Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy Bonnie Prudden

bonnie prudden using bonnie prudden myotherapy on english mastiff, blue tucson, az, 1994.

bonnie prudden said there 3 friends in life made bonnie prudden myotherapy possible. first hans kraus, taught corrective exercise beginning in 1943. second janet travell, mapped trigger points , referred pain patterns in patients, in 1940s. third desmond tivy, encouraged prudden s research , coined had developed myotherapy.

four years after ski accident prudden developed pain 1 of results of 1937 accident. said felt stress troubled marriage contributed physical pain. braces, heat, , cold became part of daily routine.

her introduction trigger points began in 1938 when showed @ gunks climb friends including kraus. when kraus noted holding head in lopsided position, asked if had pain , stiffness in neck. when said did, used thumb press on of neck. when finished no longer felt pain or stiffness , head straight. after went climbing. 1949 1958 prudden received training in therapeutic exercise kraus, worked in office patients , in 1954 received appointment research assistant howard rusk.

in 1952 prudden started receiving trigger point injection therapy kraus excruciating pain kept in bed days @ time. injections followed corrective exercises , allowed function few months before needing round of injections.

prudden closed white plains institute in 1959, bought 23 acres in stockbridge, ma , in 1960 began building bonnie prudden institute physical fitness. continued nationwide workshops, lecture series, springfield college summer programs, maternity program @ wesson, , new summer camp program women, executives , children in conjunction ymca , lankenau hospital in philadelphia. montgomery ward added prudden s fitness fashions , equipment catalog in 1960.

during summer training workshop, in 1965, prudden hurt knee demonstrating “russian” dance series. medication extreme pain needed in order maintain teaching , tv schedule. ace bandages , bed rest, whenever possible, part of treatment. 1966 right hip joint pain had progressed annoying limiting , search answer began.

in january 1969 @ age 55, prudden put in call travell. in march of year began regular monthly trips travell s office in washington, dc receiving series of trigger point injections designed make more comfortable , save hip. during summer of 1970 had right hip replaced.

from left right enid whittaker , bonnie prudden demonstrate bonnie prudden myotherapy on michael haines,tucson, az, 1995

it 1976 before pieces of myotherapy puzzle fell place. prudden s working arrangement tivy send patient prudden find trigger points, mark them , send them tivy inject. patient them come prudden corrective exercises. 1 morning woman arrived head lopsided , stiff , painful neck. later prudden may have pressed trigger point little longer or pressed harder when marking point. however, afterward woman no longer had pain, or stiff neck , head straight.

so began development of bonnie prudden myotherapy. on next 4 years using herself guinea pig, experimenting staff, friends , patients developed , mapped out common trigger points , accompanying corrective exercises. tivy coined word myotherapy , said there not many modalities available him such few side effects.

in 1979 @ age sixty-five prudden s left hip replaced. because of own myotherapy, able conduct entire weekend fitness workshop prior hip surgery. 6 weeks later of myotherapy , aqua-exercise on gym floor.

bonnie prudden in office in tucson, arizona, 1996

in 1980 prudden opened bonnie prudden school physical fitness , myotherapy trained students profession: exercise instructor, , myotherapy , corrective exercise practitioner. school housed nursery school pre-school aged children exercised each day, learned anatomy, exposed music, learned swim , taught rudiments of foreign language through song , rhyme.

in 1984 bonnie prudden school registered occupation myotherapist u.s. department of labor. bonnie prudden myotherapy trademarked in 1990 distinguish system, required 1300 hours of training certification , approved ce hours maintain certification, other persons calling myotherapists.

prudden felt if average person had correct information , tools take care of themselves. said bonnie prudden myotherapy effective whenever pain muscle-related. because tools fingers, knuckles , elbows, felt average person able use discipline quite easily.

myotherapy: bonnie prudden’s complete guide pain-free living published in 1982. 3 children s books revised in 1986, 1987, 1988 include chapters on myotherapy each age group.