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Welcome to the Love Your Guts study group page.
This page will always have current info on review sessions,
how to enter your questions, certification case study info,
and an archive of past calls for you to download.
Love Your Guts Seminars Educational Lectures on MP3
Free Q&A sessions on MP3 with Marty Ryan
LYG 2010-07 Tele Q&A - July 26, 2010 - Length 26 min.
Discussion includes:
- Working with abdominal surgery clients post-op
- Working with sufferers of menstrual cycle-induced migraines
- Marty Ryan sabbatical announcement
LYG 2010-06 Tele Q&A - June 7, 2010 - Length 48 min.
Discussion includes:
- Anatomy Review of duodenum, inguinal and round ligaments, and distribution of abdominal adipose tissue vs. intraperitoneal organ fatty tissue.
- Ligaments suspended from the diaphragm. What do they really look like? Where are good pictures?
- Physiological connection between anxiety and fear and nausea and loose bowels. What is going on and why the 2 are linked?
- Tips that have worked for marketing belly massage.
- How quickly and deeply can one massage a person's abdomen? What's the right pacing and depth?
- 4 week plan for digestion students to start incorporating new digestive system treatments into your practice.
LYG 2010-04 Tele Q&A - recorded April 2, 2010 - Length 37 min.
Discussion includes:
- Case study about a new runner who has been having severe "side-stitches" while running. What is happening in the abdomen when that happens?
- Clarifying the pelvic diaphragm - what are the true structures?
- Are there any people/situations where belly work is not suitable or contraindicated, i.e.illnesses, surgeries, stomas, age etc?
- Practically, how would your method of approaching the belly differ with a client whom has chronically loose stools versus a client with chronic constipation?
- What would you recommend for client with chronic pancreatitis?
- What is the story with boating? what does it feel like and look like?
LYG 2010-03 Tele Q&A - recorded March 1, 2010 - Length 56 min.

Discussion includes:
- Language to use when describing abdominal work to clients.
- When the omentum travels what happens to the transverse colon?
- When you are palpating the colon, can you feel sub-clinical conditions or pathologies?
- What is your favorite tool for accessing the IC valve?
- What questions could I ask men to determine if their prostate is swollen besides do you have to pee at night?
- How can I best learn all of the stories that may come up around emotions and holding patterns in the belly?
- Do they cut the greater omentum during surgery or lift it up and move it before cutting?
LYG 2009-10 Tele Q&A - recorded Oct 30, 2009 - Length 42 min.

Discussion includes:
- Announcement to soon record: Indications/Contraindications,
4 Hot Topics (1st trimester belly massage, working with radiated
tissue, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and IUDs)
- How do you change your treatment if there is cancer in the body? (Look at Society for Oncology Massage at www.S4OM.com)
- How would you work with a client who has a colostomy bag?
- Languaging when working with men
- Case Study from Marty: working with a male client with serious pelvis injury from a car accident in 1990
- Belly massage for teenagers
- Teaching a spouse/partner how to work with their male partner’s pelvis and prostate
- Working obturator foramen from the anterior and posterior
- Review of the 3 ligaments related to the umbilical cord?
LYG 2009-09 Tele Q&A - recorded Sept 28, 2009 - Length 39 min.
Discussion includes:
- Case Study from Heather: Client had grapefruit size tumor
removed more than 18 years ago. She had been having very soft bowel
movements. After belly massage around her right side of the bikini scar
in which she had some sensitivity and a sudden release occurring near
her left lower ribcage, she noticed an absence of pain and a tugging
sensation she hadn't realized she had been enduring. The following
morning she had normal shaped stool.
- Case
Study from Novella: Client is 30 yr old female. Five yrs ago became
pregnant, nursed the child two yrs, became preg while nursing and
continued to nurse 2nd child for two years. She has been preg and
nursing for five years. Two months ago she weaned the child, has put
on 45 pounds in spite of inc of exercise. Thyroid test proved hypo.
Heart rate is up. GP Dr. wants to her on meds for life. OB GYN says
hormones will settle and all will be well. Currently, breast milk not
slowed at all is gushing along as if child was nursing. Client wants
natural, non invasive approach.
- How you judge that we have the fundamentals of Love Your Guts securely...
- Statins and abdominal massage - is there anything I should know?
- Is the location of the lesser and greater omentum always the same?
- In
Prone #9 regarding the bent knee bounce - What about knee or hip
replacement? How do you change the work to fit their needs?
LYG 2009-08 Tele Q&A - recorded Aug. 14, 2009 - Length: 37 min.
Discussion includes:
- Explanation of the term rectocele
- What is the broad ligament versus the round ligament?
- Is the broad ligament the same as the pelvic diaphragm?
- Is
there a correlation between a tilted uterus and pain with sex? Can you
explain how to move it anterior/posterior vs. left/right?
- Case
Study: 14 y.o. with 7+ months of constipation. Indications, treatment
plan ideas, and how to bring the mom into the overall plan for wellness
- Treating belly surgeries: announcement of new LYG class to debut in 2010
LYG 2009-07 Tele Q&A - recorded July 10, 2009 - Length: 35 min.
Discussion includes:
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What do you think about direct work with the psoas given contra-indicated organs in the area?
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What can be done for surgical scars?
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What kind of breathing and abdominal work can be done for someone with end-stage congestive obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
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Review of indications and contraindications of belly massage for diabetes
LYG 2009-04 Tele Q&A - Recorded April 10, 2009
LYG 2009-03 Tele Q&A - Recorded March 6, 2009
LYG 2009-03 Tele Q&A - Recorded March 2009
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