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Shannon Goossen

Microcurrent & Frequency Applications for Pain; Focusing on spinal, neuropathic and myofascial conditions

Shannon Goossen, will provide the practitioner with introductory concepts of using microcurrent frequencies to treat pain and will teach neurological and orthopedic assessment to rule out non-myofascial pathology. Pain can be due to common and more complex physical injuries and pathology. You will learn frequency combinations and techniques for myofascial pain & dysfunction, neuropathic pain, spinal column pain from disc, facet and ligament injuries, as well as fibromyalgia caused and perpetuated by cervical spine injuries. This course is designed for the practitioner who wants a more in depth understanding of physical medicine concepts and how to quickly and easily examine patients for underlying, often overlooked, spinal or neurological disorders. Practitioners will then learn specific microcurrent frequency applications that seem to quickly eliminate pain associated with fibromyalgia, nerve, disc, facet, ligament and myofascial pain. Additionally, this course will provide the history and scientific basis for energy medicine and the use of microcurrent for treating pain.

Amber Davies, BS

Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist

Amber Davies, BS is a certified myofascial trigger point therapist, KY licensed massage therapist, and owner of New Day Myopain Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Amber completely revised The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook (3rd edition) written by her father Clair Davies. This new edition was published by New Harbinger Publications in 2013.

James Fricton DDS, MS

Professor Emeritus in the University of Minnesota Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Public Health

Check out his prerecorded classes on Preventing Chronic Pain

His approach, termed transformative care, blends evidence-based treatments through an interdisciplinary team with extensive training of patients in how to manage their own pain.

In addition to his role as a Pain Specialist at the Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic, Dr. Fricton is a Professor Emeritus in the University of Minnesota Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Public Health. He was trained in Dentistry at the University of Iowa and in Medical Anesthesiology and Pain Management at UCLA School of Medicine and started the Orofacial Pain Program at the University of Minnesota. He has 40 years of experience in patient care, University teaching, and National Institutes of Health-sponsored research on relieving and preventing chronic head and neck pain and use of health information technology in patient care. With over 100 publications and books with his most recent NIH-sponsored research on Personalized Activated Care and Training (www.PACTforPain.com) that helps health professionals integrate patient self-management training with treatment using a telehealth team and technology.

Robert D. Gerwin MD, FAAN

Associate Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Robert Gerwin is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,  and a retired neurologist whose private practice in Bethesda, Maryland was Pain and Rehab Medicine. He remains active lecturing, teaching, writing, editing, and continues to collaborate with colleagues conducting studies in the field of myofascial pain and in issues of chronic pain and headache. 

He continues with an ongoing relationship teaching at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and in Israel with the Israel Musculoskeletal Medicine Society and at the Israel Neurology and Neurophysiology Annual Convention. Dr. Gerwin has completed a study of the morphology of the trigger point at the University of Ghent, Ghent Belgium, January, 2019. The work was done in conjunction with Kayleigh De Meulemeester PhD and Barbara Cagnie PhD.  Dr. Gerwin delivered a plenary session lecture to the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture at their annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ in April, 2019. He also presented a 4 hour workshop on myofascial pain at the conference.

Dr. Julie Zuleger

PhD Edu

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Dr. Julie Zuleger, PhD Edu is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education. She has extensive training and interest in human movement, anatomy, kinesiology, and corrective exercise therapies. Julie is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a retired ATC, Board Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist, Certified Yoga Teacher, Performance Enhancement Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer, Licensed Massage Therapist, and holds a Ph.D. in Education.Mary has racked up an exorbitant number of frequent flyer miles crisscrossing the country to teach the Trigger Point Therapy Protocol to licensed health care professionals, including Licensed Massage Therapists, Athletic Trainers, PTs , OTs, MDs, DCs, DOMs, NPs, and Nurses. She has also treated and been endorsed by several members of the Chicago Bears.

Dr. Ross Turchininov

MD, PhD, DC, LMT Medical Massage Seminar: From Basics to Clinical Application Author, teacher and physician

Dr. Ross Turchaninov is the founder of The Science of Massage Institute (SOMI) and is recognized as America’s leading expert in scientifically based Medical Massage therapy. He has studied Medical Massage in 7 countries, published more than 50 articles in medical journals and authored three books, including Medical Massage, Volume I Second Edition, considered the authority on Medical Massage. His institute has analyzed and distilled the last 100 years of clinical trials from throughout the Western World to bring you incontrovertible evidenced based learning at the highest level.Only the Science of Massage Institute can guarantee that every technique and protocol is backed by 100% science, gives you personal instruction from Dr.Turchaninov and provides incredible support materials including our exclusive Video Library that make Medical Massage fun and easy. Whether you work in Stress Reduction, Sports Massage or the Clinical Massage field we offer information and training relevant to each branch of the massage profession. This is the only massage education program in the United States which has been scientifically tested (Saybrook University) and is being introduced to the Mayo Clinic as the source of Medical Massage for their Integrative Medicine Program.