Introduction to Manual Neurovascular Release (NVR) for Structural and Functional Balance
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This introductory course to Neurovascular Release work can stand alone or prepare you
for the deeper dive included in the next five courses of the full NVR curriculum. The
techniques and lessons selected for you to start with will help you improve left-right and
front-back balance throughout the body, rather than in just one region. This lays the
foundation for understanding how to work effectively with the nerves and vessels that
weave through the fascial layers.
The NVR curriculum integrates techniques, perspectives, and practices from structural
integration, osteopathy, and clinical massage. This first course sets the stage for
practitioners to begin working with osteopathic subtlety and precision.
In this course, we will lean into the practices and perspectives of a Structural Integrator.
Clients are fully clothed for NVR sessions, so they are free to stand, walk, and explore
movement during a session. Movement helps your client integrate the changes you are
making, cultivating their interoceptive and proprioceptive awareness. It also helps you
see and track changes in your client’s quality and range of movement.
We will discuss a few specific therapeutic applications (such as plantar fasciitis,
whiplash, and scoliosis), but the emphasis in this course is on structural and functional
balance in the fascial system, through the NVR lens. If your practice already focuses on
orthopedic issues, you will be excited to add the techniques you learn in this class to
your tool kit.
Our focus will be centered on:
erector spinae, neck, hip flexors, hamstrings, gluteal muscles, piriformis, and hip
adductors.
Return home with fresh insight and immediately useful methods for improving overall
front-to-back and left-right balance.
Prerequisite: Manual therapy license/license to touch (e.g., Massage Therapists,
Nurses, PTs, OTs, Chiropractors, etc.) from your state. It is recommended that you have
three years of massage experience, training as a structural integrator, or education in
physical therapy or osteopathy before embarking on this NVR journey.
Please see the FAQ on Kier's course website for guidance on whether to take this Intro
course or Manual NVR Part 1.
CE CREDITS
24 NCBTMB CE Hours (approval pending)
24 IASI CE Hours (approval pending)
COST
$960
DATES & TIMES
December 13-15, 2024
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
LOCATION
Adrian Pool House
Cross Creek Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30327
REGISTER
Click here to register.
This introductory course to Neurovascular Release work can stand alone or prepare you
for the deeper dive included in the next five courses of the full NVR curriculum. The
techniques and lessons selected for you to start with will help you improve left-right and
front-back balance throughout the body, rather than in just one region. This lays the
foundation for understanding how to work effectively with the nerves and vessels that
weave through the fascial layers.
The NVR curriculum integrates techniques, perspectives, and practices from structural
integration, osteopathy, and clinical massage. This first course sets the stage for
practitioners to begin working with osteopathic subtlety and precision.
In this course, we will lean into the practices and perspectives of a Structural Integrator.
Clients are fully clothed for NVR sessions, so they are free to stand, walk, and explore
movement during a session. Movement helps your client integrate the changes you are
making, cultivating their interoceptive and proprioceptive awareness. It also helps you
see and track changes in your client’s quality and range of movement.
We will discuss a few specific therapeutic applications (such as plantar fasciitis,
whiplash, and scoliosis), but the emphasis in this course is on structural and functional
balance in the fascial system, through the NVR lens. If your practice already focuses on
orthopedic issues, you will be excited to add the techniques you learn in this class to
your tool kit.
Our focus will be centered on:
- Improving mobility, stability, structural balance, and resilience within the fascia system.
- Learning to feel artery tension and how it affects muscle hypertonicity, pulling the fascial web out of balance.
- Learning to feel and work with individual nerve restrictions, and free various neurovascular tracts using myofascial techniques to more thoroughly address orthopedic issues and pain.
- Learning neurovascular anatomy and brushing up on your myofascial anatomy as you build your touch skills. You will emerge with a mental map of the nerves and arteries that helps you see how restrictions within the network can adversely influence posture and limit movement. Broadening your understanding of anatomy in this way will help you develop more complete session strategies.
erector spinae, neck, hip flexors, hamstrings, gluteal muscles, piriformis, and hip
adductors.
Return home with fresh insight and immediately useful methods for improving overall
front-to-back and left-right balance.
Prerequisite: Manual therapy license/license to touch (e.g., Massage Therapists,
Nurses, PTs, OTs, Chiropractors, etc.) from your state. It is recommended that you have
three years of massage experience, training as a structural integrator, or education in
physical therapy or osteopathy before embarking on this NVR journey.
Please see the FAQ on Kier's course website for guidance on whether to take this Intro
course or Manual NVR Part 1.
CE CREDITS
24 NCBTMB CE Hours (approval pending)
24 IASI CE Hours (approval pending)
COST
$960
DATES & TIMES
December 13-15, 2024
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
LOCATION
Adrian Pool House
Cross Creek Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30327
REGISTER
Click here to register.
Thank you for your interest in The Bodywork Education Project.
We look forward to bringing you a first rate educational experience.
Please feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.
