Muscle damage creates tension in the myoskeletal system, causing misalignment.
Stretching only temporarily releases muscle tension. The misalignment reoccurs.
If this is your experience as a manual therapist, then this workshop is for you!
Your instructor, Madeline McBride, is a professional engineer and Canadian expert in restoring myoskeletal alignment.
Learn her approach to eliminating muscle tension causing nerve compression and misalignment, without stretching or equipment.
Find the Muscle Damage & Fix it
The Need for Therapists Who Can Restore Alignment is Enormous
If people had access to therapists who knew how to restore pelvis alignment soon after falls, sports injuries and accidents, those clients would never experience joint deterioration caused by long term misalignment. Excess muscle tension twists or shifts bones out of alignment and compresses joints. Inevitably, the result is pain, osteoarthritis/joint damage, and eventually back surgery, and/or hip or knee replacements.
Madeline’s goal is to increase the number of manual therapists with the knowledge and skills to restore alignment. Frankly, the need from children to seniors for fast* and effective restoration of pelvis, femur and knee alignment is overwhelming. She cannot handle the demand, and needs to teach others to achieve lasting results.
If deterioration has not progressed to hip or knee replacement eligibility, manual therapy can mitigate most people’s back, hip and knee pain, and prevent progressive deterioration.
Madeline’s approach is to:
use biomechanical “the-body-is-a-system” principles to zero in on specific muscles misaligning the lumbar vertebra, ilium, greater trochanter, femur and tibia, and
manually resolve the muscle damage causing the tension, torsion, and joint compression. Stretching does not hold.
*Please note: some therapists expressed concern that they will lose income by “fixing” people in only 2-4 sessions. That is not Madeline’s experience. Word spreads. Clients’ friends, family and their colleagues will even travel from out of town to book appointments with you.
Why will you be in such demand? Because there are so few therapists who:
a) understand which muscles are the culprits, and
b) can resolve the muscle tension causing the misalignment.
What You Will Learn
In this seven (7) hour hands-on workshop you will learn:
anatomy of the lumbar spine, pelvis, hip and knee joints and attached muscles, and the major nerves that pass through them;
types of innominate (ilium) rotations (4) and upslips (2);
types of muscle damage;
the principle of tensegrity (how the body’s muscles interact as a structural system);
the biomechanical impacts of muscle tension, compression, torsion, and vector (force in a specific direction) acting on the bones, resulting in scoliosis, back pain & sciatica, bulging discs, osteoarthritis, etc.;
a three minute assessment procedure combined with palpation to quickly identify pelvis rotations and upslips, and the muscles causing that misalignment;
an effective manual technique to address leg, iliopsoas and lumbar muscle damage (and relieve pain quickly); and
a step-by-step strategy to assess and treat a client with a complex combo of muscles that are damaged, over-stretched, and/or locked in contraction.
NEW in 2026: video of the assessments and treatment.
Please note:
She does not teach practitioners to use, or who intend to use, a device to treat muscles. (Acupuncture and dry needling are complementary to this technique.)
This workshop is an expansion of the 1/2 Day Iliopsoas Damage Workshop to 1 day.
Who Can Attend
This workshop is targeted to massage therapists, Bowen therapists, osteopaths, and physiotherapists who treat muscles manually, and preferably offer sessions 45 minutes or longer. Physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, and those with anatomy knowledge are welcome to attend to gain insight into how muscle tension and resulting misalignment cause pain. For those in need of treatment, unfortunately you can’t fix yourself - you’ll need someone to work on you. Ask your favourite massage therapist to consider taking the workshop with you.
The in-person workshop includes instruction in the manual technique. (Scroll down for details of an on-line lecture version via Zoom.)
To acquire and effectively use this manual technique you will need:
palpation experience,
sensitive fingers that can locate muscle damage (knots, strains, scar tissue) in muscle, and
patience. (Madeline has spent 20 minutes or more releasing tension in severely damaged muscles.)
Feedback
“This is the best training I have had yet re the importance of treating for pelvis misalignments – with very clear in-depth explanations and visuals. Concise and to the point, distilled down to the essentials.”
“I learnt a lot about the pelvis - how it moves, what affects its rotation, pain and alignment. I learned new ways to assess the body. A must do course that brings plenty of information together in one workshop.”
“Great for practitioners who feel stuck or overwhelmed by frustrating cases, especially with low back/pelvic/knee issues.”
“Logical hierarchy from assessment to treatment to reassessment… So much pertinent info. Maybe the most important: treat the source to fix the problem.”
“Madeline knows her stuff and offers real solutions to practice challenges.”
“Thank you for this amazing workshop, Madeline. You are thorough and very patient.”
“I liked the step by step instructions for assessment and work on the body.”
“It is powerful info for getting to the root of clients’ issues and addressing layer by layer.”
“I would take any of Madeline’s workshops. She is a very good instructor & adamant that content & practice are well received. I had the opportunity to put this workshop in practice two days later with a client… Success!!!”
“The gentle approach is fantastic. The assessment component was great as it’s quick to do.”
