AMTA Provided Education

**Members, Non-Members, and Students Welcome**

Spring Convention

The larger event held in early spring.  In addition to CEU classes, this is when our annual chapter meeting is held.  We also have our formal banquet and awards ceremony at this time.

Fall Workshop

The smaller workshop with about 35 participants.  Smaller class size offers more one-on-one time with your educator and fellow class attendees.

Fall Workshop with Troy Lavigne

SENSORY APPROACH TO MANUAL THERAPY

OCTOBER 14-15, 2022

This course is designed to help manual therapists gain a greater understanding into the most up-to-date research around fascia, pain, touch stimulus and how these concepts interact with the brain. Through this interaction we delve into the idea of neuroplasticity and how it is that we, as manual therapists can take advantage of this connection to help reeducate the bodies movement and pain patterns.

We explore the relationship that these systems have with both hyper & hypotonicity as well as how this underlying concept of neuroplasticity can be integrated into treatment for all ages. We take time to practice several hands-on labs, including treatment protocols for well known orthopedic concerns as well as attempt to perfect our touch, pace, depth and palpation skills. 

We finish the course with a portion I call “From Born to Pain” - a look into the growth of humans and how we as therapists can have life long lasting effects if we begin our treatments early on and begin to think about our treatment goals in terms of, immediate (days), short term (weeks/months) and long-term (5/10/15 years).  

Course Agenda – Day 1:

7:30am - 8:00am Registration

8:00am - 10:00am Introduction, Sensory System, Nervous System Integumentary System, Biotensigrity

10:00am - 10:15am Break

10:15am - 11:00am Palpation labs (Cornstarch labs, sponge labs, scale labs)

11:00am - 12:30pm Fully Body hands-on Assessment Lab

12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm - 3:15pm Sympathetic/Para-sympathetic hands-on Lab, Updated Fascia Research/treatment methods

3:15pm - 3:30pm Break

3:30pm – 5:00pm Full Body hands-on updated Fascia Lab

Course Agenda – Day 2:

7:30am - 8:00am Registration

8:00am - 10:00am Using Neuroplasticity as a Manual Therapist, Evaluating & breaking neural habits w/ massage

10:00am - 10:15am Break

10:15am – 11:45pm Neural re-education Lab

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 2:45pm Tying it all together demo and lab

2:45pm - 3:00pm Break

3:00pm – 4:00pm Tying it all together Hands-on Lab continued

4:00pm – 5:00pm Clinical Scenarios and Labs (Low Back pain, ITB,    Whiplash, GH Joint)

Bio

Troy Lavigne graduated from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy and holds specialized certifications in Orthopedic/Sports and Pediatric massage. He is currently the Director of Education for the Colorado AMTA and is a published author for Advanced Healing Journal as well as a published researcher. 

Troy opened his massage clinic in Boulder CO in 2005. He was the head massage therapist for the Colorado Rapids U-23 Team and the Oskar Blues Professional Indoor Arena Team. For six seasons Troy was the Head Soigneur for the Trek Factory Racing Olympic Mountain Bike team. He also spent a season with the Cannondale Factory Racing team before giving up life on the road to spend time with his family. During that time he also worked with the US, Canadian, Australian, British and Spanish Cycling Associations.

In 2016 Troy switched his treatment focus from Olympic Athletes to the pediatric population and in 2017 provided massage care for children with disabilities in the slums of India with the LiddleKidz Foundation. 

In 2011 Troy began to design his own continuing education course called the Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy, which he spent 8 years designing and updating. In 2012 Troy became a Certified KinesioTaping Instructor and has been teaching KinesioTaping Courses ever since. In 2015 Troy became a Certified HawkGrips Instructor as well.

He has taught at hospitals, universities and colleges all over the world, including the Johns Hopkins Campus in FL, the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and Children’s Hospital of Denver.