Massage Therapy Continuing Education Classes

With Dr. Ben Benjamin

Chronic or severe low back pain is one of the most debilitating conditions a person can experience. Roughly two-thirds of the population will suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives. Most therapists and medical professionals find working with this condition both frustrating and difficult, in part because they fail to see the missing component to reducing, eliminating, and eradicating back pain.

The Missing Link in the Assessment and Treatment of Low Back Pain

Dr. Ben Benjamin

What You Will Learn

This comprehensive workshop unveils that missing piece of the puzzle to low back pain. As a result, participants learn how to precisely assess the most commonly injured structures in the low back and to use effective therapeutic approaches to eliminate pain. Attendees gain the tools to successfully differentiate muscle, ligament, and disc injuries, and, as a result, fine-tune their palpation skills and hands-on techniques. Drawing from 50 years of experience as a therapist, educator, speaker, and author, Dr. Ben Benjamin enables all participants to discover the missing link that can solve a wide range of complaints linked to chronic and severe low back pain in this lab-intensive course.

There are six major components to the training:

Anatomy

View and palpate the relevant musculoskeletal structures.

Assessment

Practice musculoskeletal assessment tests and palpation of injured structures.

Theory

Learn how to use the history, positive assessment test findings, and results of palpation to determine which structures are injured.

Integration

After you’ve learned the theoretical background and assessment procedures, we integrate this knowledge through hands-on learning games.

Technique

Apply effective techniques designed to eliminate adhesive scar tissue and enable proper healing.

Clinic

During the training, participants practice their skills by taking part in an injury assessment clinic, free and open to the public, under Dr. Benjamin's supervision.

For more information and to register, visit BenjaminInstitute.com.

About the Instructor

Dr. Ben Benjamin

Ben Benjamin holds a PhD in sports medicine and has been practicing massage since 1963. He has been nationally recognized for his contributions to massage therapy – receiving the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) President’s Award in 2000 and being inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame by the World Massage Festival in 2010.

He was the Founder and President of the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which began in 1974. Dr. Benjamin enhanced his practice by studying under Dr. James Cyriax, widely known for his pioneering work in orthopedic medicine. He has also integrated Aaron Mattes’ Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) techniques into his therapy.

With a passion for helping individuals cope with and overcome pain, Dr. Benjamin has lectured internationally for more than 50 years and written countless articles in publications such as Massage Therapy Journal and Massage and Bodywork magazine.

Dr. Benjamin is also the author of several works referenced by educators and students in the field, such as Listen to Your Pain, Are You Tense? and Exercise Without Injury, and co-author of The Ethics of Touch and Conversation Transformation.