Continuing Education Classes

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Cupping Therapy and Pin & Stretch (combined) - 8 CEUs

There are many known benefits of cupping, by lifting tissue instead of pressing tissue. The lifting of tissue has a profound effect on the deeper structures.

Participants will be able to show proficiency in utilizing cupping with Pin & Stretch on various parts of the body.
This course will instruct by demonstration/practice with participants utilizing techniques: cupping on the neck, shoulders, arms, wrist and hands, along with abdomen, back, gluteals, legs, calves and feet.

Pin and Stretch (P&S) Technique is a movement based muscle lengthening approach that is highly effective at assisting/treating issues with muscle, tendon, ligament and fascia. Tissues that may appear abnormal with regard to texture, tightness, movement, and function are treated with stretching combines with sliding force, which are intended to increase movement of the tissues by removing or breaking up adhesion. You may accomplish this by way of C-clamping or direct pressure applied tissue you wish to release. Pin and Stretch requires client participation for its overall effectiveness with regards to Targeted areas that are identified in muscles and tendons where overuse or dysfunction may have caused repetitive injury and the potential for scar tissue build up. As a result, this may cause nerve irritation, shorten the potential length of muscles and may produce tendons irritation. By this application of direct pressure while the client performs specific motions to lengthen the tissue in the specific movements, the result is to ultimately release underlying tissues. This has the potential to increases blood flow, reduces nerve pain, improve range of motion, and increases strength.

*Participants must bring own table, sheets, and oil*

**BRING YOUR OWN CUPPING SET or PURCHASE A SET USING THE LINK BELOW**

Meet Your Instructor: Mark Carangelo

Author, Presenter, and owner of the accredited American Institute of Alternative Medicine school since 1997 with 32 years of clinical experience. He lectures year round across America on acute and chronic pain and specializes in movement. Mark was inducted into the World Massage Therapy Hall of Fame class of 2017, and he was the inaugural vice president of the New Jersey Massage and Bodywork therapy licensing board where he served 6 years. Mark currently holds the position of TEST Football Academy NFL Combine Prep coordinator for all manual therapy.

Mark has developed Kinetic Activation Technique (KAT) and Functional Integrated Therapy (FIT) for the manual therapist seminar series and DVD series. He presents nationwide at state conventions and AMTA Chapter Conventions. Mark also presents on a variety of topics such as Cupping Therapy, Orthopedic Assessment and Correction in addition to a variety of other modalities.

His audience includes massage and physical therapists, as well as athletic trainers, chiropractors, nurses, physicians, occupational therapists, and high-end sports and athletic trainers. He has consulted for the Washington’s Football team as a movement therapist. Mark worked for the Columbia U. sports medicine staff as a manual therapist, was a consultant for the UCLA football strength staff and has been on the New York Jets strength and conditioning staff. He still works with many elite athletes from UFC, MMA fighters, world class swimmers, and Mark is the massage coordinator for the Gotham FC women’s professional soccer team and Seton Hall Men’s Basketball team. Mark has amassed hundreds of thousands of hours of clinical experience, and his school is recognized as one of the most complete in the USA.