Facilitated Stretching for Massage Therapist & Sports Massage for Treating Lower Extremity Injuries with Bob McAtee

Facilitated Stretching is a safe, simple, yet dramatically effective streting technique that can be used with a wide variety of clients to regain or improve flexibility. It's easy to learn and to incorporate into your current massage practice.

Facilitated stretching, combined with soft tissue work, will enable the practitioner to obtain greater overall success in client treatment sessions. Additionally, a program of self- stretching using these techniques can  be invaluable for clients in their home stretching programs.

Massage therapists work with soft tissue injuries in a way that few other practitioners do. That's why athletes and active individuals experiencing chronic conditions  of the lower extremity seek out their massage therapists to help them recover. Sports massage techniques are widely used to address musculoskeletal  complaints of the lower extremity and are a valuable adjunct to the repertoire of any massage therapist interested in treating injuries. 

Focuses on these chronic injuries that…