Master Acupressure Massage Techniques with Mark Perren-Jones
Wouldn’t you love to learn how to use acupressure massage to relieve pain, improve mobility, and help others? Now you can—with guidance from best-selling instructor Mark Perren-Jones.
Mark has provided acupressure massage to elite athletes, celebrities, and even Presidents, and now he’s sharing his proven techniques in this comprehensive, step-by-step course.
What Students Are Saying:
"This course is a secret gem. It’s engaging, informative, and packed with beneficial techniques. I couldn’t put it down. "
Master Acupressure Massage Techniques with Mark Perren-Jones
Wouldn’t you love to learn how to use acupressure massage to relieve pain, improve mobility, and help others? Now you can—with guidance from best-selling instructor Mark Perren-Jones.
Mark has provided acupressure massage to elite athletes, celebrities, and even Presidents, and now he’s sharing his proven techniques in this comprehensive, step-by-step course.
What Students Are Saying:
"This course is a secret gem. It’s engaging, informative, and packed with beneficial techniques. I couldn’t put it down. "
"I was able to reduce knee and neck pain for myself and help friends with their pain. This course is amazing. " – A.D.
"Exceptional. The best acupressure course I’ve taken so far. The simple exercises are a game-changer for clients." – M.J.
What Makes This Course Different?
Unlike other acupressure courses that teach a few points and hope for the best, Mark’s approach is methodical, systematic, and based on real-world experience. You’ll learn to treat each condition effectively, just as Mark does in his massage clinic
What You’ll Learn:
Client/Personal Assessment
Learn to ask the right questions to understand pain patterns, track progress, and ensure effective treatment for yourself or others.
Identify and Remove Pain Causes
Discover the underlying causes of pain (such as poor posture or repetitive habits) and how to eliminate them to achieve lasting relief.
Effective Treatment Techniques
Master acupressure point techniques, trigger point release, and soft tissue therapies to decrease tension, improve blood flow, and nourish the affected areas.
Differential Diagnosis
Learn how to identify the true source of pain. For example, shoulder pain may actually originate from the neck—Mark teaches you how to spot and address these patterns.
Customized Home Exercises
Understand the importance of proper exercises for conditions like back pain, sciatica, neck pain, and more. Avoid common mistakes that worsen pain and learn the exact exercises that have helped thousands worldwide.
Self-Treatment Techniques
Discover simple self-acupressure methods, trigger point release techniques, and the benefits of foam rolling to stay pain-free between treatments.
Conditions Covered in This Course
This course offers detailed, step-by-step instruction for addressing:
- Lower back pain and sciatica
- Neck pain
- Upper back and shoulder pain
- Knee pain
-Tennis Elbow
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
and so much more.
You’ll also gain the tools to tailor treatments for yourself, friends, family, or clients, ensuring long-term relief and satisfaction.
Why Take This Course?
Mark’s 20+ years of experience in pain management and massage therapy ensure you’re learning from one of the best. His proven methods have helped thousands achieve pain relief, and now he’s sharing everything you need to know to help yourself and others.
"I’ve taken several courses, but this one is by far the most comprehensive and effective."
Ready to Relieve Pain and Transform Lives?
Whether you’re treating clients, loved ones, or yourself, this course gives you the knowledge and skills to deliver life-changing results.
Enroll now and start learning the power of acupressure massage today.
Hi and welcome to my course.
In this lecture i explain what we are going to be doing throughout the course and the reason why i personally feel that so many courses on acupressure and pressure point therapy are so lacking and why this course will take your therapy that much further when it comes to helping your clients.
Your results will be dramatically better!
Everything that you are going to learn in this section is written in a PDF file for you to download from the resources here. It will help you to remember the things that I teach you without having to go back through the lectures each time.I have also supplied the acupressure points charts for you as well to download.
So before we get started let's take a look at what we know about how acupressure works from a Western medical perspective and how we are actually affecting the body.
In this lecture, i talk about the various treatment surfaces that you can use varying from a futon, a massage table, a bed, or even a chair.
Here is a look at the correct and incorrect ways to perform acupressure. As for any massage technique it is vital to perform them correctly otherwise you will not last long and have injuries which will be very hard to overcome if you get busy.
