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World Massage Festival & Massage Therapy Hall of Fame August 1-5, 2021 Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, Nevada to educate the general public about massage, to educate therapists about different types of massage and to have fun.     |
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Mark Carangelo is an Author, Presenter, and owner of an accredited massage therapy school since 1997 with 28 years of clinical experience. He lectures year round across America on acute and chronic pain and specializes in movement. Mark was inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame class of 2017, and he was the inaugural vice president of the New Jersey massage and Bodywork therapy licensing board where he served 6 years. Mark has developed Kinetic Activation Technique (KAT) and Functional Integrated Therapy (FIT) for the manual therapist seminar series and DVD series. He presents nationwide at state conventions, such as the AMTA and is a presenter for The Red Bank Holistic Learning Center. His audience includes massage and physical therapists, as well as athletic trainers, chiropractors, nurses, physicians, occupational therapists, and high-end sports and athletic trainers. He currently consults for the Washington Redskins as a movement therapist. Mark worked for the Columbia U. sports medicine staff as a manual therapist, was a consultant for the UCLA football strength staff and has been on the New York Jets strength and conditioning staff. He still works with many elite athletes from UFC, MMA fighters and woman's professional soccer to world class swimmers. Mark has amassed hundreds of thousands of hours of clinical experience, and his school is recognized as one of the most complete in the USA. " target="_blank">Website Pin & Stretch Techniques 8 CE Hours Class description: Pin and Stretch (P&S) Technique is a movement based muscle lengthening approach that is highly effective at assisting/treating issues with muscle, tendon, ligament and fascia. Tissues that may appear abnormal with regard to texture, tightness, movement, and function are treated with stretching combines with sliding force, which are intended to increase movement of the tissues by removing or breaking up adhesions. You may accomplish this by way of C-clamping or direct pressure applied tissue you wish to release. Pin and Stretch requires client participation for its overall effectiveness with regards to Targeted areas that are identified in muscles and tendons where overuse or dysfunction may have caused repetitive injury and the potential for scar tissue build up. As a result, this may cause nerve irritation, shorten the potential length of muscles and may produce tendons irritation. By this application of direct pressure while the client performs specific motions to lengthen the tissue in the specific movements, the result is to ultimately release underlying tissues. This has the potential to increases blood flow, reduces nerve pain, improve range of motion, and increases strength. PLEASE DO NOT WEAR PERFUME, COLOGNE OR ESSENTIAL OILS TO CLASS.
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