World Massage Festival &
Massage Therapy Hall of Fame


August 1-5, 2021
Planet Hollywood
Las Vegas, Nevada


Our Mission Statement: To honor those who built the bridges for our profession,
to educate the general public about massage, to educate therapists
about different types of massage and to have fun.











Erik Dalton
2008 Massage Therapy Hall of Fame Member


Erik Dalton, Ph.D. founded the Freedom From Pain Institute® and created Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT)®. He is the author of three best-selling manual therapy textbooks and online home-study programs and his institute offers a 210-hour Master Myoskeletal Therapist (MMT) degree program. Erik and his wife reside in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Santiago, Costa Rica with their two overly optimistic dogs.

Website: Visit www.erikdalton.com for additional information.





Neck, Sciatic & Running Injuries

7 CE Hours

Class description:

Myoskeletal techniques for assessing & treating:
  • Sciatica & functional scoliosis
  • Neck & rib pain
  • Ankle, knee & hip sports injuries
  • Low back & sacroiliac pain
This 70% hands-on workshop features special video animation, anatomy dissection and dozens of head-to-toe techniques that stimulate the visual learner. Relaxed practice sessions with Erik's highly skilled teaching assistants delight kinesthetically attuned therapists. You will learn how to explain pain, retain clients & raise your rates.

Upgrade your skill-set and boost referrals with Erik Dalton's extremely popular pain-rehab techniques. Learn WHY they work and HOW to change the brain's mind about your client's pain…the Myoskeletal way!

PLEASE DO NOT WEAR PERFUME, COLOGNE OR ESSENTIAL OILS TO CLASS.





Radiculopathy, Tendinopathy & Dowager's Hump
7 CE Hours

Class description:

Myoskeletal techniques for assessing & treating:
  • Neck cricks, shoulder & arm pain
  • Rotator cuff, tennis & golf injuries
  • Forward head posture & dowager's humps
  • Thoracic outlet, carpal tunnel & piriformis entrapment syndromes
This 70% hands-on workshop features special video animation, anatomy dissection and dozens of head-to-toe techniques that stimulate the visual learner. Relaxed practice sessions with Erik's highly skilled teaching assistants delight kinesthetically attuned therapists. You will learn how to explain pain, retain clients & raise your rates.

Upgrade your skill-set and boost referrals with Erik Dalton's extremely popular pain-rehab techniques. Learn WHY they work and HOW to change the brain's mind about your client's pain…the Myoskeletal way!

PLEASE DO NOT WEAR PERFUME, COLOGNE OR ESSENTIAL OILS TO CLASS.





Whiplash, Sacral Torsions & Reactive Muscle Spasm
7 CE Hours

Class description:

You will learn:
  • Innovative head & neck routines for chronic whiplash
  • New ways to treat hip and sacroiliac pain
  • Joint-by-joint stretches for reactive muscle guarding
  • Muscle-activating techniques to improve posture
  • How to explain pain, retain clients & raise your rates
This 70% hands-on workshop features special video animation, anatomy dissection and dozens of head-to-toe techniques that stimulate the visual learner. Relaxed practice

PLEASE DO NOT WEAR PERFUME, COLOGNE OR ESSENTIAL OILS TO CLASS.

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