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SOFT TISSUE Dr. Chris Lofquist DC, MS, ATC PRESENTER CONFLICT Conflict No Conflict • Dr. Chris Lofquist, Owner of Flag City • The views expressed in these slides and Sport & Spine the today’s discussion are mine • Dr. Lofquist is a certified Active • The statements and opinions contained Release Techniques provider and a in this program are solely mine. part of the Elite Provider Network • Soft tissue research presented today is which contracts for on site treatment my own. Evaluation and treatment of workers in the corporate recommendations are solely based on environment my own research • My views may not be the same as the views of the proprietary brands, clients or my colleagues • Participants must use discretion when using the information contained in this presentation WHO THE HECK IS THIS GUY? • B.S. in Athletic Training; Heidelberg University • M.S. in Sports & Exercise Rehabilitation; Logan University • D.C. in Chiropractic; Logan University • My post-graduate alphabet soup; CCSP, ART®, ID, TPI, FAKTR, SFMA • Offices in Findlay & Toledo, OH providing soft tissue treatment, chiropractic care, sports performance improvement, rehabilitation and sports injury prevention and treatment • Corporate Wellness through ART- Corporate Solutions CHIROPRACTORS IN THE ATHLETIC SETTING • Each part of the team has a role to fulfill • “Weekend Warriors” or “Pros”? • Backgrounds and Credentials • CCSP • DACBSP CHIROTOWN WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR? • To learn • Historical perspectives • Foci of different techniques • Evolution of soft tissue/myofascial treatment • Introduction to basics of certain treatments TREATMENTS FOR MYOFASCIAL PAIN • Trigger Point/Botox injections • Instrument Assisted Treatment • Orthotic management • Spray and Stretch • Counseling/Coping skills education • Strain/counterstrain/muscle energy • Chiropractic Care • Medications • Imagery/Hypnosis/Mindfulness • Injections Meditation • Ischemic Compression • Dry Needling • Kinesiology tape • Myofascial Release/Active Release • Joint manipulation/mobilization • Acupuncture/Acupressure/Cupping • Positional Release/Active Stretching • Massage • And this is just the tip of the iceberg!!! TOUCH • What’s the first thing we do when we hurt something? • You grab it, rub it or squeeze it • Mechanoreception (A-α & A-β neurons) dampens pain reception (A-δ & C fibers) EVOLUTION OF SOFT TISSUE TREATMENT • 15,000 BCE Cave drawings • 4000 BCE Ayurvedic Medicine • 2700-3000 BCE Cupping, massage techniques, acupuncture • 2500 BCE Egyptian tomb paintings; beginnings of Reflexology • 1500 BCE Eber’s papyrus • 1000 BCE Japanese elements of shiatsu style massage begin to emerge • 800 BCE Greek Athletes utilize massage to aid performance • 400 BCE Hippocrates writes about friction massage • 100 BCE Galen details massage techniques in Roman writings • 400 CE Emperor Constantine bans public baths where much of massage is practiced
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