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The 16-hour Sensory Approach treatment method is designed to help us, as manual therapists, delve into the research related to the sensory and integumentary system.

09/02/2026

When: October 10–11, 2026
Where: Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy, 14 Computer Dr, W. Colonie, NY 12205
CE Hours: 16 (NCBTMB approved)

Save $160!!!

Pricing — early registration ends September 13

You already know when a treatment is working — you can feel it change under your hands before the client says a word. This class is about why that happens, and how to make it happen more often, on purpose.

Neuroscience of Massage Therapy is a 16-hour, NCBTMB-approved course that translates current research on pain, fascia, and touch into things you can actually use in the treatment room. No new modality to learn — this sharpens the skills and techniques you already have.

Over two days, you'll get:

The real science on fascia and pain — what's backed by research and what's industry myth, so you can talk to clients (and skeptical doctors) with confidence
Why some touch calms a client down and some doesn't — and how to use that response deliberately instead of by accident
How to talk to clients about pain in a way that actually helps them heal faster — the language you use is part of the treatment
Hands-on palpation labs to refine what your hands already know how to feel
The neuroscience of how the brain adapts to repeated input — so you can explain to clients, in plain terms, why the work you do actually sticks
This isn't theory for theory's sake. It's the research that lets you explain your work in a way clients believe, and treat with more precision because you understand what's actually happening under your hands.

Boulder, CO — Aug 22–23 📍Two hands-on CE classes for massage therapists:🧠 Rebooting the Brain (Sat, 1:30–5:30pm)🧠 Neuros...
07/20/2026

Boulder, CO — Aug 22–23 📍
Two hands-on CE classes for massage therapists:
🧠 Rebooting the Brain (Sat, 1:30–5:30pm)
🧠 Neurosensory Assessment (Sun, 8:30am–5:30pm)
Right before AMTA Nationals — perfect excuse to extend your trip. 50% of proceeds support Boulder School of Massage Therapy
Link in bio to register 🔗 https://www.troylavigne.com/classes/neurosensory

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06/04/2026

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For my birthday this year I am looking to raise money for the Boulder School of Massage Therapy. Please donate to this p...
05/22/2026

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05/12/2026

The greatest problem with massage therapy is that any practitioner can influence the trajectory of practice trends with unfounded claims (Borrowed from Jacob Swette and tweaked for massage therapy)

The greatest problem with massage therapy is that any practitioner can influence the trajectory of practice trends with ...
05/12/2026

The greatest problem with massage therapy is that any practitioner can influence the trajectory of practice trends with unfounded claims (Borrowed and tweaked slightly from Jacob Swette)

📖 New blog post is up — I've been diving deep into why the biomedical model alone isn't enough once pain goes chronic, a...
04/21/2026

📖 New blog post is up — I've been diving deep into why the biomedical model alone isn't enough once pain goes chronic, and what that means for how we treat. Link in bio.

🧠 5 spots away from confirming my Neuroscience of Massage course — May 16 & 17 in Clearwater, FL with the Center for Neurosomatic Studies.
Two days. 10 hours of labs. Pain science, fascia, neuroplasticity, palpation, ASMR, biotensegrity and more — all in one course.

Price = $450

Florida therapists — this one's in your backyard. Willing to travel? Clearwater in May is not a bad reason to make the trip. 😄
We just need 5 more registrations to lock it in. Share this if you know someone who'd love it!

🔗 https://cns.edu/product/neuroscience-of-massage-w-troy-lavigne/

I’m loving this group!! so far day two has been very fun!!Physio Supplies Canada Rapid Release Therapy
04/12/2026

I’m loving this group!! so far day two has been very fun!!

Physio Supplies Canada Rapid Release Therapy

I’m excited to be bringing this class to CNS on May 16-17I hope you can join me!The human body speaks a language the ner...
04/11/2026

I’m excited to be bringing this class to CNS on May 16-17
I hope you can join me!

The human body speaks a language the nervous system understands long before the mind does. Neuroscience of Massage Therapy is a 16-hour continuing education course that equips massage therapists with a clinically grounded, research-informed framework for understanding why and how manual therapy works — at the level of neurons, fascia, pain science, and the whole person in front of you.
This course moves well beyond technique. It examines the neuroscience underlying touch, sensation, tissue behavior, and the brain’s role in generating and sustaining pain. Therapists leave with a deeper clinical vocabulary, a sharper understanding of the mechanisms behind their work, and practical hands-on skills calibrated to the current evidence — including a critical eye toward common myths and outdated models still circulating in the profession.
Grounded in peer-reviewed research and delivered through experiential labs, case-based learning, and evidence-based discussion, this course is designed for therapists who are ready to think differently about what their hands are actually doing.
CNS

04/03/2026

New podcast episode — and this one has been a long time coming.

My guest is Paul Ingraham of PainScience.com. Back in 2012, his writing sent me into what I call my "crisis of faith" — the moment I started asking harder questions about what we were actually doing and why. It's a big part of why the Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy exists.

We talked about why massage still matters even when the mechanical explanations don't hold up, the one benefit the evidence actually supports with confidence, the ethics of therapy theater, and the difference between patient satisfaction and real clinical outcomes.

Paul's advice to new graduates: stop pathologizing posture and movement patterns. And make the sensory experience the foundation of everything you do. If nothing else, give people something genuinely pleasant. That's where any real therapeutic potential lives.

Find Paul's work at PainScience.com. 🎧 Full episode on Buzzsprout — https://www.buzzsprout.com/1671958/episodes/18955356

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