Shannon Goossen AP, BA, LMT, CMTPT

Instructor:
Shannon Goossen AP, BA, LMT, CMTPT

Functional NeuroMyoFascial Techniques
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  • Streamlined “Mover-Stabilizer” Method protocols
  • Fine-tuned NeuroMyoFascial Techniques
  • Current 2023 Research
  • Optimized “Walking Release” Method techniques
  • New therapist–friendly assistive tools
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences research
  • Detailed 77-page Instruction Manual
  • Optional Online Microcurrent For Myofascial Pain (Frequency Specific Microcurrent)
  • 16 additional Florida Board-approved CEUs. (Not NCBTMB-approved.)
    When bundled with Functional NeuroMyofascial Techniques course: only $100

Functional NeuroMyoFascial Techniques
16 CEU Workshop NCBTMB-Approved

Next course dates TBA
email Shannon for updates: shannon “at” myofascial.net

Your clients spend their lives walking, driving, dancing, playing sports. Humans MOVE!

It’s time to learn how to assess and treat their “Moving Violations”!

Our pain problems, fascial distortions and dysfunction show up when we are in motion…

In this 2-day, hands-on intensive, you’ll learn how to figure out those funky, dysfunctional movement patterns and then…

Address the pain at its source, providing lasting myofascial pain relief.

When treating pain from myofascial trigger points & dysfunction is not enough: Learn to see Dynamic Myofascial Dysfunctions in everyone’s unique gait & behavior

N

HUMANS ADAPT! Assessing today’s movement from yesterday’s (yesterYEAR’S) injuries enables you to identify NeuroMyoFascial adaptations and compensatory patterns

N

Recognize associated mechanical & systemic ramifications of myofascial dysfunction

Effective therapy for hidden Neuro-MyoFascial Dysfunctions: How to leverage the interactivity between the brain, peripheral nervous system, myofascial network, biomechanics, & aberrant movement

N

The BRILLIANT efficiency of the brain encourages INSTANT adaptive “solutions” that result in “functional” dysfunction

N

How injured muscles LEARN “the right wrong thing” that lead to ongoing dysfunctional adaptations so we can continue to function until pain STOPS US

N

Learn how to find the story behind the story … something you were never taught in school

N

Take a journey through the miraculous NeuroMyoFascial system: how and why it REALLY holds & releases pain patterns, postural compensations, old physical trauma and emotions

“This information & techniques have changed my life, my practice & the lives of my clients”

Shannon, I really can’t express how grateful & lucky I feel to have taken your Active Myofascial class. I loved the class and learned SO much! Your class is really the only one I’ve ever taken in 25 years as a massage therapist that was so scientific, so heartfelt, very intuitive, and so skillfully taught. The class flew by. I am so looking forward to an advanced class! You really are amazing. Thank you for all of your heartfelt ❤️compassion as a healer & teacher. So grateful!Pamela Bouvier, LMT

Restore functional movement by activating key Mover & Stabilizer muscles with dynamic manual therapy techniques & the Walking Release™ Method

N

GRAVITY is your friend: Learn to access this “assistant therapist” for immediate results

N

Stabilizers! The muscle function you never learned in school, and isn’t in the text books: Learn how to reactivate these core muscles and instantly restore biomechanical ease

N

Once you are STABLE … You can MOVE! Understand the function of Movers: Learn the techniques to release & re-educate these key activation muscles

N

Learn the fascinating relationship between agonist and antagonist muscles: You’ve seen this in your practice, but what does it really mean? You’ll get it, as soon as you see it!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Any Practitioner yearning to better understand the nervous systems impact of the myofascial systems and have complex concepts simplified for immediate clinical application.  Practitioners who have studied the work of Dr. Janet Travell (Shannon’s earliest influencer and teacher) or trained with Cathy Cohen, LMT, CMTPT or Judith DeLany, LMT on myofascial pain, trigger points and perpetuating factors will quickly grasp the concepts and treatment techniques taught in this class.

This class is not recommended for students unfamiliar with myofascial pain, trigger points, or postural/orthopedic evaluation concepts. Additionally, if you have hyper-mobility in the joints of the hands or wrists you may not be able to apply some of the techniques taught.

