In this workshop, Martin will introduce three basic exercises from Hunyuan systems which are Wuji Standing Goning, Hunyuan Internal Gong and Hunyuan 24 form. He will explain their origin, how they work to enhance energy, and demonstrate them.

Hunyuan Taiji system is created by grand master Feng ZhiQuang, and is most popular practiced by people of mainland China and some of western countries nowadays. In the last decade, more and more academies and institutions investigated Hunyuan Method that how is worked to human body and curability and why it can increase energy of the practicers. Martin will share his last nine years studies and his own experience with you in the workshop.

Martin Deng has just come from Beijing recently, and has already established Australia HunyuanTaiji Academy in WA. He has had dedicated nine years practicing and teaching under Grand Master Feng and Master Liu Wenqi’s instruction and is the first instructor of this kind to come to Australia. He is also a masseur working for Ping Min Health (an acupuncture clinic). He combined his Taiji Qigong abilities with massage technique for his massage job and has already received popularity within six months.

Catherine Tiney has over 13 years experience as a full time massage therapist, she has worked with Mark Deal for 10 of those and taught Sports Massage at his former school. After graduating from TAFE in 1994, she became President of AMT in 1997, following this she travelled internationally for a year with Lord of the Dance and Gaelforce Dance as massage therapist for the troupe. Currently she is the manager and owner of Sydney Essential Health in Sydney's eastern suburbs and teaches her own workshops on Trigger Point Therapy. Her treatment techniques include Trigger Point Therapy, Muscle Energy Technique, Onsen Technique, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, Neuromuscular Technique and Myofascial Release.

Outline:

1. What is a Trigger Point.
2. Trigger Point diagnosis.
3. The effective release of Trigger Points.
4. Musculoskeletal assessment to complement palpation skills.
5. Range of Motion (ROM) assessment of the neck and shoulder
6. Resisted testing of the shoulder
7. Prioritising problem areas (cause and symptoms)
8. Treatment techniques for the neck and shoulder
9. Re-assessment In this workshop

Catherine will begin by clearly outlining what a Trigger Point is and how to establish the location of problematic Trigger Points. She will then take you through some useful assessment tools, looking at postural deviations, musculoskeletal limitations in ROM and muscle weakness due to Trigger Points. Following this she will then cover effective treatment techniques to eliminate Trigger Points causing weakness and limitation in the neck and shoulder regions. You will then re-evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment and discuss common problems and how best to treat them.

Cathrine takes a problem solving approach to all her massage techniques with the goal to alleviate pain or prevent pain in the most efficient way possible. Although the focus of this workshop is Trigger Point Therapy, people familiar with this technique will not be disappointed as she encorporates a range of techniques and understanding of how the body works.

Workshop participants will learn to prepare the clay Application, and warm it to 38 - 40 degrees Celsius. The clay is then massaged onto the treating area, for example the back or leg. The clay remains as a 10mm thick layer, and the area is covered with a damp towel for 15-35 minutes. Finally the clay is cleaned from the body and Remedial Massage is performed to finish the treatment.

THERMO MASSAGE:

The practice of healing with clays dates back thousand of years into pre history. Ancient cultures such as the Australian Aborigines, American Indians, ancient Chinese, and Egyptians, healed with clay.

Pelotherapy is the application of Massage with pre-heated clay, or just taken from the hot spring environment, where the treatment was performed. When the Roman Empire was finished, the folk remedy remained in some European countries, like Hungry. The Roman baths were rebuilt and modernised to carry on the tradition in Hungary. Hungarian medical doctors of the 21st Century prescribe this treatment for arthritic and muscular pain, because the clay combined with heat works well.

Clay molecules exhibit negatively charged ions, while pollutants typically exhibit positively charged ions. Clay particle do 2 things that work in our favour: they attract and absorb unwanted positively charged particles, literally locking them away and protecting us from them. What takes place is actually an ion exchange, which is often described as a magnetic drawing effect. It is electrical attraction.

Susan Cleary has been an aromatherapist/remedial masseur for 14 years and has had experience with MS clients in various stages of the disease. Susan is passionate about the use of Aromatherapy as one of the many tools to bring our health into balance.

Aromatherapy (use of aromatic plant oils) is beneficial for the relief of the various symptoms of MS:

• Muscular pain
• Lethargy
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Other physical & emotional symptoms

Aromatherapy is incorporated into Remedial or (more gentle) Swedish/Aromatherapy style of Massage for many of the physical symptoms or used in a vapouriser of diffuser for the many emotional issues associated with MS. Many sufferers cannot tolerate deep massage techniques; aromatic plant oils can penetrate the skin and work on the muscular, nervous and circulatory systems is a valued alternative.

Gai Herne will discuss the many aspects of "Living with MS". This includes the pathology of MS: its different forms, its essential nature & causes, the anatomical & physiological changes as MS develops. There is no mainstream medical treatment for MS, so it offers an opportunity to be creative and thorough in the search for Alternative methods of treatment.

The management and rehabilitation of MS involves Diet, Exercise, Deep Tissue Remedial Massage, Lifestyle &Life-perspective changes. Gai talks about her experiences after 3 years of Treatment for MS, in South Dakota USA, by staying with the North American Indians, sharing and participating in their Sacred Ceremonies, and having treatment with a Lakota Medicine Man.