Dalton Reviews & Testimonials

"This Advanced Myoskeletal book is a great boon of reading; you will enjoy an encapsulated version of this distinguished practitioner’s many years of study, practice, teaching, and reflection about his own work."

Robert Calvert, founder, Massage Magazine

"I highly recommend Erik Dalton's Myoskeletal Techniques to all my Rolfing students. It helps them handle frustrating neck and low back challenges they see in the workplace every day.”

Jim Asher
Advanced Rolfing® Instructor, Rolf Institute®

"Erik’s ability to motivate and stimulate will take your senses to a whole new level. The first time I saw him teach, I was awestruck. It was obvious that his desire to educate others was not based on monetary gain. If you want to learn more, heal more and achieve more for your patients, clients, athletics, and yourself, hook your self to Erik Dalton and strap yourself in, and hang on for the ride of a lifetime."

Perry Isenberg
Partner in Performance Health, manufactures of Biofreeze® and Prossage®.

Erik Dalton's new Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques book will revolutionize your approach to treating complex pain and injury conditions. In my 25 years in the manual therapy field, Dalton's text stands out as one of the most informative and well-written books I have had the pleasure of reading. This colorfully illustrated user-friendly text successfully blends original, practice-building techniques that will enhance any sports medicine, structural integration or medical practice. If you can read only one pain management textbook, this would be my recommendation...once started, you won’t be able to put it down.

James Waslaski
Author & International Pain Management Lecturer

Virginia Herring's Rating:10 out of 10 for Books January 2006

MASSAGE TODAY

Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques presents many years of examining and studying and defining what myoskeletal techniques are. Examples include "Stretching," "Adverse Neural Tension," "Evolution of Human Touch," "The Common Compensatory Pattern: Its Origin and Relationship to the Postural Model," "The Dirty Dozen," "Beat Pain at its Own Game," and "Minutes, Myofascia and Maintenance." In some texts, you can skip reading the foreword and introduction. Please do not do this here. Everything in this textbook is worthwhile. The main topic is pain. He explains what causes pain, describes ways to improve the situation, and illustrates and lists what therapists can do to relieve the source of the problem of pain.

He also educates the client on how to prevent pain in the future. This is a process that involves the client, therapist(s), personal trainer and medical doctor all taking an active role. The material in this book is very well-organized. The illustrated pictures, highlighted information and detailed steps of the techniques for the "dirty dozen," the assessment tests and the receptor tests are very clear, of high quality, easy to understand, and very helpful.

By reading and using the material in Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques, you will improve your pain management skills. Using Erik Dalton's three lines of defense for chronic myoskeletal pain the "dirty dozen" techniques, myoskeletal zone therapy and receptor techniques for difficult necks you will find you are able to help many of your clients.

MTJ -MASSAGE THERAPY JOURNAL
Erik Dalton's Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques

After many years of teaching, writing and producing massage technique videos, Rolfer Erik Dalton brings his own brand of history taking, assessment and treatment for chronic pain conditions to this textbook. Using the term myoskeletal, Dalton guides the practitioner into the realm of the interdependent functions of the myofascial, skeletal and nervous systems. Emphasizing that the body is the primary healer, his discussion of sympathetic innervation and the myofascial system is clear and easy to understand. He offers though provoking perspectives on various conditions, including crossed syndromes, fibromyalgia, depression and body pain, scoliosis, and pinched nerves. Unambiguous photographs illustrate techniques and tests, such as the Brugger test to determine if head/ neck pain is emanating from pelvic imbalance.

Definitions of terms can be found throughout the text, and a specific glossary for testing and treating sensory integrative disorders is included. Dalton has made a valuable contribution to our profession's literature with this comprehensive text exploring the pathophysiology and treatment of chronic pain. His books have plenty to offer to students, but are a particularly rewarding reference for experienced clinical practitioners with advanced palpation skills."

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"I have been in practice for 25 years with advanced training in many bodywork disciplines, so when I have to spend time and money for education CEUs to maintain my state license and national certification I am very careful and particular. I have seen Erik Dalton's name and picture and read his articles over the years in many publications. After researching his home study programs I purchased the Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques course. The program is comprehensive, and Erik has a gift in articulating complex data that is easy to understand and integrate into your practice. Beyond expanding my knowledge base and skills the course gives me tools to educate my clients in a way that excites them about their own process. Gift yourself this program today!" -Vince Falone, New York City

