ELDOA™ 1 & 2 Certification Course

Instructor: Erik Shimane, D.C.

When: 4 days: August 18-21, 2023

Time: 8am to 5pm daily

Course Fee: $1449 +tax
**Early bird price $1299 +tax, $150 off | July 28, 2023 deadline (contact us for coupon code)

Prerequisite: none

Exam: There is NO EXAM for this course

Course Certificate: Upon completion of this course, a certificate will be given to authorize the student as an ELDOA™ Student Practitioner, Level 2

Questions: Email us here

Continuing Education Credits Available: Hawaii Board of Chiropractic via Texas Chiropractic College (26 credits), NASM (1.9 CEUs), AFAA (15 CEUs)

**You MUST attend all 4 days to receive CEU credit

Parking: Validation is provided at a special rate of $10/day in the SALT parking garage

Learn all of the ELDOAs of the Spine

Covered Topics include:

• Anatomy & Biomechanics of the Spine

• Back Pain: Medical Approach vs. the ELDOA™

• Introduction to Tensegrity Biomechanics

• Philosophy of Complexity

• Mobility vs. Stability

• Water: hydration concepts

• ELDOAs for all the Spine: L5/S1 through C2/C3

Links about ELDOA™:

• ELDOA USA

• Legacy Sport & Wellness Center ELDOA

• Mind Pump Media ft. Bryce Turner

• PopSugar Article: Why you should incorporate ELDOA into your fitness routine

• The Path podcast interview with ELDOA Trainer Justin Brien

• Cervical ELDOA with surfer Koa Rothman

Course Description

The course is a combination of ELDOA 01 and 02 instruction in a four day course, in-person only taught by an ELDOA™ instructor. ELDOA™ 01 – “The Most Frequently Used ELDOA™ of the Spine” with ELDOA™ 02 – The ELDOA™ of the Spine. The first part of the course is dedicated to topics specific to ELDOA 01: The Educational Paradigm of Guy VOYER, DO and the Teaching Method – “Learn by Doing”. The history of the ELDOA™, What are the Goals of the ELDOA™?, Introduction to Spine Biomechanics, the Functional Spine Unit of Junghans, and the Philosophy of the ELDOA – “You Are Your Own Best Therapist.”

The second part of the course, The ELDOA™ of the Spine, concentrates on the following topics: Back Pain: Treat the Symptoms vs ELDOA™ Address the Cause; Good Posture – The Gravity Line and Spine Curvature Disorders; Kapandji Spine Biomechanics and Descriptive Anatomy; Water is Life: Intracellular Water vs. Extracellular Water; and the Introduction to Factors of Progression. In this four-day course format, student-practitioners complete both ELDOA™ Level 01 and Level 02 Certification Courses.

ELDOA™ (Etirements Longitudinaux avec Decoaptation Osteo-Articulare) or LOADS (Longitudinal Osteo-Articular Decoaptation Stretches) are postural exercises that targets a specific functional unit in reference to an absolute fixed point and a mobile point, that one can perform with or without a practitioner with the primary goal being to increase the space within a particular articulation (joint). With the utilization of myo-fascial stretching, one can put tension around the joint to improve joint mechanics, increase blood flow, reduce pressure on the disc, reduce pain, rehydrate spinal disc, improve posture, have better muscle tone, and a sense of well-being and awareness. Upon competition of the course the practitioner will be able to provide the client or patient with particular sets of exercises to follow up with spinal exercises addressing subluxation at different spinal levels from C2/3 to L5/S1. Practitioners will also be able to utilize the ELDOA™ Techniques as a diagnostic instrument to assess a patient ability to perform exercises in a safe environment that allows the practitioner to modify the exercise as prescribed if a factor-of-progression is needed.

