Celebrating 30 Years!

The Therapy Option
  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Benefits
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Workshops
  • Healthy Options
  • Contact
  • More
    • Home
    • About
    • Services
    • Benefits
    • Fibromyalgia
    • Workshops
    • Healthy Options
    • Contact
The Therapy Option
  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Benefits
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Workshops
  • Healthy Options
  • Contact

    Nancy Porambo: Nationally-known Speaker, lecturer, teacher

    Workshops, Courses, Conferences

    Nancy Porambo is a nationally-known speaker, who spends quite a bit of the year on the road as a featured lecturer at conferences and workshops. In addition, she also teaches classes locally.  Contact Nancy directly to book.


    Courses currently offered:

    • Segmental Massage I, Head, Neck, Face, TMJ
    • Fibromyalgia-“Demystifying the Unexplained Disorder” 
    • Segmental Massage II, Low Back, Hips
    • Client Communications & Body Language
    • Healthy Business Practices
    • Professional Ethics for PA Massage Therapists
    • Professional Ethics for NCB Recertification
    • Hot Towel Face Massage
    • Research 101
    • Navigational Skills for Complicated Cases
    • The Psychology Behind Pain
    • The Medical Model Office Practice


    group and one-on-one training

    Tai Chi & Qi Gong Classes

     Improve Balance, Coordination, Focus and Clarity


    Personal Trainer Nancy Porambo offers individual training sessions with an emphasis on core strength and weight loss.


    TAI CHI CLASSES FOR SENIORS


    Tamaqua Arts Center (Balance, Coordination & Focus)

    125 Pine Street, Tamaqua, PA 18252

    When: Starting September 2022

    Cost: $10 per class/Prepaid or $12 per individual class


    Stay Tuned! More information coming soon.

    Fibromyalgia ~ Demystifying the Unexplained Disorder

    Every massage therapist and body worker needs to be informed about Fibromyalgia (FMS), a disorder that affects an estimated 6 million people in the United States.


    Nancy has worked in the field of chronic pain for the past 30 years as a neuromuscular therapist and more recently, has incorporated psychotherapy into her chronic pain practice.  During her graduate studies at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, she intensively researched and compared the etiology and treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia (FMS) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

    During her presentation, the student will gain a better understanding of the chemical functions and dynamics of the brain, and how sleep patterns and stress effect the body.  She also gives the therapist a thorough overview of psychological disorders that may accompany a diagnosis of FMS.


    Therapists who have taken Nancy’s class have remarked how informative the class is in helping them to understand the disorder, from not only a physiological perspective, but from a psychological perspective as well, something massage therapy education rarely touches.  Nancy goes in-depth regarding genetic and environmental variables that may contribute to the development and maintenance of FMS and she promotes a whole-body/mind teaching perspective that also looks at individual lifestyle, motivational levels and attitude.


    Nancy completes her class with a review of the traditional versus alternative treatment methods used today and allows plenty of time for questions and answers. Students who have taken the class have remarked positively about Nancy’s energetic and thorough teaching style and concise teaching techniques.  This is a “must take” course for the massage therapist who seeks a deeper understanding of chronic pain conditions like FMS and treatment or for therapists who would like to learn new information about contributing factors that may lead a chronic pain condition to develop into a long-term, disabling  disorder.


    FMS FACTS:

    • Observed more often in Women than Men
    • 1 in 50 Americans has been diagnosed with FMS
    • 60% of cases are between the ages of 30-49
    • Predominantly observed in Caucasians (97%)
    • 25% of cases reported parents with FMS


     

    The Therapy Option

    Copyright © 2022 The Therapy Option - All Rights Reserved.