Soft Tissue

68 Pages·2016·6.81 MB·English

SOFT TISSUE
Dr. Chris Lofquist DC, MS, ATC
PRESENTER CONFLICT
Conflict No Conflict
• Dr. Chris Lofquist, Owner of Flag City • The views expressed in these slides and
Sport & Spine the today’s discussion are mine
• Dr. Lofquist is a certified Active • The statements and opinions contained
Release Techniques provider and a in this program are solely mine.
part of the Elite Provider Network
• Soft tissue research presented today is
which contracts for on site treatment
my own. Evaluation and treatment
of workers in the corporate
recommendations are solely based on
environment
my own research
• My views may not be the same as the
views of the proprietary brands, clients
or my colleagues
• Participants must use discretion when
using the information contained in this
presentation
WHO THE HECK IS THIS GUY?
• B.S. in Athletic Training; Heidelberg University
• M.S. in Sports & Exercise Rehabilitation; Logan University
• D.C. in Chiropractic; Logan University
• My post-graduate alphabet soup; CCSP, ART®, ID, TPI, FAKTR, SFMA
• Offices in Findlay & Toledo, OH providing soft tissue treatment, chiropractic
care, sports performance improvement, rehabilitation and sports injury
prevention and treatment
• Corporate Wellness through ART- Corporate Solutions

CHIROPRACTORS IN THE ATHLETIC
SETTING
• Each part of the team has a role to fulfill
• “Weekend Warriors” or “Pros”?
• Backgrounds and Credentials
• CCSP
• DACBSP
CHIROTOWN
WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR?
• To learn
• Historical perspectives
• Foci of different techniques
• Evolution of soft tissue/myofascial treatment
• Introduction to basics of certain treatments
TREATMENTS FOR MYOFASCIAL PAIN
• Trigger Point/Botox injections • Instrument Assisted Treatment
• Orthotic management • Spray and Stretch
• Counseling/Coping skills education • Strain/counterstrain/muscle energy
• Chiropractic Care • Medications
• Imagery/Hypnosis/Mindfulness • Injections
Meditation
• Ischemic Compression
• Dry Needling
• Kinesiology tape
• Myofascial Release/Active Release
• Joint manipulation/mobilization
• Acupuncture/Acupressure/Cupping
• Positional Release/Active Stretching
• Massage
• And this is just the tip of the iceberg!!!
TOUCH
• What’s the first thing we do when we hurt something?
• You grab it, rub it or squeeze it
• Mechanoreception (A-α & A-β neurons) dampens pain reception (A-δ & C fibers)
EVOLUTION OF SOFT TISSUE TREATMENT
• 15,000 BCE Cave drawings
• 4000 BCE Ayurvedic Medicine
• 2700-3000 BCE Cupping, massage techniques,
acupuncture
• 2500 BCE Egyptian tomb paintings; beginnings of
Reflexology
• 1500 BCE Eber’s papyrus
• 1000 BCE Japanese elements of shiatsu style massage begin to emerge
• 800 BCE Greek Athletes utilize massage to aid performance
• 400 BCE Hippocrates writes about friction massage
• 100 BCE Galen details massage techniques in Roman writings
• 400 CE Emperor Constantine bans public baths where much of massage is practiced