The 16 CEU Live Workshop is sponsored by Beyond Trigger Points Seminars and is NCBTMB & Florida Board Approved; Cathy Cohen, LMT, Florida Board of Massage Therapy: 50-302 Approved National CEU Educator NCBTMB #450949-0

Your Powerful Learning Objectives

Gain a deeper understanding of overlooked causes of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction from a NeuroMyoFascial perspective

  • Differentiate between active trigger points, latent trigger points and fascial distortion
  • Be able to quickly identify dysfunction in the “Mover and Stabilizer muscles” that can lead to, or be the culprit of your patient’s pain
  • Be able to identify specific myofascial pain pattern maps associated with neck, shoulder, hip and low back pain
  • Learn the critical stabilizer muscles and how to PROPERLY activate them
  • Be able to design patient-specific “gravity-assisted movement release” protocols after evaluating for issues with flexion, extension or rotation
  • Gain an appreciation for long-standing and acute dysfunction driven by the brain/central nervous system which is “simply compensating for an injury/dysfunction/trauma/catastrophic event”
  • Gain a deeper understanding of the EMOTIONAL impact of injury or trauma on the NeuroMyoFascial and limbic systems.
  • Review the Adverse Childhood Experiences research (ACEs) as it relates to chronic pain, disability, addiction and disease

    Learning Outcomes

    By the end of the workshop physicians and practitioners will be able to:

    • Differentiate between active trigger points, latent trigger points, fascial distortion & scarring
    • Identify more serious neurological issues perpetuating myofascial pain
    • Identify the genesis of aberrant movement patterns & distorted biomechanics
    • Identify the impact of injuries on the NeuroMyoFascial system
    • Apply specific active, dynamic NeuroMyoFascial manual therapy techniques to safely and quickly address their patient’s myofascial pain and dysfunction using the Mover Stabilizer Model & Method™
    • Demonstrate basic competence in applying the Walking Release™ method to treat dynamic postural dysfunctions
    • Apply safe techniques to address emotional somatic dysfunction that may linger after old injuries and trauma

Apply powerful microcurrent protocols to support restoration of natural neuro-electrical flow for movement through resonance

This Hybrid Workshop includes “Microcurrent Therapy for Myofascial Pain – Online Modules”  This is part of the Bundle.  FOR Current FSM Practitioners, if you have not taken an FSM course in the last 2 years, its HIGHLY recommended that you take advantage of the special pricing and enjoy the refresher.

This workshop includes powerful Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) applications:

    • Learn how to address scars fast and effectively using probes with a proven FSM protocol
    • Learn to apply FSM protocols with Functional NeuroMyoFascial Techniques to quickly treat Diastasis Recti
    • Receive mobilization & motor sensory reboot protocols to enhance the dynamic treatment techniques you learn in this workshop
    • Learn Shannon’s powerful FSM algorithm that quickly reduces pain and improves nearly anyones’ NeuroMyoFascial function

      THE MICROCURRENT FOR MYOFASCIAL PAIN – ONLINE MODULES is provided by NMT Center and approved for 16 CEUs for FL MASSAGE THERAPISTS FL LMT CE Prov. 50-1440 (Course # 20-526641)
      FL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS FBOT-127 & IS FL AT REGISTERED

      THE MICROCURRENT FOR MYOFASCIAL PAIN – ONLINE MODULES
      IS NOT APPROVED FOR NCBTMB CONTINUING EDUCATION

 “Truly a world changing event: A new paradigm in NeuroMyofascial therapy”

Last week I was privileged to be able to attend the Active Myofascial Treatment Techniques: A Functional Approach class in Colorado Springs. What an amazing weekend of learning and connecting. I am of the age where many of my contemporaries reference if they made it to Woodstock in 1969 because it was a world changing event. I wasn’t there in 1969, but I was in Colorado Springs last weekend. Even though there weren’t 400,000 people in attendance, I view this class as a part of another world changing event. Thank you Shannon and Bonnie and everyone else who was there to share the experience.

Thomas A. Patterson, D.C., P.C.

“Any body worker needs to attend this class and learn the techniques!”

“Shannon’s Mover Stabilizer Myofascial class …helps me examine the fascial issues and how the nervous system drives trigger points, perceived muscle weakness, and then how to immediately make changes in the fascia and give immediate relief to the client! It will catapult your clients’ progress more than ever!”

