Course: Introduction to Myofascial Work
Date: Saturday, September 26-27, 2026
Instructor: Pamela West, LMT, M.Ed.
16 CEU
Located at Got Your Back, 521 E Hector St, Conshohocken PA 19428
NCBTMB Course 70081639
This class is an introduction to structural myofascial bodywork. Structural myofascial bodywork views the human body as an organized, integrated, physical structure. Practitioners observe their client in an effort to understand the client’s ‘body pattern.’ They observe how the skeleton, the fascia, and the musculature interplay and support each other. In concert together, these tissues can support a natural alignment and an ease of movement for us humans.
In working, the practitioner’s hands make contact with fascia along with muscle fiber. Your hands feel into the body and down through the tissue layers to separate and “unglue” what has become stuck together. It’s a certain ‘feel’ of the tissue separating and elongating to give the skeleton within more space that is the trademark of myofascial work.
Myofascial work is a wonderful way to address your clients injuries and patterns of postural strain. New understandings of the function of fascia within the body gives both insight to these issues and a very effective means for unraveling them. The work helps your client to integrate in their body.
This class will give an overview of thinking and working myofascially. Students will learn and practice a myofascial session to address the spine. Practitioners of any kind of body therapy can benefit from understanding aspects of myofascial tissue and postural concerns.
What you will learn:
- Learn basic rules of Fascial anatomy.
- Learn to connect to and effect the Fascia with your hands.
- Learn to feel down into the different layers of Myofascial tissue.
- Learn to recognize Myofascial restrictions and patterns.
- Learn how to use Myofascial work to address your clients’ body concerns.
Please bring to class:
2 sheets, 2 pillows, 2 towels
Massage cream (not lotion or oil)
Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move easily.
Bring bathing suit or lycra workout clothing (light colors) that you can feel comfortable in during a structural observation.
About your instructor:
Pamela West, M.Ed., LMT maintains a private practice as a body therapist in Philadelphia, since 1983. Many of her clients have been with her for over 30 years. She works together with them to maintain body awareness, functionality and support their relationship with their body. Foundational to her work, Pamela earned a Masters in Dance from Temple University in 1981. She has over forty years’ experience in movement and body awareness studies. She certified in Body Education and holds a certificate of Personal Enrichment in Alexander Technique from The Alexander Foundation. She has experience in Feldenkrais Method, Zero Balancing, Anatomy Trains and DermoNeuroModulation. She holds a Pennsylvania license in Massage Therapy and is a founding member of the Fascial Research Society. She taught Structural Myofascial Work for matriculating students for over twenty years at Lourdes Institute of Holistic Studies now in Camden, New Jersey. Currently, she teaches myofascial fundamentals and applications courses as continuing education at Got Your Back in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. To continue her own studies, she attended dissections with both Gil Hedley of Integral Anatomy and Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains.