It is very important to apply the correct pressure so here i explain what you need to be aware of. Too little pressure and your treatments will have little effect and too much pressure will also be problematic. You must also be aware of the person's age, fragility and physical condition.
You want to make sure that you time your presses correctly as well
So it is important to know when you should ask the person to come back and see you.
These 2 points are really powerful for pain relief. You can include them for whichever pain your are treating.
My Facebook group and Instagram are great resources for you
Let's test your knowledge
I have made an entire YouTube music channel that you can check out and use it in your spa/clinic with your clients, or for yourself at home, meditating, or in the car. Anywhere!
Here, for a bit of fun, I teach you some interesting facts about our bodily systems
Let's look at the skin, hair, nails and other parts of the integumentary system in under 2 minutes
And now a look at our skeletal system in under 1 minute!
Lets see our different muscles now.
It's time to see how are circulatory system works
So just how does our digestive system work?
The communications center for your body-the nervous system
And now for a look at our wonderful respiratory system.
I have added the summary of the lectures so that it will help you as to what are the treatments and treatment steps. I recommend that you download it and you can use it as a useful resource so that you remember all of the points.
Please remember if you think someone's condition is too complicated for you or you are unsure as to whether you should treat them or not, please either get them to ask their Doctor if it is ok or refer them to another primary care practitioner.
OK, let's jump straight into the deep end! In your resources I have supplied you with useful forms if you are going to practice on clients and run a business.
If you are seeing people this will be the most common painful condition that you will treat. More people suffer from lower back pain than any other musculoskeletal condition.
This is a big area to cover but it a job worth doing is worth doing properly.
It is important for you to get an understanding of the pain, the location, intensity etc before you see a client. Of course, you may skip this but if you are serious and certainly if you have paying clients you will want to get a clear picture of their condition. This is obviously not a complete guide and always always refer on to a Physical Therapist, Doctor etc if you are in any doubts.
The Hippocratic oath remember is "Do No Harm"
Here I teach you why the overwhelming majority of people suffer from lower back pain.In order to help your clients lower back pain(or yours) you first need to remove the causes of lower back pain. In this lecture i give you a solid understanding as to why back's 'go out'.
Ok, now it is time to do your treatment. Don't forget to use good posture and correct techniques
OK, now it's time to get down to doing the acupressure for lower back pain and sciatica.
Although i have focused on acupressure and trigger point release to treat people therapeutically in this course i wanted to give you more treatment techniques so that you can combine what you want to achieve the best results.
For example, you have someone with lower back pain so you do the lower back acupressure techniques as you have been taught and also do the deep tissue massage techniques as well!
My thinking is this, if i can give you a larger 'therapeutic toolset' then you have not only a wider range to use on your clients but also have an even bigger impact on getting people pain free.
These are the techniques that i use on a daily basis when treating my clients.
Here are the best back exercises to help your clients.
Probably the most common problem when it comes to people that suffer from lower back pain and/or sciatica is that they don't know what exercises to do and more often than not do exercises that actually make their problems worse!
Teach your client these exercises for them to do at home.
Here is another short video that you can teach your clients/friends/partners on how they can help their own back pain by using a tennis ball at home. They will love you for it!
This is a great technique to use for the whole back, whether you have lower back pain, upper back, neck, shoulder or hip pain. Foam rolling is very popular with athletes as it is very much like giving your self a deep tissue massage. Here is a look at how to do it for your back.
Here we go again.
Apart from the acupressure, once again removing the major cause of neck pain is imperative. Here i show you the major causes of neck pain and also corrective exercises along with the acupressure techniques.
We are going to use a variety of soft tissue techniques as well as acupressure and trigger point techniques to release the neck and upper back muscles
Here are more great neck techniques that you can utilize on your clients to help with their neck pain. Personally, i would use the acupressure techniques first and then the back and neck deep tissue techniques and you will really get great results!
Here are some great acupressure points that your client can do at home and also if you have neck pain and need to treat yourself
This is what needs to be done as far as neck exercises to relieve their pain
Here is what you should look for when you have referred symptoms in the arms or legs and what to do about it if it worsens.
oh, boy, here we go again!
