When muscles are under stress, they are likely to develop trigger points, which have been shown in several studies to be responsible for the vast majority of pain in the body.

In this remote study CE course, we describe in detail and teach you how to perform specific assessments of perpetuating factors that we have found to be recurrent and critically important for the most common pain patterns.

describe and teach you how to perform specific assessments of perpetuating factors that we have found to be recurrent and critically important for the most common pain patterns. A sampling of topics included:

• A basic description of trigger points, how they come about and effects they produce
• How the protective instincts of the central nervous system can set up pain conditions due to muscular splinting
• How the injury model of pain is usually wrong and the tragic consequences of our medical system's exclusive focus on it
• How to accurately assess leg length or hemipelvis discrepancy in yourself and others, with appropriate correction strategies
• What muscles are most sensitive to lateral asymmetry and various types of postural disturbance
• How head forward posture can lead to persistent pain conditions
• What hyperpronation is and how it can lead to a wide variety of pain issues
• How to assess and correct hyperpronation in yourself and others
• The powerful connection between hyperpronation and postural collapse
• The most common factors that set up sciatica
• How to uncover dysfunctional breathing patterns and how it can set up many severe upper body pain conditions
• The connection between the abdominal muscles and back pain