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Any professional concerned with enhancing musculoskeletal health — whether through massage therapy, physical therapy, fitness training, or other modalities — understands that the way people exercise has a profound impact on their overall health, mobility, resilience, and ability to recover from injuries. While many different types of exercise may be beneficial, one in particular stands out from the rest as a uniquely efficient and effective approach: Active Isolated Stretching & Strengthening (AIS), developed by kinesiologist Aaron Mattes.
Why Practice AIS?
- To enhance your ability to treat and prevent injuries. AIS speeds the healing of muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and joints. Combining this technique with other forms of treatment can accelerate the recovery process by up to 50%. And by increasing flexibility, strength, and resilience, it can greatly reduce an individual's vulnerability to future injuries. When minor strains or tears do occur, continued AIS work helps to prevent the buildup of scar tissue — a major contributor to stiffness, inflexibility, chronic injury, and pain conditions.
- To help clients feel younger and healthier. As we grow older, many of us accept limitations to our body's functioning (such as a reduced range of motion, decreased strength and flexibility, and impaired coordination or fine motor skills) as an inevitable result of the aging process. Through AIS, many of these declines can be successfully prevented or reversed, often dramatically improving a person's well-being and quality of life.
- To work with degenerative neuromuscular conditions. By stimulating neural growth, creating new neural pathways, and reducing muscle spasticity, AIS can successfully reduce the symptoms of various debilitating conditions — including Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and other diseases — that do not respond to other forms of manual treatment.
What You'll Learn in this Course
This intensive training will give you a solid foundation in the principles of AIS and the skills to apply them to the entire body. The format of the course provides plenty of time to practice and refine each of the stretching and strengthening protocols. You'll learn to:
- Assess the optimal range of motion for each joint in the body
- Maximize the flexibility of every major muscle
- Stretch with precision the proximal and distal aspects of the muscle separately
- Take joints to their healthy maximum range of motion
- Efficiently increase strength in perfect alignment
- Use these techniques to speed recovery from injury
Course Details
- Instructor: Ben Benjamin
- Location: 175 Richdale Avenue, Suite 106, Cambridge, MA
- Three Training Sessions:
Training #1: The Neck and Shoulder
Dates: June 4-6 (2.5 days)
Times: Friday 5:30-9pm, Saturday & Sunday 9am-5pm
Credits: 17 CE Hours (NCBTMB approved)
Tuition: $495
Materials fee: $35 (Aaron Mattes's strength book, rope)
Training #2: The Hips, Thighs, and Back
Dates: July 30-Aug 1 (3 days)
Times: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 9am-5pm
Credits: 21 CE Hours (NCBTMB approved)
Tuition: $595
Materials fee: $65 (seat belt, soft strap)
Training #3: The Forearm, Wrist, Hand, and Foot
Dates: September 10-12 (2.5 days)
Times: Friday & Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 8am-12pm
Credits: 17 CE Hours (NCBTMB approved)
Tuition: $495
Materials fee: $10 (wrist roller, exercise ball)
- SAVE by registering for the full series (55 CE Hours):
$1495, including all materials (savings of $200!)
Note: Those enrolling in the complete series should also plan to arrange several private tutorials to ensure mastery of all the material. Because the number of sessions required will vary depending on each student's learning speed, tutorial fees are charged separately (not included in the price of the class).
In order to make the AIS training accessible to everyone who is interested, a variety of flexible payment plans are available.
Call 617-576-0555 to register or learn more about this learning opportunity. Space is limited, so act soon!
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