27 March 2021, 10.00 – 12.00

Zoom online event

Muscle Testing Workshop

Many bodywork therapists wish they could have some pre-treatment assessments to help guide them to appropriate treatment with massage or exercises. These assessments can also be performed post-treatment to check effectiveness.

Useful to any massage therapist, Pilates instructor, yoga practitioner, personal trainer, reflexologist and soft tissue therapist who wishes to tailor each session or treatment to suit each client. It also gives clear evidence of improvement for both practitioner and client.

Attendees will go home armed with some useful assessment skills ready to use in clinic to monitor effectiveness of massage sessions.

Please note, it would be good to have a body to work with for the workshop, if you have someone you can safely work with. If that’s not possible a skeleton would be a good substitute.

 

Introduction to muscle testing course on 27 March 2021:

Includes latissimus dorsi, psoas, TFL, gluteus med, gluteus max and QL. These tests give assessment skills for massage treatments that can be included in a massage therapy session to see if there has been an improvement between pre and post massage.

 

Biography:

Jane Langston worked for over 20 years in haematology and blood transfusion laboratories within the UK National Health Service and is Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science. She went on to develop her skills as an Amatsu practitioner in a busy clinic in Hertfordshire for a further 20 years.

Jane is a teacher of Amatsu Soft Tissue Therapy and anatomy and physiology, and director of Amatsu Training School Ltd and Learn Anatomy Ltd. As a result of many years of teaching, she understands that students need good strategies to help them learn, retain and apply anatomical studies. Jane is an Amatsu Therapy representative and Vice Chair of the General Council for Soft Tissue Therapies, and an Amatsu advisor to the British Register for Complementary Therapies.

Jane has co-authored two books with Earle Abrahamson; “Making Sense of Learning Human Anatomy & Physiology”, and most recently “Muscle Testing: A Concise Manual” (Handspring Publishing) Muscle Testing: A Concise Manual, published in November 2019. Orders can be placed directly with her via her website, or via Handspring Publishing’s website. It can also be ordered through Amazon, or from your local bookseller.

Her book is described as “This clear and concise manual describes the structure, location and
function of the most frequently tested muscles, together with their muscle testing techniques
using various methods and styles of testing. Designed to be a useful guide in clinic, it includes
clinical hints and tips. Beautiful diagrams help provide explanations to clients and patients.
The text is supplemented by video clips demonstrating each muscle test.”

Jane Langston
Author, Practitioner, Managing Director at Learn Anatomy Ltd
A https://www.learnanatomy.uk/resources/muscle-testing-a-concise-manual
P 07890 437940
E jane@amatsutrainingschool.com
W www.amatsutrainingschool.com
W www.learnanatomy.uk

Co-author "Muscle Testing: A Concise Manual" (publication date November 2019)
Co-author "Making Sense of Learning Human Anatomy & Physiology"