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Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy®

Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy® is a type of massage that focuses on treating triggerpoints in the body. Triggerpoints are think ropes of tissue that are highly irritable and are usually the cause of many pain conditions. Bonnie Prudden is a pioneer in this type of work after she was introduced to it by Dr. Janet Travel in about 1976. Bonnie is also responsible for the influencing the creation of the President’s Council on Youth Fitness (now the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport), it was the beginning of the radical change in America’s attitude toward physical fitness.

She is also the author of a few books on the topic. In her book,

Pain Erasure: The Bonnie Prudden Way, published in 1980, she carefully outlined how Myotherapy could successfully eliminate 95 percent of all pain. Followed in 1984 by Bonnie Prudden’s Complete Guide to Pain-Free Living, and in 1985 by her Fitness Guide for the After 50 Crowd, it launched the next phase of her work.

In 1979, she opened the Bonnie Prudden two-year School of Physical Fitness and Myotherapy. After streamlining her Myotherapy techniques and making her training system more efficient and effective, in 1985 she announced a 1300-hour, one-year program for Myotherapy students. Graduates of the Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy® and Physical Fitness Program can work in hospitals and doctors’ and dentists’ offices or opt to open their own clinics.

Currently, 15 hour workshops are available for the general public as well as a very extensive training program for massage therapists. You can find out more on her website at www.bonnieprudden.com She also has many dvds available to learn more.

Bonnie Prudden is a pioneer in the field of massage. You can read more about her on the Bonnie Prudden Website.

There is also more information on the Wikipedia site about her life and experiences.

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Bonnie Prudden was my first choice for the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame. And not just for the creation of this modality. Bonnie was the first person inducted ...

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