FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY

Coming to OSM
Oregon School of Massage is now offering an advanced training for bodyworkers (LMT’s, Acupuncturists, Naturopaths, etc.) which will provide the practitioners with in-depth, practical, working knowledge of the human nervous system and how bodywork interventions can address imbalances.

May 4-5, 2013
Sat-Sun, 9 am-4pm (12 CE hours)
$325
(To register call OSM. 5003-244-3420 or 800-844-3420)
Our recent Spring 2013 Continuing Education brochure provided only general information about a May 4-5 introductory training. Below is an expanded description of that training. This training will give the participant important health science information and a practical assessment tool (see below). It will also provide a practical picture of an in-depth, year-long training beginning in July.

(At the bottom of this post you will also find a brief comment about that in-depth, year-long Functional Neurology training.)

Functional Neurology for the Practitioner: an Overview
The primary focus of this two-day course is to promote an understanding of functional neurology in the clinical setting. The course is divided into classroom instruction involving everyday practice of principles, and live demonstration and practice of newly learned concepts. (Approximately 70% of the training time will be lecture with the balance being demonstration and practice.) The learner will be introduced to fundamental concepts of functional neurology and how traditional massage therapy, acupuncture, and other therapies such as mental health therapies can be enhanced to accommodate client’s functional neurological deficits.

Day One:
Neuron Theory
• An introduction and explanation of neuron theory and how it applies to body workers and mental health practitioners.
• The relationship of our environment and its influences on the central nervous and muscular skeletal system.
• Plasticity and hemisphericity. The cause of many chronic muscular injuries.
• Advanced components of neuronal structure and activity will be reviewed with emphasis on the relationship between environment and their effects on the central nervous system and muscular system.
• Clinical applications of neuron theory will be emphasized.
Day Two:
Brainstem/Cerebellum/Neocortex
• An introduction and explanation of the brainstem, cerebellum and its importance for bodywork.
• The relationship of the cerebellum to different sections of the body.
• An introduction to eye movements and their link to muscle tone.
• The role of the Neocortex and muscle tone.
• Massage/Acupuncture and hemisphericity.
• Assessment of the cerebellum and Neocortex to help identify neurological imbalances (3 minute screening)

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YEAR-LONG TRAINING IN FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY
July 2013-June 2014
Beginning in July 2013 a year-long training will be offered; it will delve in detail into the functions of the nervous system throughout the human body and how the system interacts with other systems in the maintenance of health. It will address how the nervous system, with various forms of bodywork, can be engaged to address a variety of health conditions.

The year-long training will meet for two consecutive days each month. The exact dates, a detailed course outline and costs will be available in two weeks.