VACUUM CUPPING FOR MYOFASCIAL MOBILISATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

An Essential Tool for Soft Tissue Therapists for anatomically specific myofascial mobilisation & Practitioner Stress Reduction

This DVD will show you an efficient use of Vacuum Cupping for the Soft Tissue Therapist. The cupping technique is anatomically specific myofascial mobilisation. Unlike traditional cupping methods which can usually create bruise on the skin, these new and innovative techniques are anatomically based for myofascial mobilization. It can be integrated into your massage treatment and reduce excessive stress on the therapist's body.

Instructor Robert Granter has been using the technique successfully for over 15 years in a Western Medicine Context. Myofascial Cupping can effectively restore soft tissue movement and mobility by stimulation of fascia and its fibroblastic activity. Rob will introduce the technique, show the proper equipment and the correct application techniques, then  he will show you practical cupping work for various parts of the body.

This DVD can help you achieve efficient and effective outcomes. It is one of the few resources available that outlines the techniques, in careful detail, in a Western Medicine Context

Running time 70 mins

Note: This DVD is Pal format, used in Australia, Asia, UK & NZ. Customers in US & Canada can only play on computers & Laptops.
 

$45  

DVD Contents

Section 1 – The Fundamental Principles, The Required Underpinning Knowledge

  • Introduction, Description of the Technique, The Correct Equipment, The correct application of Vacuum Cupping to the body
  • Why is Myofascial Vacuum Cupping an essential, Clinical Modality for the Remedial Therapist?
  • How does Myofascial Vacuum Cupping positively change tissue mobility?
  • Body regions most suited for the technique
  • Selection of Appropriate Patients 
  • Contra-Indications to Vacuum Cupping
  • Key Principles of Application of Myofascial Vacuum Cupping to maximising effectiveness and limiting adverse tissue reaction
  • How to use the modality effectively in Clinical Practice 

Section 2 – Practical Application of the Myofascial Vacuum Cupping technique

  • Practical Application Of Vacuum Cupping Practical Exercise: Mild Static Vacuum Cupping to the Thoraco-lumbar Fascia / Longissimus / Ilio-costalis / Lower to Upper Trapezius 
  • Mild Sliding Vacuum Cupping: To the Thoraco-lumbar Fascia / Longissimus / Ilio-costalis / Lower Trapezius 
  • Comparison of Static Cupping to Sliding Cupping in the Hamstring Group: Biceps Femoris, Semi Membranosus & Tendinosis
  • The Use of Vacuum Cupping with “Through Range” movement To the Upper Trapezius and Levator Scapula myofascia.

Read Rob's article on Myofascial Cupping
“Rob Granter has packaged his vast experience and years of clinical work in an easy to understand introduction to Vacuum cupping for myofascial dysfunction. This DVD is a must for those wanting to reduce the day to day load on their bodies in the clinic and for those exploring options to enhance clinical outcomes” James Barker, Soft Tissue Therapist, Canberra, Australia

 

About the Author:

Robert Granter has 23 years experience in Soft Tissue Therapy within the Australian Sports Medicine Multidisciplinary Model. Since 1992, he has delivered over 30 conference presentations within Australia, the UK, and New Zealand. Rob was a contributor to the textbook Clinical Sports Medicine by Dr. P. Brukner and Dr. K. Khan, which is now in its 4th revised edition and has sold over 40,000 copies worldwide. He is co-founder of the Australasian College of Soft Tissue Therapy and is the only Soft Tissue Therapist on the editorial board of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Rob is based in Melbourne, Australia, and has been head of Massage Therapy/Soft Tissue Therapy for:

  • Australian Olympic teams for Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000

  • Victorian Institute of Sport (10 years)

  • 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne

  • The Sports Medicine Centres of Victoria group practice (5 years)

  • Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre (6 years)

  • Essendon, Australian Football League Football club (7 years)

  • Australian Commonwealth Games team Kuala Lumpur 1998

Rob was also a member of the Australian Olympic team for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, as a Massage Therapist. He is currently in private practice in Melbourne and is a teacher in the Myotherapy Department at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University.

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