"What a wonderful educational book! I'll be recommending it to all my students. You make a tremendous contribution to the bodywork community with your teaching and your educational products. You tackle extremely interesting and difficult subjects in sharing your knowledge, not only of specific techniques, but more importantly, giving an understanding of how the body works. This enables the student to do so much more than just mimicking strokes and allows that next level of understanding that can actually facilitate healing." I can not imagine any serious bodyworker who would not greatly benefit from this textbook." Art Riggs Certified Advanced Rolfer® and author	"Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques is a visual learner’s delight with over three hundred vibrant 3-D anatomy illustrations, human dissection graphics, and photos of Dalton performing each technique. Structurally oriented pain management can be clumsy and time consuming when performed in a typical setting with client draped. Dalton demystifies structural massage bodywork leaving the practitioner with a simple, step-by-step formula for correcting head, neck, visceral, and chronic back pain problems." Aaron Mattes, MS, LMT Author, Active Isolated Stretching
“Dr. Dalton's Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques has more useful information on anatomy, assessment techniques, and muscle/ joint biomechanics than most textbooks I read in medical school and orthopedic training. It is clear, concise and presented systematically so therapists can apply the information the same day in their bodywork practices.” Calvin Johnson, MD Orthopedic Sports Surgeon	"Innovative deep tissue technique, assisted stretching, joint mobilization, and muscle strengthening techniques highlight this user-friendly reference book and accompanying DVDs. Additional contributions from manual therapy leaders such as Aaron Mattes, Whitney Lowe and Ross Pope, DO enhance this intelligently written text designed for the professional, passionate therapist. Erik Dalton’s structurally-oriented pain management strategies are presented clearly, concisely and systematically for easy integration into the working therapist’s daily practice." Darren Allen, PT, LMT, Los Angeles
"I have found Dr. Daltons presentation skills and practical application of specific therapeutic techniques to be some of the best in the field in the last 25 years. His seminars and tapes will be a vital contribution to your bodywork practice in uniqueness, quality and results.” Dr. Robert Groves Director, Oklahoma School of Natural Healing	"Erik, delivers much more than a product. He is a facilitator of learning. Anyone serious about learning simplified treatments for complex pain conditions is missing out if you are not taking advantage of this unbelievable offer. Take it from an old timer (15 years in the field) and a teacher of many different modalities both as a private education instructor and a Steiner Educator. You can only help more people and save yourself as well." Bill M. PA website submitted comment
"In my work as a yoga therapist and MT, I find that your training has helped me across the board. First, I can apply much of this within yoga therapy. Secondly, when I sit at my computer for hours and hours writing, I can easily visualize in my mind, my own bodily dysfunction and self correct thanks to you. Your video and textbook training have been a feather in my cap and -I really want to thank you." Michele Paiva	Erik Dalton shared on Facebook that he spent 17 years in Los Angeles as a rock 'n roll musician in the 60s and 70s. This shows in the production aspects of this set of six DVDs--psychedelic colors wrapped around skeleton and muscle inserts, dreamlike illustrations and flashbacks of Id Rolf. Now, after 29 years in bodywork practice, Dalton is a star in our profession. Over the years, he developed Myoskeletal Alignment, the multi-modality system that alleviates reflex muscle guarding caused by joint blockage, and restores proper neural, myofascial and skeletal function. This is volume 4 of Dalton's Myoskeletal Alignment DVD sets. Based on Dr. Gracovetsky's new paradigm of the spinal engine that propels our legs, these DVDs show Dalton demonstrating a variety of assessment tests and detailed techniques for dysfunction of the lower body. Dalton's emphasis on proper biomechanics for the application of each technique is extremely useful. Stills from the wonderful Anatomy Trains dissection videos by Tom Myers, as well as animated graphics, allow you to see the inside and outside workings of the body. Fascinating for both entry-level and longtime practitioners, these DVDs represent part of the significant contributions Erik Dalton makes to our profession. by Lisa Mertz, PhD, LMT. Massage Therapy Journal (MTJ)

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Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques by Erik Dalton, Ph.D.

Erik Dalton's newly released Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques® textbook will revolutionize your approach to treating complex pain and injury conditions. The 325 page colorfully illustrated text eloquently blends exciting new muscle/joint research with eighty innovative hands-on techniques…a perfect addition to any sports medicine, structural integration or medical massage practice.
Additional contributions from manual therapy leaders such as Aaron Mattes, Whitney Lowe and Ross Pope, DO enhance this intelligent, user-friendly text making it a great boon of reading for the professional, passionate massage therapist.

Dalton digs deep into his osteopathic and Rolfing® background demystifying structural bodywork leaving the practitioner with a simple, step-by-step formula for correcting head, neck, visceral, and chronic back pain. Readers will enjoy this encapsulated version of a renowned practitioner’s many years of study, practice, teaching, and professional reflection. Over three hundred vibrant 3-D anatomy illustrations, human dissection reproductions, and photos of Dalton performing each technique grace this collection of works...a visual learner’s delight!

Innovative deep tissue, assisted stretching, joint mobilization, and muscle strengthening techniques highlight this user-friendly reference text. Erik Dalton’s structurally-oriented pain management strategies are presented clearly, concisely and systematically for easy integration into the working massage therapist’s daily practice.

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