Art Riggs was one of the first Certified Rolfers[tm] to publish a book about "advanced" techniques. His textbook (Deep Tissue Massage) was adopted by massage therapy programs worldwide, and as a result, his teaching and style has influenced tens of thousands massage and manual therapists in the decades since. Art talks with Til Luchau about his work, aging, self-care, and more. 

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Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Art Riggs’ site: deeptissuemassagemanual.com 

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What are cervicogenic headaches? Are they even a thing, and if so, why are they particularly amenable to manual therapy and massage? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe discuss these questions, and share some self-care tips for you and your clients. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests from http://a-t.tv/ttp-cgh/ 

Episode topics include: 

• What kinds of headaches CAN manual therapy help with? 

Get the handout: a-t.tv/ttp-cgh/ or get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Toby Hall, Kathy Briffa & Diana Hopper (2008) Clinical Evaluation of Cervicogenic Headache: A Clinical Perspective, Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 16:2, 73-80, DOI: 10.1179/106698108790818422 

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What makes taking care of ourselves so hard? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe dissect the difficulties, and share their favorite excuses for not putting their own care first. 

Episode topics include: 

• The five key self-care behaviors; 

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Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Stress in America™ report on caregivers’ self-care 

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Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe review highlights and take-aways from the star-studded first season of their acclaimed podcast (yea, right). 

Most-Downloaded: 

03 Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations 

15 Robert Schleip: Talking to Fascia, Changing the Brain, 20 Years Later 

07 Scoliosis and Manual Therapy 

11 Stretching the Tissues, or the Truth? 

12 The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19 

First Season, by Episode: 

01,02 The Back Story, Pt. 1, Pt 2 

03 Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations 

04,08 Key Challenges Facing Our Field, Pt. 1, Pt 2 

05 Documentation and Electronic Health Records (with Diana Thompson) 

06 Tendons and Tendinopathies 

07 Scoliosis and Manual Therapy 

09 What the Heck is Descending Modulation? 

10 When Does the Tissue Matter? 

11 Stretching the Tissues, or the Truth? 

12 The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19 

13 Inflammation: Hands-On 

14 Do We Keep Doing This? 

15 Robert Schleip: Talking to Fascia, Changing the Brain, 20 Years Later 

16 Benny Vaughn: Black Lives Matter. 

17 Who Charts our Path? 

18 Ann Blair Kennedy and Kemi Balogun: Project COPE 

19 What About Risk? (cohost: Ruth Werner) 

20 A Pain in the Neck: Cervical Challenges and Strategies 

21 My Aching (Upper) Back: Thoracic Spine Pain 

22 Gil Hedley: Fascia, Fuzz and Furor 

23 Do Expectations Shape Results? Mark Bishop 

24 Plantar Foot Pain Crash Course 

25 Psoas Work: Is it Safe? Is it Necessary? 

26 Zoga: Movement for Manual Therapists (with Wojtek Cackowski) 

27 The Little Man in Your Brain: The Homunculus 

28 Advanced Credentialing and Massage as Healthcare (with Cal Cates) 

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• Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Whitney Lowe talks with Cal Cates, executive director of Healwell. They tackle the challenging issues of how to recognize advanced training and the challenges of integrating massage into the healthcare system. 

Episode topics include: 

• Why is advanced credentialing important for us? 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Healwell: https://www.healwell.org/ 

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• Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com. 

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Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe discuss the most famous (yet, unreplicated) illustration in neuroscience, the sensorimotor homunculus, which purports to show the proportion of the brain dedicated to each body part. Is it accurate? 

Episode topics include: 

• Is the cortical homunculus a map, or the territory? 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Catani, Marco. 2017. “A Little Man of Some Importance.” Brain 140 (11): 3055–61. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awx270. 

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Episode image from a sculpture by Sharon Price-James (public domain image). 

(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Til Luchau talks with Polish physical therapist, Anatomy Trains teacher, and manual therapist Wojtek Cackowski about his innovative Zoga Movement method, and how it can help manual therapists not only with their clients, but with their own embodiment and self care. 

Episode topics include: 

• What is Zoga? How does it relate to manual therapy and massage? 

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Resources discussed in this episode: 

• Zoga online courses with A-T (from $20, plus save 15% with coupon “TTP”) 

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• Next Zoga course with A-T: from just $20, plus save 15% by entering “TTP” at checkout at a-t.tv/zoga-amt-headaches/ 

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Whitney and Til discuss the controversies, disagreements, considerations, and their own views on the infamous psoas muscle in manual therapy and massage. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests, and a special chapter from Til’s book from http://a-t.tv/ttp-psoas/ 

Episode topics include: 

• Psoas: Holy Grail muscle, or wholly irrelevant? 

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Resources discussed in this episode: 

• Free Episode Handout with extras 

Episode image copyright Primal Pictures, used by permission 

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Whitney and Til share a treasure chest of foot-pain ideas and techniques, packed full of assessments, anatomy, concepts, and hands-on tools. Download the free (optional) handout and follow along as Til and Whitney give an audio preview of their upcoming Plantar Foot Pain collaborative webinar (part of the ABMP CE Summit). 

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Resources discussed in this episode: 

• Free Episode Handout 

Episode image from Advanced Myofascial Technique Vol 1, under license from Primal Pictures. 

References: 

• Insert comparisons: Bonanno, Daniel R., Karl B. Landorf, and Hylton B. Menz. 2011. “Pressure-Relieving Properties of Various Shoe Inserts in Older People with Plantar Heel Pain.” Gait & Posture 33 (3): 385–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.12.009. 

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Mark Bishop’s research shows that clients who think treatment will help benefit more than those who don’t expect much relief. What is more, practitioners who expect their modality will help actually get better results than practitioners who are less certain. What’s up with that? 

In this episode, Til and Whitney interview manual therapist, physiotherapist and researcher Mark Bishop about his fascinating investigations into how expectations can shape results; the role of client preferences in treatment success; and how practitioners can most effectively leverage these effects. 

Mark Bishop PT PhD FAPTA is a physiotherapist with more than 30 years of clinical and research experience in the area of rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain disorders. His work has focused predominantly on the mechanisms underpinning the efficacy and effectiveness of conservative interventions for pain, especially manual therapy and exercise. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Physical Therapy with affiliations in the Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, and the Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence at the University of Florida. 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources discussed in this episode: 

• Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health 

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• Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com. 

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)