To treat hip pain it is important that we address the cause first, and more importantly, know where it is coming from
No it is time to do work on their buttock/hip region with acupressure and trigger point release techniques
Here is what I recommend for you to tell the client between sessions
Let's take a look at what actually causes this condition
Here are the points that you use to treat them and get them to do at home as well
You want them to be doing these exercises as well
Let's take a look at what carpal tunnel syndrome actually is
Now it is time to do the acupressure points
Now once the person has done the acupressure they need to do these stretches
When it come to treating shoulder pain there are several things that we need to address first. Is the pain coming from the shoulder or is it coming from the neck?
You can imagine how useless your treatment will be if you are treating shoulder pain as a shoulder problem when it is actually shoulder pain that is being refereed due to a neck problem.
It is vitally important that you work out where the pain is coming from so that you know what treatment to do. If you are not sure if it is a neck or shoulder problem simply do the treatment for the neck and the shoulder and give the person both the neck exercises and also the shoulder exercises. Then you will get both.
OK, so of course we need to know what the causes of shoulder pain are. Here i explain the major causes and ways to counteract certain actions that are injurious to shoulders. I also show a simple stretch to do if you do need to do a lot of work with your shoulders to help them further.
We want to do acupressure throughout the upper back and shoulder region even if it a shoulder related problem because so many muscles are involved. If you found that the shoulder pain is stemming from the neck then do the neck treatment and give them the neck exercises. If you are not entirely sure where it is coming from still, do the neck and should treatment and give them both the neck exercises and the shoulder exercises.
I have simplified the shoulder stretches to a minimum using a couple that work for almost every should problem. I also give you a nice way to get your clients to work on their shoulders at home in between treatments.
This is one of the best stretches to help virtually all shoulder problems. It is simple, easy to do and can have miraculous results!
Ok, let us see how much you have retained.
Knee pain can also be treated effectively through a variety or treatments. We once again look at what techniques and points to use but also which rehab exercises are necessary for a full recovery
There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to what causes knee pain. Obviously if you wrench or twist you knee then you will know about it but many knees become painful without any major incidents. Here i explain in detail why this occurs.
Now it's time to use soft tissue techniques and acupressure to help the knee pain.
Here is the first of 4 exercises that will help regain range of movement in the knee and decrease pain.
Here is the second of 4 exercises that will help regain range of movement in the knee and decrease pain.
Here is the third of 4 exercises that will help regain range of movement in the knee and decrease pain.
Here is the fourth of 4 exercises that will help regain range of movement in the knee and decrease pain.
Let's see how much you have learnt when it comes to treating knee pain
Thinking caps on!
Upper back pain is a very common condition and here is a really effective way to help treat this. It is very often caused by the forward head position and spending too much time at the computer without a break.
Work over and over this area with your techniques and your client will be in 7th heaven.
This is a great technique to loosen the vertebral joints. They get so stiff being in a static flexed position especially in front of the computer so here we do the opposite motion putting the thoracic spine into extension and of course don't forget the tennis ball technique!
Here we go again
Here is what you need to do to treat ankle pain, sprains and strains.Here we look at dealing primarily with ankle sprains-the most common ankle pain. I teach you not only the acupressure points but also what you need to do to treat an ankle sprain from taping to rehabilitation exercises.
Here are some great essential oil combinations that you can make and use on yourself or your clients
Here are a couple of lectures on how you can simply perform chair massage on a normal chair
Some handy tips and questions answered for you
It is important to develop your palpation skills. Here is a great little exercise for you to do.
Here is a word about deep tissue and one way to get the correct pressure when doing acupressure
This is not only great for your clients to do but also to treat your own back
Do balms and salves really work? what does the research say?
It is really important that you store your essential oils correctly and also replace them when they are past their use by date.
You know what it is like. You go to the gym or do some unaccustomed exercise and then are hardly able to move a day later. This is known as D.O.M.S. ( delayed onset muscle soreness), but there are a lot of myths about what it is and does massage help it?
I had a question about what I do, if anything to help my body physically. Do I stretch? Take supplements? or do I do something else? Yes, I do something else. Here is what I do and it is great!
Here is what a lot of research has been continually showing. EAMC ( exercise associated muscle cramps) are not due to what we commonly have believed
You MUST drink water after a massage to DETOXIFY-NO YOU DO NOT. One of the biggest myth perpetuated by some massage therapists all over the World. I was also taught this in massage school. We need to stop telling our massage clients this
Does this certificate allow me to work and sell products?
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