Massage Theory
and Practice -
(100 hours)
Courses of study in
this class include:
Theory
of massage,
during which you will
learn:
- Specific
swedish techniques
- their application, when you would
use them and their effects on tissues.
- Contraindications -
when not to do massage, or when certain applications are limited.
- Draping -
how to properly cover your client during a massage so that they
feel secure and their privacy is honored.
- Assessment -
how to read a clients intake form and postural assessment, what
constitutes 'normal' and what muscles and soft tissues are involved
when a person is not perfectly aligned and what kinds of symptoms
might be present.
- Techniques
for specific conditions
- how techniques effect different
tissues or systems and which ones to use for specific conditions.
- Record
keeping - the importance of meticulous
record keeping is discussed, with an introduction of different
methods. Record keeping as it applies to 'insurance clients'
is discussed.
- Hygiene -
the importance of hygiene specific to massage is discussed, including
the proper care of equipment, sheets, universal precautions,
the room and of course personal hygiene.
Pathology -
an introduction to different dysfunctions of the body, and how
they relate to massage.
Professional
Business Practice and Ethics - discussion topics
range from establishing your own private business to the pros
and cons to working for someone else (i.e. spa, Drs. Office etc.).
We discuss professional
etiquette for greeting a client and ending a session. From attire
to setting up a massage room. We discuss in depth topics regarding
ethics - personal ethics, how we relate to our clients and other
therapists, and
more wide ranging ethics of how we relate to our community, professional
boundaries, rapport, the therapeutic relationship, transference
of feelings between therapist and client.
Supervised
hands-on instruction - during
this time you will learn a full body massage. It will incorporate
the classic swedish techniques along with a few creative and
advanced ones. It is intended to be a complete
and comprehensive massage by itself and also serve as a template
for addition of advanced techniques as they are learned later
on.
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Tuition
for level 1 is $1,500 |
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