Course Objectives:

• The History of the ELDOA, including the Comprehensive Historical Synopsis of How the ELDOA was Organized by Guy VOYER, DO

• What are the Goals of the ELDOA? – General and Local Effects

• Good Posture: The Gravity Line and Spine Curvature Disorders

• Teach Classic Spine Biomechanics and Descriptive Anatomy

• Water is Life: Intracellular vs. Extracellular Water

• Introduction to Dura Mater and Cervical Spinal Fluid

• Teaching Principles: Awareness, Myo-Fascial Stretching, Lemniscate & Introduce Factors of Progression

• Teach the Classic ELDOA Postures of the Spine Levels L5-S1 to C2-C3

• The Importance of a Home Program

• Discussion and Theory: ELDOA Philosophy – “You Are Your Own Best Therapist”

SomaTraining Introduction & Abs Practical Certification Course

Instructor: Scott Herrera of SomaTraining Texas

When: August 21-22, 2022

Time: 9:00am to 6pm, Sun & Mon

Location: Epik Chiro, Kakaako, HI

Course Fee: $850 ($800 course fee, $50 manual)

Prerequisite: none but suggested: Online Theory lecture with Guy VOYER, DO

Exam: There is NO EXAM for this course

Course Certificate: This is a 2 part course: 1) live practical, 2) online theory with Guy VOYER, DO. Upon completion of this course, a certificate will be given. The anatomy & biomechanics theoretical lecture needs to be taken to be fully certified.

Questions: Email us here

One of the most fundamental and popular courses of the SomaTraining program and the first course in the program. A unique course with detailed relational and fascial anatomy and relative biomechanics where students learn proper mechanics, execution and application from the very beginning.

The abdominals (obliques, transverse, pyramidals and rectus abdominus) and the thoracic diaphragm need to be properly trained. These muscles are not only functional but aesthetic.

Over 40+ exercises and its variations can be used regularly in strength and conditioning as well as in the field of rehabilitation, especially for the lumbar spine, lumbo-pelvis dysfunction, abdominal wall separations, Crohn’s, constipation, hernias, diastases, and digestive disorders.

Why the Thoracic Diaphragm is the most important muscle in the body to train and how to train it for optimal function. Maintains the relationship between the upper spine and pelvis.

Course outline:

• Technical analysis of the movements which are the basis of muscle strengthening

• Learning to perfect the movement (progression factors)

• How to avoid injury with the appropriate preparation

• Cool-downs for better recovery

• Dietary factors

• Quality efforts in terms of strength, volume, power, speed, resistance, endurance and fitness maintenance

• Planning training sessions

• Multiple strengthening methods

• Muscular re-education programs

• Sports preparation programs

• 9-part abs

• 18 week abdominal strengthening program

Info about the 3 Year SomaTraining Program:

• Legacy Sport & Wellness Center, SomaTraining Texas institute

• SomaVoyer.com, the official website of Guy VOYER, DO Education Programs

• Some Coaches who have participated in SomaTraining Courses: Paul Gagné (Trainer for professional & olympic athletes), Charles Poliquin (Trainer in specialized sports performance), Paul Chek (Trainer and specialists in specific training and rehabilitation), Francine Savard (Trainer and bodybuilding specialist).

SomaTraining Practical: Proprioception & Awareness Certification Course, Live Practical

Instructor: Scott Herrera of SomaTraining Texas

When: August 18-20, 2022

Time: 2pm-6pm Thurs, 9am-6pm Fri, 2pm-6pm Sat

Location: Epik Chiro, Kakaako, HI

Course Fee: $250 for a half-day / $400 Friday / $850 all 3 days

Prerequisite: none but suggested: Online Theory lecture with Guy VOYER, DO **

Outline:

• Thursday 8/18/22: Hip & Knees

• Friday 8/19/22: Lower leg, Ankle & Foot

• Saturday 8/20/22: Spine, Pelvis, Shoulder & Elbow

Exam: There is NO EXAM for this course

Course Certificate: This is a 2 part course: 1) live practical, 2) online theory with Guy VOYER, DO. Upon completion of this course, a certificate will be given. The anatomy & biomechanics theoretical lecture needs to be taken to be fully certified.

Questions: Email us here

Bonus Anatomy Review: Dr. Erik Shimane, D.C. will host an anatomy review on Sat 8/13/22 from 3:30pm-5:30pm and Sun 8/14/22 from 9am-11am. Details will be sent after registration.