“Workshop helps with connecting the dots and bringing clarity to problems that re-occur with clients - why they keep getting tension in the same location. Now I can treat the problem correctly.” RMT
“Madeline was helpful with assessments and determining what areas needed to be addressed first.”
Instructor
Madeline McBride has a B.Sc. (Civil Engineering) from Queen’s University and a Master’s in Applied Science (Civil Engineering) degree from the University of Waterloo. After retiring from her engineering and management career, she became a Certified Bowenwork Practitioner and Neuromuscular Therapist. Her cross-discipline skill set of mechanics + manual training resulted in this North American expert in restoring pelvis, jaw and spinal alignment after falls, accidents and other injuries. Learn more about her training and experience.
Madeline’s Blog Posts
Posts on the topic of alignment.
2026 WORKSHOPS
June-July On-line via ZOOM
Note: the on-line workshop does not include practice. The content is exactly the same as the in-person workshop. You will learn the assessments and the treatment protocol, but must practice unsupervised. You will receive a PDF of the slides, and the link to the YouTube video demo.
Date: This 6 hour workshop is split into 3 parts, each 2 hours in duration.
Part 1: Saturday, June 27
Part 2: Saturday, July 4
Part 3: Saturday, July 11
Australia is a day ahead: Sunday, June 28, July 5, July 12
Check your time zone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Ontario/Quebec, Canada: Saturday evening, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
US/Canada Mountain Time: Saturday evening, MDT. Look up your town to be sure of time.
US/Canada Pacific Time: Saturday afternoon, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)
Perth, Australia: Sunday morning, 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (UTC+8)
Melbourne, Australia: Sunday morning, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 (UTC +11)
Register: email madeline@mcbridepainclinic.com.
Please provide this information in your email:
name
type of therapist
town/city
country
Cost: $200 CAD (tax included) $150 USD/ 110 GBP/ $210 AUD /130 euros
Canadians may pay via no-fee e-transfer or credit card (PayPal invoice).
International participants pay via PayPal invoice. You are responsible for currency conversion fees.
***Do not send money to a random Madeline McBride on PayPal!!! I will send you a McBride Pain Clinic invoice via PayPal.***
Upon receipt of payment you will receive the ZOOM meeting link and the PDF of the presentation.
OTTAWA, ON Canada - in-person
Date: August 29
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre, 102 Greenview Avenue, Ottawa ON K2B 8J8
The Jaw & Sphenoid Alignment workshop will be held at the same location on Sunday, August 30.
Cost of 1-day Biomechanics workshop:
Regular: $325 inclusive of 13% HST
Repeat in-person: $225 inclusive of HST (You can repeat the Biomechanics workshop on-line for free.)
Register: Email madeline@mcbridepainclinic.com
Please provide this information in your email:
name of workshop (s). Include the Jaw Alignment workshop if registering for both.
your name
type of therapist (Bowen, massage, osteopath, etc.)
town/city
province
cell number
COACHING & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
The Biomechanics workshop is only the beginning, in terms of perfecting your alignment skills. You have the option to repeat the workshop at a discount (in-person) or on Zoom for free.
Those who have taken the Biomechanics workshop in-person will be eligible to attend 1/2 day in-person hands-on coaching & practice workshops in Ottawa. Based on Madeline’s years of experience with complex issues, you will receive tips on how to take your assessments and treatment to the next level.
Skills Development Workshop
If you have taken the one day in-person workshop, practice your new skills at this 1/2 day hands-on workshop.
Date: TBD, based on request.
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: McBride Pain Clinic, 444 Ancaster Avenue, Ottawa, ON.
Cost inclusive of HST: $85.00 CAD
Register: email madeline@mcbridepainclinic.com
Payments: e-transfer (no fees), or PayPal invoice sent the week prior to the event. Do NOT e-transfer to madeline@mcbridepainclinic.com. The e-transfer link is private for security reasons. You are not considered as having paid unless you have received a confirmation of payment from Madeline.
Receipt provided for income tax purposes.
ORGANIZE A WORKSHOP
Madeline will travel to the Ottawa/ Kingston/ Montreal/ GTHA areas to teach manual therapists; i.e., anywhere accessible by VIA Rail & GO network. A workshop coordinator who provides/arranges a venue, massage tables and a sufficient number of students will attend free. Email madeline@mcbridepainclinic.com
BY REQUEST on ZOOM
They will be scheduled on North America EST or EDT evenings or weekends upon request.
Cost:
One-on-one: $300 CAD
Two or more participants: each $130 CAD (inclusive of tax)
Register: Payments for international ZOOM workshops: Email Madeline@mcbridepainclinic.com to register and request a PayPal invoice. Please identify your location in the email so I know the time zone. Upon receipt of payment you will receive the ZOOM meeting link.
GET NOTIFIED of UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Email madeline@mcbridepainclinic.com to subscribe to the quarterly Healing Tips & Training newsletter. Provide your name, email, type of practitioner, and country (to help Madeline schedule workshops for different time zones.)
