3-19-12 Monday

Body Awareness 2
Well that was fun!!
Homework has something to do with journaling about what we are doing being relevant to class, what you are learning/exp. and how it's helpful to massage training.
Read Frye chap5
practice Tai chi and centering
Bring sheets and blindfold

Psych 2
Again, can't say much.
Any question, consult the syllabus.

NMT
neuromuscular therapy (nmt): utilization of static pressure on a MFTrP (myofacial trigger point) to relieve pain restore function; **it must affect CNS**
as in the clients recognition of the pain subsiding

Trp: area of hyper irritability within a taut band that refers pain upon palaption
-active: actively referred pain
-latent: don't know its there until its touched
-satellite: aka secondary TrP, gets set up because of an unresolved TrP; far from origin, will refer
TrP travels
tender points don't

P. 59- origin of Traps (typically refers up)
O: external occipital protuberance, lig nuche, sp of C7-T12
I: spine scapula, acromion, lat third of clavicle
A:
Fiber direction: in is toward the midline, out is away from midline
with taut band
review mm fiber direction, action, bones it moves
P.21

SCM (typically refer up)
O: clavicular head, sternal head
I: mastoid process and lat half superior nuchal line
a:
Levator scap
O: tp of c1-4, attached by slips (tendonous, attach mm to tp)
I: medial boarder scap, superior angle (just above scap spine)
this is a twist

scalenes refer down

2-29-12 Wednesday

ENERGETICS
didn't take notes

CLINIC ORIENTATION
received enough papers to not take notes
But way excited to have Renee as the supervisor!