Distance Learning Feedback
I am in the process of taking your basic/intermediate Hesch Method course, and while the PT language is a little deep for me, I am able to clearly understand palpation, springing and treatment techniques.
Your method is life changing, I thank you for putting together a distance learning package for people like myself who live in the middle of nowhere and find it difficult to get away. And, thank you for the most excellent pelvis model - I just received mine in the mail. Anyone taking the course via distance learning should have one.
Liane Sewell, CMT
Upton, WY
Your method is life changing, I thank you for putting together a distance learning package for people like myself who live in the middle of nowhere and find it difficult to get away. And, thank you for the most excellent pelvis model - I just received mine in the mail. Anyone taking the course via distance learning should have one.
Liane Sewell, CMT
Upton, WY
This course made sense to me and was in line with my philosophy and pulled the loose ends of what I knew about treatment of the pelvis and low back into a concrete treatment protocol that I am excited to use.
Teresa Moerer, PT
Northern Iowa Therapy
Teresa Moerer, PT
Northern Iowa Therapy
I enjoyed the examples, the workbook, the great explanation on torsions! I also enjoyed the HEP for patients and the patient examples.
Anonymous, Indianapolis, IN
Anonymous, Indianapolis, IN
I love how you have included the relevant research within the text to fill out concepts. Clear definitions so communication is defined and know for the purpose of the class is enlightening & refreshing. Since I am mostly self-taught, the explanations of how various specialties understand or define a term was very clarifying. While the rules and scales and definitions may be child's play for some, I am deeply thankful they are included to give me a solid foundation to stand on.
- Amy Eicher
- Amy Eicher
I came across the Hesch Method readying Eric Dalton’s book Dynamic Body. I practice Structural Integration (KMI trained) and was looking for additional techniques to address lumbo pelvic problems. I was drawn to Jerry’s method because of the thorough assessment and repertoire of safe techniques that are easy to apply. Initially I did the Hesch basic home study course due to living in the UK. The material, videos and direct support from Jerry was very good. I recently visited the US and had a tutorial day to go through the techniques in person. The day was very informative. We ran through all the spring tests and techniques for symptoms found for the Most Common Pattern and Second Most Common Pattern. I am a Kinaesthetic learner and Jerry accommodated that beautifully. Following the material Jerry and I did a session exchange with each other. Jerry gave me a full assessment which revealed a number of things I wasn’t aware of.
I have now taken his techniques into my clinic. Through Structural Integration I aim to bring someone back into natural balance through creating space and order in their soft tissue. Sometimes there are deeper fixations in the pelvis that prevent the rest of the structure from doing this. Jerry’s repertoire allows me to assess the pelvis and apply suitable techniques to restore natural balance and movement complimenting what I do within SI. There are also a number of self help exercises to give clients to do at home specific for pelvis joint health which are very useful.
If you are seeking to broaden your knowledge of the pelvis, all of its movement possibilities and have a series of assessment and treatment techniques, the Hesch Method is a very valuable tool.
Angela Donovan
Structural Integration Practitioner
I have now taken his techniques into my clinic. Through Structural Integration I aim to bring someone back into natural balance through creating space and order in their soft tissue. Sometimes there are deeper fixations in the pelvis that prevent the rest of the structure from doing this. Jerry’s repertoire allows me to assess the pelvis and apply suitable techniques to restore natural balance and movement complimenting what I do within SI. There are also a number of self help exercises to give clients to do at home specific for pelvis joint health which are very useful.
If you are seeking to broaden your knowledge of the pelvis, all of its movement possibilities and have a series of assessment and treatment techniques, the Hesch Method is a very valuable tool.
Angela Donovan
Structural Integration Practitioner
I'm always on the lookout for manual techniques that obtain sustainable results with my patients. The Hesch techniques make sense bio-mechanically and it fits into my functional treatment model. Fantastic addition to my clinical tool-belt!
Dr. Chris Feil, D.C.
Dr. Chris Feil, D.C.
Your methods have completely transformed the way I assess and treat Jerry (I am an Osteopath). Keep doing what you're doing, it's groundbreaking. I just wish I was in the US to attend one of your courses
Rachel Lee McIntosh
Rachel Lee McIntosh
Dear friends and fellow colleagues,
Jerry is an extremely skilled practitioner and manual therapy pioneer. I have immensely improved the quality of my results with my patients using Jerry’s techniques. His work is insightful, gentle and profound, and highly effective in changing joint alignment, thereby effecting a person’s bio-mechanical dysfunctions. As a manual therapist, I am extremely thankful to Jerry for having taught me such a profound and effective technique. It is surprisingly easy on both the therapist and the patient, yet incredibly powerful and transformation. Since attending Jerry’s workshops, I have been able to apply the Hesch methodology very effectively, which has increased my ability in freeing my clients from pain.
Sincerely Yours,
Larry Amos, LMT
Denver, Colorado
Jerry is an extremely skilled practitioner and manual therapy pioneer. I have immensely improved the quality of my results with my patients using Jerry’s techniques. His work is insightful, gentle and profound, and highly effective in changing joint alignment, thereby effecting a person’s bio-mechanical dysfunctions. As a manual therapist, I am extremely thankful to Jerry for having taught me such a profound and effective technique. It is surprisingly easy on both the therapist and the patient, yet incredibly powerful and transformation. Since attending Jerry’s workshops, I have been able to apply the Hesch methodology very effectively, which has increased my ability in freeing my clients from pain.