Mike Anders, OTR/L

 

About your Instructor:

Shannon Goossen AP, BA, LMT, CMTPT

 Shannon Goossen, AP, LMT, CMTPT owns a private practice in Jacksonville, FL.  She is president of Comprehensive Myofascial Therapy Associates, established in 1996.  She teaches nationally about FSM (Frequency Specific Microcurrent) and offers web based training opportunities through www.FrequenciesthatMEND.com,    In 2018 she was the lead instructor and trainer for a 3 1/2 month demonstration project for the DoD to evaluate the efficacy of incorporating microcurrent and bioenergetic devices in hospital outpatient care at Nellis AFB. In the last 5 years she has taught both live and remote at Nellis, Eglin and Scott AFB supporting the Nellis Integrative Medicine Clinic research projects.  She has also been an invited presenter for Richard Neimtzow, MD  RAMP course, US NAC, Walter Reed AIM and PainCare Skills every year since 2020.

In Florida, Shannon is a Licensed Acupuncture Physician, Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist. Shannon has a bachelor degree in Biology and graduated from Hendrix College in 1986.  As a recognized national expert in treating myofascial pain and dysfunction, she expanded her clinical practice by completing her AFMCP (Applying Functional Medical in Clinical Practice) certification through the Institute for Functional Medicine. This certificate allows Shannon to broaden her health care modalities for the most complex patients.  Additionally, Shannon has collaborated with her husband, an orthopedic spine surgeon, for over 19 years applying integrative medicine concepts in clinical practice and during pre and post-operative periods with enormous success. She is a contributing writer to two textbooks (Clinical Mastery in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain 2004, Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques 2005) and has had several articles published on spinal disorders, myofascial pain and dysfunction, and clinical evaluation methods.  Many of her cases are published in the 7th and 8th Annual Microcurrent Case Conference Proceedings. 

 Shannon has been teaching how to integrate microcurrent into clinical practice for nearly two decades. She served on multiple boards including the Academy for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy, the National Association for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist executive committee (Vice President & President) from 1999-2004, and the international editorial board for the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy (2001-2012).  Additionally, she has been presenting at national meetings since 1999 and offers regular CEU workshops on subjects including myofascial pain & dysfunction, spinal disorders and rehabilitation, neurological screening and evaluation, and the use of microcurrent and bio-energetic devices in clinical practice.Currently her FSM protocols, Functional NeuroMyoFascial Techniques & Mover Stabilizer Model &  Methods™ and the Walking Release™  are being implemented by MDs, PTs, OTs, LMTs, LAcs, NPs & DCs.

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Functional NeuroMyoFascial Techniques
16 CEU Workshop NCBTMB & Florida Massage Board-Approved

July 22-23, 2023, St Petersburg, Florida

$595-$695

Shannon Goossen AP, BA, LMT, CMTPT

Instructor:
Shannon Goossen AP, BA, LMT, CMTPT

Functional NeuroMyoFascial Techniques

  • Streamlined “Mover-Stabilizer” Method protocols
  • Fine-tuned NeuroMyoFascial Techniques
  • Current 2023 Research
  • Optimized “Walking Release” Method techniques
  • New therapist–friendly assistive tools
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences research
  • Detailed 77-page Instruction Manual
  • Optional Online Microcurrent For Myofascial Pain (Frequency Specific Microcurrent)
  • 16 additional Florida Board-approved CEUs. (Not NCBTMB-approved.)
    When bundled with Functional NeuroMyofascial Techniques course: only $100

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Your clients spend their lives walking, driving, dancing, playing sports. Humans MOVE!

It’s time to learn how to assess and treat their “Moving Violations”!

Our pain problems, fascial distortions and dysfunction show up when we are in motion…

In this 2-day, hands-on intensive, you’ll learn how to figure out those funky, dysfunctional movement patterns and then…

Address the pain at its source, providing lasting myofascial pain relief.

