MFR for the Trunk, Ribs and Respiration - Brisbane 2027

CPE: 12 CPE points

Catering: All tickets now include morning tea and lunch. Please advise of any dietary requirements when booking your ticket. ATMS can only guarantee your dietary requirements will be catered for with at least 7 days notice.

Items to Bring: A massage table, oils and towels.

To ensure the success of this seminar, it is a requirement that you bring above items to the event. If you do not have a massage table, please arrange table hire via https://www.firm-n-fold.com.au/shop-online/hire-equipment or company of your choice.

If you live in a regional area or have any concerns regarding bringing a massage table to the event, please email us at events@atms.com.au

The course will strengthen the understanding of fascia as a continuous, three-dimensional connective-tissue system, including the roles of fibroblasts, collagen, elastin and ground substance. It covers mechanotransduction, fascial mechanoreceptors and proprioception and how sustained, sensitive MFR influences tissue tone, movement awareness and autonomic regulation.

The practical content focuses on assessment-informed and client-centred techniques for the pectoral fascia, posterior and lateral ribs, thoracolumbar fascia, upper trapezius, levator scapulae, temporalis fascia, and atlas-occiput region. There are approaches for the lumbosacral and thoracolumbar regions, upper thorax, thoracic facet mobility, pelvic lift, sacral ligaments, sacral nutation/ counternutation and rib mobilisation, including first-rib techniques.

MFR for:

• Trunk - anterior, posterior and lateral

• Lumbopelvic - sacral ligaments and fascia, gluteal fascia

• Cervical - superficial and deep layers

• Head - temporalis fascia

Functional Techniques:

• Anterior Posterior Rib Movement

• Lateral Medial Rib Movement

Mobilising for:

• Thoracic and Lumbar facet joints

• SIJ

Biomechanics

A review of Fryettes Laws, a useful heuristic approach to assessing facet joint restrictions.

Presenter: Michael Stanborough

Michael Stanborough, MA, Advanced Rolfer, has taught Myofascial Release at numerous schools, hospitals and clinics in the USA, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico, Australia and Africa. He was the first Australian to be certified as a teacher of Rolfing® by the Rolf Institute and has been practicing that method for over 35 years. Michael is director of SI Australia. His classes blend new information on the physiology of fasciae with lively presentations of techniques that are immediately relevant to practising therapists.

Cancellation: If it is deemed that a seminar is not viable, it may be postponed or cancelled by ATMS.

Please note that it is not permissible to bring children to ATMS seminars.