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MYOFASCIAL TECHNIQUES Tips for Effective Work Keep everyone comfortable. You and your client should both be comfortable and able to relax. The pressure, position, or movements you use should never be uncomfortable for either of you. Make anatomy a breeze with Primal 3D anatomy software. Primal 3D anatomy software can help you learn, revise and remember anatomy more eff ectively using clear and accurate 3D images in an easy to use digital format. Ideal for massage therapists, Interactive Functional Anatomy 2nd Edition DVD-ROM includes a choice of 3D models of human anatomy that include bones, attachments, insertions and muscles plus an overview of the neurovascular system. Choose a view, rotate, add/remove anatomy layers and identify any muscle. Select a muscle for related text and links to muscle function animations. "The software has enhanced my skills as a manual therapist because I am able to identify muscles precisely and understand their functional synergy with adjacent muscles. " – M.Rizk, CPT, IFS, NMT Stay superfi cial. Even though the tools shown here—forearm, soft fi st, palm, fi ngertips—can be used for deep work, stay in the outer layers of the body at fi rst. You'll be surprised at how much easier the deeper work will go, and how much longer its eff ects will last. Use your client's movement. Instead of pushing tissue around, use your client's slow, conscious movement to release and reeducate habitual movement patterns. Touch the person, not just the tissue. Remember that you are asking for change from a living, breathing being; not from inanimate compounds like tissue or myofascia. Interactive Functional Anatomy 2nd Edition DVD-ROM RRP $275 Order online at: Readers of Massage & Bodywork can save 20% – simply quote MB109 when ordering. Call TOLL FREE 800 716 2475 www.primalpictures.com (use off er code MB109 at the checkout). Take a preview online at www.anatomy.tv use login: MB109 and password: anatomy. If you have any questions please contact Sam Huggins at sam@primalpictures.com Primal Pictures Ltd, 4th Floor, Tennyson House, Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PA • UK Tel. +44 20 7637 1010 Fax: 1-415 366 1679 (secure e-fax number that comes to a PC in London) www.primalpictures.com www.anatomy.tv 122 massage & bodywork january/february 2009 Massage Bodywork ad SH 10.08.indd 1 30/10/08 08:17:41 Balance and integrate. Most clients will feel more balanced if you end with work in the front to counterbalance the back length of the fi rst technique. Be sure to incorporate your local work into an entire- body perspective, rather than just focusing on parts.