Courses & Programs
All Body Workers who are interested in improving their clinical results and enhancing their understanding of proper structural alignment are welcome!
The Treatment of Pain™ was developed for World Class Athletes and Advanced Chronic Pain by Rich Phaigh, LMT, DMT and is also known as the Onsen Techniques®, Onsen Muscle Therapy™, Onsen Therapy™ or just plain: Onsen®.
The purpose of Onsen® is to provide you, the therapist, with some precious tools that will integrate easily into your practice and improve your clinical success!
The Onsen Techniques®
The Onsen Techniques® is divided into four individual volume courses, where you receive a Treatment of Pain™ Volume DVD video clinic free, with the corresponding step by step Volume textbook and new pictorial workbook that will give you more hands on practice time. These books are spiral bound together in separate volumes so that you may take them in your therapy room for easy reference!
Onsen Techniques® Volume I
Structural Assessment and Correction of the Lower Body
Pelvic and Sacral Regions, including the Thoraco-Lumbar area,
• This class is directed towards those interested in understanding the mechanisms causing low back pain.
• It teaches how to assess deviations of the pelvis, sacrum and lumbar spine in detail.
• Volume I will take a look at the assessment and correction of single and multiple rotations of the vertebrae, pelvic rotations, upslips of the SI Joint, and Symphysis pubis misalignment.
• Treatment procedures will be provided for correcting pelvic, sacral and other lumber dysfunctions.
Onsen Techniques® Volume II
Functional Assessment and Correction of the Lower Body
Pelvic and Sacral Regions, including the Thoraco-Lumber area
• Learn how to assess and restore Range of Motion for joints in the pelvis and lumbar spine.
• Learn how to assess and correct both length and strength imbalances of muscles affecting the pelvis.
• Learn to locate common adhesion sites restricting activity in the lower body and the protocol for their repair
• Volume II will take the therapist through a specific set of assessment protocols for testing muscles which cause problems in the structural components of the lower body.
• During this volume the therapist will learn active, passive, resisted, strength and fatigue assessments of muscles affecting the pelvic region.
• We will also address specific testing and treatment of inert and contractile tissues. We will include a practicum for the application of Onsen Techniques®, integrating both Lower Body Volumes I & II.
Onsen Techniques® Volume III
The Cervical & Thoracic Spinal Regions
Structural Assessment and Correction of the Upper Body
This class is for those interested in understanding the mechanisms causing pain that originates from the cervical and thoracic regions of the spine.
• There has never been a treatment of the cervical spine so detailed, yet so easy to learn and easy on the client. Clients who do not like their cervical spine wrenched by other therapists come to the Onsen Therapist for a quick easy painless release of this area. Students will be taught to assess and correct structural deviations in these two sections of the spine.
• Considerations will be given to subjects such as:
a) tilted or forward head, movement of the OA, AA and cervical spine
b) high/low shoulder
c) Hyperkyphosis
d) concussion, migraines, headaches, pressure of base of the skull
e) tinnitus of the ear
f) whiplash of the anterior and posterior regions of the neck
g) side bending and rotation of the cervical vertebrae
h) flexed or extended lesions of the cervical-thoraco spine
Volume III will also address:
• Type I dysfunctions which cause deviations of the upper spine, neck, shoulder and scapular.
• It will also address Type II dysfunctions resulting in facet joint closure creating a side bend and rotation of the affected vertebra to the side of the closure.
Onsen Techniques® Volume IV
The Cervical/Thoracic and Shoulder Regions
Functional Assessment and Correction of the Upper Body
Volume IV will take the therapist through a specific set of assessment
protocols for testing muscles which cause problems in the structural
components of the cervical, thoracic, scapular and shoulder regions.
• Learn how to assess and restore Range of Motion for joints in the Shoulder region including a very detailed Shoulder evaluation chart.
• Step by step pictorials for finding the clients source of pain and common adhesion sites restricting movement in both shoulder and neck and the protocol for their repair.
