Oklahoma City, OK, March 04, 2012 –(PR.com)– The newly introduced level four home-study course from the Freedom From Pain Institute teaches deep-tissue massage, muscle energy techniques and joint stretching techniques for the treatment of low back, hip, and leg pain. The course gives massage therapists and athletic trainers 32 approved continuing education (CE) credits.

The Freedom From Pain Institute has released a level four home-study course that teaches techniques to relieve low back pain, hip pain and leg pain. In this course, manual therapist Erik Dalton, Ph.D., provides a blend of deep-tissue massage, muscle energy techniques and joint stretching techniques that sports, orthopedic, functional movement, structural integration and massage therapists can integrate into their practices.

The course contains six DVDs with Dalton demonstrating and explaining the techniques for relieving low back, hip and leg pain. The course also includes the recently released Dynamic Body: Exploring Form, Expanding Function. This 424-page textbook, which delves into approaches to assessing and treating clients, contains research from 16 of the biggest names in structural integration, physical therapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, fascial research, functional movement training, and manual therapy research and education.

“We have been fortunate enough to emcompass lessons from some of the top practitioners and researchers in physical therapy, structural integration, osteopathy, chiropractic and functional movement training. Within the pages of the book, you’ll find an intriguing flow of ideas regarding structure and functional movement, presented by Judith Aston, Adjo Zorn, Kai Hodeck, Craig Liebenson, and Serge Gracovetsky, and highlighted in chapters by Aline Newton, Tom Myers, Til Luchau, and Robert Irvin.The six-DVD set is a detailed learning program on treating back, hip and leg pain through myoskeletal alignment techniques, ” said Dalton.

The level four home-study course awards 32 approved continuing education (CE) credits for massage therapists and athletic trainers who complete the course and pass a multiple-choice test. In addition to the title “Certified Myoskeletal Therapist” they will also receive a beautiful diploma. These home-study CE hours do not expire and can be used in any year to resolve continuing education requirements.

The Freedom From Pain Institute is an approved provider for organizations, such as the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (#157429-00), New York State Department of Health, Florida State Department of Health (#50-790), The BOC, Board of Certification Inc. (P8112) for athletic trainers and most other state certifying agencies.

For a limited time, the home study course is available at an introductory price of $388, more than 20 percent off the regular $515 price, at http://erikdalton.com.

About Erik Dalton

Erik Dalton, Ph.D., is the creator of Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques and founder of the Freedom From Pain Institute LLC, a school committed to the research and treatment of chronic pain conditions. Dalton has published two books and numerous DVDs and best-selling home-study programs. Dalton has also maintained a 32-year manual therapy practice.