Description
This class blends dynamic and resistance stretching with barefoot massage techniques to enhance mobility, reduce protective tension, and support tissue adaptability. You’ll use your feet to guide clients through multidirectional movement, traction, and elongation—while applying deep, consistent pressure.
Class is 2 days, and you’ll earn 16 Continuing Education credits. (NCBTMB and some select states)
Travel fee: *If the instructor is traveling to a location to teach this class, rather than teaching at their home base, then the tuition rate may increase by 36%,
Please plan your schedule to allow time to be present and punctual for the entire training experience. Partial attendance is not permitted. Any hours missed in class must be made up with the instructor, and will be charged at their hourly rate. No CE’s or access to Alumni resources are granted until the class is completed in full.
Therapists will learn:
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A modern, movement-based barefoot approach that capitalizes on the rising client demand for specialized stretch therapy
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Stretch therapy theories grounded in biotensegrity, nervous system down-regulation, and modern pain science
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Structural benefits, functional intent, and the biomechanical “why” behind every stretch and mobilization
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Multi-planar, 3-dimensional techniques to mobilize the hips, spine, and shoulder girdle with effortless control
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Pathology-reviewed contraindications, cautions, and adaptations for hypermobile, hypomobile, and joint-replacement populations
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Optimal body mechanics using overhead bars and Ashi-Strap leverage to direct force and resist client movement without joint strain
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How to manipulate the limbs through passive range of motion, gentle traction, and joint centration underfoot
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Clear verbal cueing strategies to guide clients through active-assisted movement, PNF, reciprocal inhibition, and pin-and-stretch resistance
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Nerve glide integration and proprioceptive feedback tools to retrain the brain’s perception of safe movement
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Seamless draping techniques using your toes to weave dynamic stretches into existing table massages, as well as full-body clothed session strategies