When treating pain from myofascial trigger points & dysfunction is not enough: Learn to see Dynamic Myofascial Dysfunctions in everyone’s unique gait & behavior

HUMANS ADAPT! Assessing today’s movement from yesterday’s (yesterYEAR’S) injuries enables you to identify NeuroMyoFascial adaptations and compensatory patterns

Recognize associated mechanical & systemic ramifications of myofascial dysfunction

Effective therapy for hidden Neuro-MyoFascial Dysfunctions: How to leverage the interactivity between the brain, peripheral nervous system, myofascial network, biomechanics, & aberrant movement

The BRILLIANT efficiency of the brain encourages INSTANT adaptive “solutions” that result in “functional” dysfunction

How injured muscles LEARN “the right wrong thing” that lead to ongoing dysfunctional adaptations so we can continue to function until pain STOPS US

Restore functional movement by activating key Mover & Stabilizer muscles with dynamic manual therapy techniques & the Walking Release™ Method

GRAVITY is your friend: Learn to access this “assistant therapist” for immediate results

Stabilizers! The muscle function you never learned in school, and isn’t in the text books: Learn how to reactivate these core muscles and instantly restore biomechanical ease

Once you are STABLE … You can MOVE! Understand the function of Movers: Learn the techniques to release & re-educate these key activation muscles

Learn the fascinating relationship between agonist and antagonist muscles: You’ve seen this in your practice, but what does it really mean? You’ll get it, as soon as you see it!

Learn how to find the story behind the story … something you were never taught in school

Take a journey through the miraculous NeuroMyoFascial system: how and why it REALLY holds & releases pain patterns, postural compensations, old physical trauma and emotions

Gain a deeper understanding of overlooked causes of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction from a NeuroMyoFascial perspective

YOUR POWERFUL LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Differentiate between active trigger points, latent trigger points and fascial distortion
  • Be able to quickly identify dysfunction in the “Mover and Stabilizer muscles” that can lead to, or be the culprit of your patient’s pain
  • Be able to identify specific myofascial pain pattern maps associated with neck, shoulder, hip and low back pain
  • Learn the critical stabilizer muscles and how to PROPERLY activate them
  • Be able to design patient-specific “gravity-assisted movement release” protocols after evaluating for issues with flexion, extension or rotation
  • Gain an appreciation for long-standing and acute dysfunction driven by the brain/central nervous system which is “simply compensating for an injury/dysfunction/trauma/catastrophic event”
  • Gain a deeper understanding of the EMOTIONAL impact of injury or trauma on the NeuroMyoFascial and limbic systems.
  • Review the Adverse Childhood Experiences research (ACEs) as it relates to chronic pain, disability, addiction and disease

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    By the end of the workshop physicians and practitioners will be able to:

    • Differentiate between active trigger points, latent trigger points, fascial distortion & scarring
    • Identify more serious neurological issues perpetuating myofascial pain
    • Identify the genesis of aberrant movement patterns & distorted biomechanics
    • Identify the impact of injuries on the NeuroMyoFascial system
    • Apply specific active, dynamic NeuroMyoFascial manual therapy techniques to safely and quickly address their patient’s myofascial pain and dysfunction using the Mover Stabilizer Model & Method™
    • Demonstrate basic competence in applying the Walking Release™ method to treat dynamic postural dysfunctions
    • Apply safe techniques to address emotional somatic dysfunction that may linger after old injuries and trauma

Apply powerful microcurrent protocols to support restoration of natural neuro-electrical flow for movement through resonance

This Hybrid Workshop includes “Microcurrent Therapy for Myofascial Pain – Online Modules”  This is part of the Bundle.  FOR Current FSM Practitioners, if you have not taken an FSM course in the last 2 years, its HIGHLY recommended that you take advantage of the special pricing and enjoy the refresher.

This workshop includes powerful Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) applications:

    • Receive mobilization & motor sensory reboot protocols to enhance the dynamic treatment techniques you learn in this workshop
    • Learn Shannon’s powerful FSM algorithm that quickly reduces pain and improves nearly anyones’ NeuroMyoFascial function
    • Learn how to address scars fast and effectively using probes with a proven FSM protocol
    • Learn to apply FSM protocols with Functional NeuroMyoFascial Techniques to quickly treat Diastasis Recti
    • THE MICROCURRENT FOR MYOFASCIAL PAIN – ONLINE MODULES is provided by NMT Center and approved for 16 CEUs for FL MASSAGE THERAPISTS FL LMT CE Prov. 50-1440 (Course # 20-526641)
      FL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS FBOT-127 & IS FL AT REGISTERED

