This course has a strong practical focus with the aim of providing participants with the skills and understanding to assess patients and apply manual techniques based around Dr Rosalba Courtney’s “Breathing Muscle Reset” protocol [1]. It will also include a brief review of the functional anatomy of breathing and describe common postural abnormalities and patterns of muscle dysfunction occurring in patients with disordered breathing.
Learning Objectives
- Review the functional anatomy of breathing
- Recognise inhalation and exhalation dominant postural schema
- Recognise key thoracic and extrathoracic patterns of muscle dysfunction associated with dysfunctional breathing
- Review muscles targeted by the ‘Breathing Muscle Reset’
- Learn the steps of the ‘Breathing Muscle Reset’
Participants
This course is applicable to physical therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, massage therapists, SLPs and others who utilise manual therapy techniques in their patient care. Practitioners who have completed or are enrolled in the Integrative Breathing Therapy full professional training are also invited to join this course.
Course Details
The course will run from 8:30AM to 4.30 pm. Places are limited to 30 attendees.
8.30-9am – Intro and overview
9-10.15am – Musculoskeletal aspects of breathing. Functional and dysfunctional breathing patterns.
10.15-10.45 am – Break
10.45-12 noon Assessing postural and muscular patterns in dysfunctional breathing
12-1pm – Practical
1-2pm – Lunch
2-4.30 pm – The ‘Breathing Muscle Reset’ – demonstration and practical
Reference
- Courtney, R., et al., Improvements in multi-dimensional measures of dysfunctional breathing in asthma patients after a combined manual therapy and breathing retraining protocol: a case series report. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 2019. 31: p. 36-43.
