is the creator of the Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy Podcast, a multitude of neuroscience based continuing education courses, and author of the book "Pain! The Other 4-Letter Word." Learn more at https://www.troylavigne.com/

Nicole Trombley: As a massage educator, Nicole draws on her passion for human biology to help therapists better understand the tissues under their hands. She owns and operates Equilibrio Massage in San Diego, CA, where she has specialized in massage for pregnancy and postpartum since 2004.

Rachelle Clauson: Rachelle loves teaching therapists about the structural organization and beauty of the human fascial system. She serves as the Director of Creative and Administrative Affairs for the Fascial Net Plastination Project, and owns Flourish Bodywork, her private practice where she has been offering hands-on bodywork in San Diego, CA, since 2003.

Til Luchau is the author of the Advanced Myofascial Techniques series of books and trainings and the lead instructor at Advanced-Trainings.com. A Certified Advanced Rolfer, Luchau was on the faculty of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute for 20 years, and his regular Myofascial Techniques and Somatic Edge columns have been featured in Massage & Bodywork magazine since 2009. He and Whitney Lowe cohost the Thinking Practitioner podcast. Learn more at www.advanced-trainings.com.

Ruth Werner is a former massage therapist, a writer, and an NCBTMB-approved continuing education provider. She wrote A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology, now in its seventh edition, which is used in massage schools worldwide. Werner is also a long-time Massage & Bodywork columnist, most notably of the Pathology Perspectives column. Werner is also ABMP's partner on Pocket Pathology, a web-based app and quick reference program that puts key information for nearly 200 common pathologies at your fingertips. Werner's books are available at www.booksofdiscovery.com. And more information about her is available at www.ruthwerner.com.