Sincerely Yours,
Larry Amos, LMT
Denver, Colorado
My whole practice of the pelvis has changed since taking Jerry Hesch online course for the pelvis. I couldn’t recommend a better course, unless of course you can attend in person. Since I wasn’t near him, his online course and book have been my lifesaver ever since. I wish it was part of basic grad school training. And I should mention I already have Diane lees pelvic girdle book and have been through it before taking the hesch institute course. Hesch is the most practical and helpful thing I have ever done for the pelvis. Julie Brouillard Kwong
Thanks Jerry! I want to reiterate to you that I use things you taught be every single day at work. Some of the things you have shown me I have not seen replicated by any other manual therapy specialty, neither NAIOMT or Institute of Physical Art, or Richard DonTigney or Richard Jackson, Diane Lee, or the Postural Respiration Institute. The Barral institute have shown a few thing a bit similar, with a whole other rationale behind why they do it, but the treatment ends up seeming very similar. Anyway, I just want to tell you that the good you do has spread….kind of like the corona virus, but in the best possible way. What I learned from you, each of my 3rd year DPT learns a lot of it, and I am sure, in turn, they teach their students eventually. And I am hoping, many, down the line, take your distance courses, which I am sure they have.
Thanks again!
Barbara J. Carusillo
Thanks Jerry! I want to reiterate to you that I use things you taught be every single day at work. Some of the things you have shown me I have not seen replicated by any other manual therapy specialty, neither NAIOMT or Institute of Physical Art, or Richard DonTigney or Richard Jackson, Diane Lee, or the Postural Respiration Institute. The Barral institute have shown a few thing a bit similar, with a whole other rationale behind why they do it, but the treatment ends up seeming very similar. Anyway, I just want to tell you that the good you do has spread….kind of like the corona virus, but in the best possible way. What I learned from you, each of my 3rd year DPT learns a lot of it, and I am sure, in turn, they teach their students eventually. And I am hoping, many, down the line, take your distance courses, which I am sure they have.
Thanks again!
Barbara J. Carusillo
Barbara J. Carusillo … Your techniques have solid clinical reasoning with good basic science. In the future, I am sure, if the multi-center, double blind, randomized clinical trials could be done ( with sufficient numbers, controlling all the variables) for all the techniques you teach, I know it will show how wondrously effective they are. Those of us who are in the trenches, seeing patients, are looking for treatments that WORK, and allows people to self-manage. Frankly, some of the things you have shown me literally changed lives.
“By going slower and more gently I believe we are returning the innate mobility of the joints in a way the brain and nervous system agree with.”
Jon Erik Fountain
Jon Eric Fountain 15 minutes ago
@Jerryhesch Sure thing. I’m sure you have thought of it many times as well so you don’t have to quote me! I do think it is important as therapist people realize there is an intention of subtlety that has to be there. You can jerk on some things and get a great reflexive benefit. However, I think also though that because there are laws that govern fascia, spindles, gto, etc, we must realize that often melting something away and holding it for time has just as many benefits in another way. As I said before, these mobilizations of yours that I have implemented are not fancy or fast, just melding with the tissues and allowing time to do its thing. I have had people come in to my work in severe pain in the lumbar region and leave and be able to squat no problems after using your material. The past year I have thought lots about when does a joint need its innate mobility restored verse musculo/fascial work. When people would come in with back pain I would work on all muscles and facilitation/inhibition patterns to restore a joint. This is quite lengthy and helped many people. But when I added your stuff, I noticed things started to stick longer and weakness had been removed via different mechanisms and nerve pathways. Anyways, I won’t go on because I know you get it. Just trying to emphasize the sensory going in has to work with the person and the state they are in far more than structural. What drew me to your work was that it is was direct, humble, gentle and w/ little downside. By the way, really liked your regional dependence / interdependence paper. SPOT ON!
“By going slower and more gently I believe we are returning the innate mobility of the joints in a way the brain and nervous system agree with.”
Jon Erik Fountain
Jon Eric Fountain 15 minutes ago
@Jerryhesch Sure thing. I’m sure you have thought of it many times as well so you don’t have to quote me! I do think it is important as therapist people realize there is an intention of subtlety that has to be there. You can jerk on some things and get a great reflexive benefit. However, I think also though that because there are laws that govern fascia, spindles, gto, etc, we must realize that often melting something away and holding it for time has just as many benefits in another way. As I said before, these mobilizations of yours that I have implemented are not fancy or fast, just melding with the tissues and allowing time to do its thing. I have had people come in to my work in severe pain in the lumbar region and leave and be able to squat no problems after using your material. The past year I have thought lots about when does a joint need its innate mobility restored verse musculo/fascial work. When people would come in with back pain I would work on all muscles and facilitation/inhibition patterns to restore a joint. This is quite lengthy and helped many people. But when I added your stuff, I noticed things started to stick longer and weakness had been removed via different mechanisms and nerve pathways. Anyways, I won’t go on because I know you get it. Just trying to emphasize the sensory going in has to work with the person and the state they are in far more than structural. What drew me to your work was that it is was direct, humble, gentle and w/ little downside. By the way, really liked your regional dependence / interdependence paper. SPOT ON!