**Due to the complex nature of this course and the online theory not offered until Nov 19, 2022, Dr. Erik Shimane, D.C. will host an online or in-person lectures for registered students to prepare them on their ligament anatomy and tensegritive biomechanics. There is no added cost for this, it’s purely to prepare the student with a strong base foundation to find success during the live practical course.

PROPRIOCEPTION

• The physiology that controls how our joints move, or articulate, depends on a number of mechanisms in the tendons, ligaments and surrounding tissue. It is important to train these specific mechanisms in order to increase or revive control of a joint. This process is called Specific Proprioception Training and can be used in the healing process following a sprain or to treat arthrosis as an example.

• These exercises are not about the joint itself, but the collective group of mechanisms surrounding it. Specific Proprioception Training is a major factor in the road to recovery from injury as well as reaching maximum performance potential.

• “This work must be very precise. Because it is not the joint that is trained as a whole but a specific ligament or part of the capsule within that joint.”

• You will learn hundreds of exercises that may be used throughout the body for this proprioceptive work applied to specific ligaments.

• The missing link in the road to recovery and rehab

• 50+ exercises

AWARENESS

• How can an articulation be trained, a muscle strengthened, or a posture corrected, if the brain does not know the area being treated? How does a spine remain straight, if the feeling of being straight is skewed?

• The cortex must be trained to become acquainted with and recognize every area of the body. A strict methodology involving four progression factors is indispensable to really becoming familiar with the pelvis; the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine; and the various diaphragms.

• You will learn how to apply the very important and often neglected aspect of awareness in your daily practice and for your clients.

Links about the 3 Year SomaTraining Program:

• Legacy Sport & Wellness Center, SomaTraining Texas institute

• SomaVoyer.com, the official website of Guy VOYER, DO Education Programs

• Some Coaches who have participated in SomaTraining Courses: Paul Gagné (Trainer for professional & olympic athletes), Charles Poliquin (Trainer in specialized sports performance), Paul Chek (Trainer and specialists in specific training and rehabilitation), Francine Savard (Trainer and bodybuilding specialist).

ELDOA 1 Certification Course

Instructor: Dr. Erik Shimane, D.C.

When: Friday & Saturday, April 8 & 9, 2022

Time: 3:30pm to 7:30pm, Fri & Sat

Course Fee: $499 + HI sales tax

Prerequisites: none (some anatomy background is helpful)

Questions: Email us here

Learn the most frequently used ELDOAs of the Spine

Covered Topics include:

• Anatomy & Biomechanics of the Spine

• Back Pain: Medical Approach vs. the ELDOA

• Introduction to Tensegrity Biomechanics

• Guy VOYER’s Educational Paradigm

• The Philosophy, history & development of the ELDOA

• Philosophy of Complexity

• Mobility vs. Stability

• Water: hydration concepts

• ELDOAs – C4/C5; T6/T7; T8/T9; L5/S1

Links about ELDOA:

• ELDOA USA

• Legacy Sport & Wellness Center ELDOA

• Mind Pump Media ft. Bryce Turner

• PopSugar Article: Why you should incorporate ELDOA into your fitness routine

ELDOA 1 Certification Course

taught by Dr. Erik Shimane, D.C.

When: August 28 & 29, 2021

Time: 8am to 5pm, Sat & Sun

Course Fee: $499 + HI sales tax

Questions: Email us here

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Learn the most frequently used ELDOAs of the Spine

Covered Topics include:

• Anatomy & Biomechanics of the Spine

• Back Pain: Medical Approach vs. the ELDOA

• Introduction to Tensegrity Biomechanics

• Guy VOYER’s Educational Paradigm

• The Philosophy, history & development of the ELDOA

• Philosophy of Complexity

• Mobility vs. Stability

• Water: hydration concepts

• ELDOAs – C4/C5; T6/T7; T8/T9; L5/S1

Links about ELDOA:

• ELDOA USA

• Legacy Sport & Wellness Center ELDOA

• Mind Pump Media ft. Bryce Turner

• PopSugar Article: Why you should incorporate ELDOA into your fitness routine