FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cyndy Glynn
June 2, 2009
Gebauer Company
(800) 321-9348, x162
GEBAUER COMPANY FORMS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH PRESSURE POSITIVE AND BATTLE CREEK TO PROMOTE THE SPRAY AND STRETCH TECHNIQUE
Cleveland, Ohio – Gebauer Company, a 110-year-old medical device manufacturer and marketer of topical anesthetic skin refrigerants, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Pressure Positive Company and Battle Creek Equipment Company to promote a continuing education program for the spray and stretch technique, a learned physical therapy modality.
Continuing education programs will be held across the country and will be taught by practitioners with years of experience using the spray and stretch technique in clinical settings. Course participants will learn how to assess myofacial trigger points (MTrPs) and evaluate patients based on classic signs, symptoms, and clinical characteristics. Students will learn how to incorporate the spray and stretch technique into their practices.
Those who may benefit from this program include physical therapists, myofascial trigger point therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, dentists, and osteopaths.
Dr. Janet Travell, White House Physician to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, studied muscular-skeletal pain and wrote many articles and books detailing the use of manipulative procedures for treating myofascial pain and trigger points. Dr. Travell, in conjunction with the Gebauer Company, developed a product designed specifically for trigger point therapy that is today known as Gebauer’s Spray and Stretch® product.
The Gebauer Company manufactures topical skin refrigerants used for controlling pain associated with injections, venipuncture, minor surgical procedures, muscle spasms, sprains and strains. Core products include Gebauer’s Spray and Stretch®, endorsed by the American Physical Therapy Association, Gebauer’s Ethyl Chloride®, and Gebauer’s Pain Ease®.
Gebauer Company has been located in the city of Cleveland, Ohio for more than 100 years, and moved to a new 58,000 square foot corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in June of 2004. The facility includes several production suites, analytical and development laboratories, and distribution center. Gebauer Company is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and is FDA GMP compliant.
Pressure Positive, a Pennsylvania based company, develops tools for the at home self treatment of myofascial pain due to trigger points. The Backnobber, made of a woven fiberglass material, provides the support and stability required to produce the needed pressure on myofascial tissue. Battle Creek Equipment Company, of Battle Creek, Michigan, manufactures hot and cold therapy products, including moist heating pads. Moist heat is indicated in the protocol of the spray and stretch technique to re-warm tissues after therapy.
For more information regarding Gebauer Company, its products, and the spray and stretch continuing education program, visit: www.LearnSprayAndStretch.org, www.GebauersPainEase.com, and www.gebauer.com. For more information regarding Pressure Positive products, visit www.pressurepositive.com. For more information regarding Battle Creek products, visit www.battlecreekequipment.com.
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