• Adapting Techniques to the Table

  Not comfortable working on a mat? Unable to even get on the floor for long periods of time? Not to worry! While our training is focused on the floor, as that's where we feel our practitioners can have the most sustainable practice, we have many practitioners who work on the table, and the vast majority of our techniques can easily be adapted by following basic body mechanics principles - but we have specific videos on the topic that are viewable by you as a CTB Member.Some readers

• How Does Your Hyperpronation Assessment Compare To The Measurement Devices in Shoe Stores Etc.?

  Devices that measure weight pressure points are based on a flawed concept. Many hyperpronators do not let themselves collapse into pronation - they brace their ankles and unconsciously move their weight to the outside edge of their feet. This will make them appear to supinate and be identified as a "supinator". Supination in the absence of extreme anatomical abnormality is a muscular compensation, not a natural anatomical condition. The subtalar joint is designed to facilitate pronation, not supFew readers

• Why Work On Muscles If Pain Is In the Brain?

  Most pain is generated by the brain, but the brain is responding to nociceptive inputs from muscles with trigger points. Generally the pain sensation is not over the area where the trigger points reside. Our system teaches how to find the likely source muscles. We work on the likely source area, taking into consideration that due to satellite referral, this could be far away from the area where the pain is experienced. In chronic pain patients, it can be useful to pursue a central downregulatioFew readers