Western Medicine tends to follow the Cartesian Model and treat the patient's physical symptoms locally, at the site of pain. The practitioner usually uses his or her own preferred form of treatment (i.e. medication, modalities, manual and/or exercise therapy) instead of searching for the source of the pain. However, it is well known that several patients can have the same location of symptoms yet have different causes for the pain. Therefore, as practitioners, we need to be thorough in our evaluations. In this course, designed for BodyTalk Practitioners, key concepts from BodyTalk Module 1 and 2 will be reviewed and integrated into a comprehensive orthopedic evaluation. BodyTalk is a very effective procedure to help understand the complexity of the links behind the dysfunction and restore balance and well being to the client’s body and mind. What ever is happening internally in the body will be manifested externally in the tissues. Therefore, when there is improper communication in the body, you can feel the changes in the muscles, fascia, bone and joints, which can affect the range of motion of the body. In order for BodyTalk to be fully accepted, we need to measure its effectiveness.

The focus of this course is to teach you how to find the dysfunctions in the client’s body using innate (MindScape Techniques) and confirming your results with manual testing methods. In the course you will improve your palpation skills and feel physical lesions in the client’s body. The BodyTalk Practitioner will learn to evaluate range of motion of the upper and lower extremities, the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine and rib cage. Tension tests that determine bone and joint stiffness, muscle spasm, fascial tension and swelling will also be taught.

As BodyTalk makes changes inside the body through restoration of communication, there is also a change in the external body, which can be measured. In this course you will see how environmental influences, stress, emotional and mental factors affect the physical body and learn to see and feel the corrections after a BodyTalk session.

As a BodyTalk Instructor, this course will help with class demonstrations. An evaluation procedure that can be done in whole or in parts, to measure the effectiveness of your BodyTalk session, will be taught. It allows you to demonstrate and objectively measure how stress, environmental, and emotional issues can affect the physical body. As a BodyTalk Practitioner, the manual procedures taught in this seminar will help you to quickly locate the problem areas and verify the dysfunction and the nature of the tissues involved. On completion of the BodyTalk session, the therapist and the client should both be able to see and feel the changes made. This helps educate the client on the effectiveness of BodyTalk. For those continuing in research or case studies, this course will provide objective measurement to validate your outcomes and provide increased credibility for BodyTalk.

Course Objectives:

• Review the key concepts from BodyTalk Module 1 and 2 and integrate the information with a comprehensive orthopedic evaluation.
• Learn to conduct a thorough full body orthopedic evaluation using range of motion, end feels and tension tests on the upper and lower extremities, the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, rib cage, and the organs of the abdominal and chest regions. The cranium will be demonstrated in this level 1 course.
• Improve your palpation and evaluation skills with muscle, fascia, bone, joint and swelling
• You will learn to find dysfunctions (inflammation pockets, energy cysts, muscle spasm, joint restrictions, fascial tension and swelling) in the body using innate (MindScape Techniques) and confirm your results with manual testing methods.
• See how environmental, stress, and emotional factors affect the physical body and learn to see and feel the corrections after a BodyTalk session.