Welcome to the very start of your extremely rewarding Canine Myo-therapeutic journey.
The three courses on offer: Certificate in Myotherapy, Certificate in Sports Myotherapy and Exercise Physiology, and the Certificate in Remedial Myotherapy and Myofacilitation can only be completed in succession one after the other.
The 3 courses in total have an array of experience to offer the students spanning over three very productive decades with a sound ‘hands-on’ approach. Our system of layering the information enables the student to continually broaden their knowledge from the ground up. Subject matter builds accordingly to ensure your learning outcomes are being met.
Courses have been developed specifically to canine anatomy and is designed for all humans with a love of dogs and a keen interest in improving their health, wellbeing, movement, performance, and quality of life at every stage of their life.
Students learn how to apply traditional massage techniques working specifically into each muscle with the awareness of all positive physiological effects being initiated to aid the healing processes. There are a variety of techniques within this course that celebrate the steps to our foundational naturopathic approach of looking at the body with a ‘whole-body-balance’ perspective to achieve the best outcomes for the individual.
Students will be guided on specific techniques that are appropriate, effective and targeted to dysfunction, along with rehabilitative exercises to manage chronic muscular pain, reducing inflammation and maximising muscle function.
When we know more about the canine anatomy and physiology, we are also able to understand how muscles move the skeleton, how they injure, and how they heal. Students will learn the importance of the treating the whole muscle, including the importance of fascia, the powerhouse muscle belly through to the muscle-tendon junctions and the interrelationship of neuromuscular function, all to which leads to the positive influence that massage will stimulate, so the body can reap the healing benefits of each treatment.
We discuss biomechanics and what is required by the dog’s musculature to perform different actions, together with muscle compensation patterns, repetitive muscle strains and how to start identifying them and treat them accordingly. Every dog is different; therefore, every massage treatment should be tailored to meet the needs of each individual dog.
With so many activities and sports available to dogs, there are also many soft tissue injuries that first go unnoticed. Over time this can further exacerbate other undesirable joint and skeletal issues.
Compensation patterns in the dog’s musculature, development and movement can easily relate back to many reasons why the dog has been carrying such dysfunction and discomfort. Authentic massage has long been proven to ascertain and balance soft tissue and skeletal dysfunction.
