Introduction

• Preliminary material 

• Course structure

• Scope of practice

• Ethics and consent

• Practicalities

Abdominal massage (based on Chi Nei Tsang)

• Introduction and counter indications

• Anatomy of the internal organs

• Types of touch and palpation skills

• Procedures

  • Basic CNT

  • Fundamental techniques

  • Advanced CNT

Gynaecological massage

• General structures

  • Anatomy of the pelvic girdle

  • Anatomy of the internal muscles of the pelvis

  • Anatomy of the reproductive system

• Vulva

  • Anatomy of the vulva

  • Issues and solutions pertaining to the vulva

  • Procedures

    • Vulva massage and UPS procedure

• Vagina

  • Anatomy of the vagina

  • Issues and solutions pertaining to the vagina

  • Procedures

    • Thiele stripping procedure

    • Other massage techniques

      • Pulsation technique

      • Single point press technique

      • Trigger points technique (Thiele points)

    • Stretching procedures

      • Midwife stretch

      • Hymen stretch

      • Atrophic vaginitis stretch

• Bladder and urination

  • Anatomy of the bladder and of the urinary system

  • Issues and solutions pertaining to the bladder

  • Procedures

    • Bladder lift

    • Bladder-urethral sphincter synchronization

    • Incontinence and interstitial cystitis

• Breasts

  • Anatomy of the breasts

  • Issues and solutions pertaining to the breasts

  • Procedures

    • Mammary glands

    • Painful or heavy breasts

    • Fibroids

• Anus and rectum

  • Anatomy of the anus and the rectum

  • Issues and solutions pertaining to the anus and the rectum

  • Procedures

    • Anal massage preparation

    • Rectal Thiele stripping technique

    • Fissures

Other techniques

• Prolapse techniques

  • Common procedures

  • Uterus prolapse

    • 1st degree

    • 2nd degree

    • 3rd and 4th degree

  • Rectal prolapse

• Uterus displacement

  • Retroverted uterus

  • Lateralized uterus

  • Lateralized cervix

• Neuralgia

  • Nerves of the pelvis

  • Massage procedure to assess for neuralgia

  • Nerve reset

  • Nerve rewiring

  • Pudendal and genitofemoral neuralgia

• Menstrual cycle

• Hormones

• Pregnancy and birth

• Menopause

External myofascial release of the Deep Front Line (DFL)

• Myofascial release

  • Approach

  • Anatomical explanation of the work

  • Variations

  • Techniques

• Anatomical structures of the DFL

• Procedures

  • Upper body

  • Lower body