      THE MICROCURRENT FOR MYOFASCIAL PAIN – ONLINE MODULES
      IS NOT APPROVED FOR NCBTMB CONTINUING EDUCATION

      WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
      Any Practitioner yearning to better understand the nervous systems impact of the myofascial systems and have complex concepts simplified for immediate clinical application. Practitioners who have studied the work of Dr. Janet Travell (Shannon’s earliest influencer and teacher) or trained with Cathy Cohen, LMT, CMTPT or Judith DeLany, LMT on myofascial pain, trigger points and perpetuating factors will quickly grasp the concepts and treatment techniques taught in this class. This class is not recommended for students unfamiliar with myofascial pain, trigger points, or postural/orthopedic evaluation concepts. Additionally, if you have hyper-mobility in the joints of the hands or wrists you may not be able to apply some of the techniques taught. The 16 CEU Live Workshop is sponsored by Beyond Trigger Points Seminars and is NCBTMB & Florida Board Approved; Cathy Cohen, LMT, Florida Board of Massage Therapy: 50-302 Approved National CEU Educator NCBTMB #450949-0

“This information & techniques have changed my life, my practice & the lives of my clients”

Shannon, I really can’t express how grateful & lucky I feel to have taken your Active Myofascial class. I loved the class and learned SO much! Your class is really the only one I’ve ever taken in 25 years as a massage therapist that was so scientific, so heartfelt, very intuitive, and so skillfully taught. The class flew by. I am so looking forward to an advanced class! You really are amazing. Thank you for all of your heartfelt ❤️compassion as a healer & teacher. So grateful!

Pamela Bouvier, LMT

 “Truly a world changing event: A new paradigm in NeuroMyofascial therapy”

Last week I was privileged to be able to attend the Active Myofascial Treatment Techniques: A Functional Approach class in Colorado Springs. What an amazing weekend of learning and connecting. I am of the age where many of my contemporaries reference if they made it to Woodstock in 1969 because it was a world changing event. I wasn’t there in 1969, but I was in Colorado Springs last weekend. Even though there weren’t 400,000 people in attendance, I view this class as a part of another world changing event. Thank you Shannon and Bonnie and everyone else who was there to share the experience.

Thomas A. Patterson, D.C., P.C.

Shannon Goossen, AP, BA, LMT, CMTPT

Shannon Goossen, AP, LMT, CMTPT owns a private practice in Jacksonville, FL.  She is president of Comprehensive Myofascial Therapy Associates, established in 1996.  She teaches nationally about FSM (Frequency Specific Microcurrent) and offers web based training opportunities through www.FrequenciesthatMEND.com,    In 2018 she was the lead instructor and trainer for a 3 1/2 month demonstration project for the DoD to evaluate the efficacy of incorporating microcurrent and bioenergetic devices in hospital outpatient care at Nellis AFB. In the last 5 years she has taught both live and remote at Nellis, Eglin and Scott AFB supporting the Nellis Integrative Medicine Clinic research projects.  She has also been an invited presenter for Richard Neimtzow, MD  RAMP course, US NAC, Walter Reed AIM and PainCare Skills every year since 2020.

In Florida, Shannon is a Licensed Acupuncture Physician, Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist. Shannon has a bachelor degree in Biology and graduated from Hendrix College in 1986.  As a recognized national expert in treating myofascial pain and dysfunction, she expanded her clinical practice by completing her AFMCP (Applying Functional Medical in Clinical Practice) certification through the Institute for Functional Medicine. This certificate allows Shannon to broaden her health care modalities for the most complex patients.  Additionally, Shannon has collaborated with her husband, an orthopedic spine surgeon, for over 19 years applying integrative medicine concepts in clinical practice and during pre and post-operative periods with enormous success. She is a contributing writer to two textbooks (Clinical Mastery in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain 2004, Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques 2005) and has had several articles published on spinal disorders, myofascial pain and dysfunction, and clinical evaluation methods.  Many of her cases are published in the 7th and 8th Annual Microcurrent Case Conference Proceedings. 

 Shannon has been teaching how to integrate microcurrent into clinical practice for nearly two decades. She served on multiple boards including the Academy for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy, the National Association for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist executive committee (Vice President & President) from 1999-2004, and the international editorial board for the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy (2001-2012).  Additionally, she has been presenting at national meetings since 1999 and offers regular CEU workshops on subjects including myofascial pain & dysfunction, spinal disorders and rehabilitation, neurological screening and evaluation, and the use of microcurrent and bio-energetic devices in clinical practice.Currently her FSM protocols, Functional NeuroMyoFascial Techniques & Mover Stabilizer Model &  Methods™ and the Walking Release™  are being implemented by MDs, PTs, OTs, LMTs, LAcs, NPs & DCs.