• Learn how to assess and correct length and strength imbalances of muscles affecting the neck and upper back.
• Learn to locate common adhesions sites restricting movements in the neck and shoulder.
• A practicum for the application of the Onsen Techniques® integrating Volumes III & IV will help you bring both structural and functional practice into a protocol that will work for your and your client.
COTT™
The Certified Onsen Techniques Therapist™ Program
We are always looking for those who can join us in helping others take advantage of courses in The Treatment of Pain™ known as the Onsen Techniques®, Onsen Therapy™, Onsen Muscle Therapy™ or just plain Onsen® developed by Rich Phaigh, LMT, DMT, COTT, COTTI, COTTE, COTTIE, in order to alleviate pain and for injury prevention.
Prerequisites:
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None to start and all body workers are invited.
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Athletic Trainers and Personal Trainers may attend classes .
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Physio Therapists and Chiropractors may attend classes but please realize we cover some their basic knowledge.
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You need to be patient and complete all 4 volumes to realize the full potential of the protocol.
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Please be advised that to write the test to certify as a COTT™ you must supply the Certified Onsen Techniques Therapist Instructor™ with a basic massage therapy certificate recognized in your area or a copy of your transcripts/certification documents that support your field with anatomy and physiology.
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You may attend any Onsen® class prior to your Massage Therapy School.
*Rich Phaigh, LMT, DMT author of The Treatment of Pain, often let those in with the love of helping others into the class prior to their taking their massage courses as they became one of the best Onsen® Therapists.
You can challenge the COTT™ Exam:
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If you have been to some of the early classes taught in the mid-west USA or Australia in the early 1980-1990’s and want to challenge the COTT™ exam without going to more classes please contact us.
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If you previously bought the 4 part video series in old VHS format with the old Textbook and have been studying and practicing Onsen for some time, and or may want to trade in your old set for a new Onsen® DVD set please contact us.
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If you had attended some post-graduate classes in Muscle Energy Technique and want to buy the 4 part Treatment of Pain DVD, Textbook and workbook series to study ONSEN® and then challenge the exam – please contact us.
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After taking all 4 volumes with an instructor, please contact them to arrange an appointment to write.
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Rewrites are at no extra charge.
COTTI™
The Certified Onsen Techniques Therapist Instructors™ Program
We are always looking for Qualified Instructors or those who can join us in helping others take advantage of courses in The Treatment of Pain™ known as the Onsen Techniques®, Onsen Therapy™, Onsen Muscle Therapy™ or just plain Onsen® developed by Rich Phaigh, LMT, DMT, COTT, COTTI, COTTE, COTTIE, in order to alleviate pain or for injury prevention.
Some of the qualities we hope you would find in common with us are:
1. A love of teaching with confidence and an ability to express one’s self clearly in front of others.
2. A commitment to help others.
3. An example of health and good grooming to others.
4. The ability to work well with others and to be a team player.
5. A cheerful and enthusiastic personality.
6. Good business sense.
7. Experience as an Onsen® Therapist and a love of the Technique.
Some of the benefits you will receive as a (COTTI™) Certified Onsen Techniques Therapist Instructor™ are:
1. You will be able to teach Onsen® Courses anywhere in the World as post-graduate courses for Accredited CE Hours.
2. There are NO upfront Franchise fees to pay.
3. You will collect all the student fees but pay your own business costs.
4. You will be able to purchase Onsen® Study Materials at a low price to give in class or sell retail as a distance education package for CE hours in English or Japanese.
5. You may attend Onsen International® Award Retreats when held.
6. You may attend Onsen International® Educational Conferences when held.
7. You will be guided and trained through the COTTI™ Program to become certified to teach a well-developed protocol.
8. You will be able to advertise on the official Onsen® website.
9. You will have access to mentor-ship from The COTTI™ Board of Directors.
10. You will have the personal satisfaction of helping others use the Onsen Techniques® that you found as a therapist so helpful, in returning the client into a life of pain free living.
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