Public seminars are provided free to the public or organization requesting the seminar. The only cost is generally for the location (if any cost) and transportation to and from the location for the speaker. Most locations in eastern Los Angeles County and northern Orange County, CA. do not include a transportation cost.

Any organization, company, club or group which will not be charging the attendees may request and schedule a seminar. Requests must be in writing.

Topics include:

• Very basic background on physiology, neurology and biomechanics - This material is presented in a very simple yet clear way for people of minimal or no health care training to understand. The material is necessary for an understanding of what, how and why TPT works.
• Hands on demonstrations of trigger point therapy - Each participant is given an opportunity to feel a trigger point (almost everyone has a few in the shoulders they don't know about) in order to understand how to apply self care after the training is completed.
• Training in self care - Both general and specific techniques of self care are presented, demonstrated and practiced by those participants wanting to learn. A TENNIS BALL IS REQUIRED FOR EACH PERSON - Bring Your Own Ball (BYOB).
• Demonstration of tools for self care - Tools for both self care and patient care are demonstrated. How to set up a treatment regimen is provided.

The goal of this seminar is to provide a working knowledge and experience to all those in attendance so that they can do self care after leaving the seminar.

The difference between this and the professional seminar is focus and material.

In the public seminar the presentation is very simplistic while there is more emphasis on hands on training for self care. Each participant usually goes through the actual experience of doing self care in some form or another while in the seminar. Most participant have an opportunity to ask for specific body region care pertinent to their own problems.
In the professional seminar the presentation is more advanced in clinical terms, application of TPT within a practice setting and use of TPT in patient care. Each participant is given an opportunity to feel a TP but no self care training is given. Demonstrations of pertinent patient care (positioning, hand tools and patient management) are done. Most questions and answers will revolve around these issues.