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Learn how to provide your healing work to clients and patients with an oncology diagnosis. From positioning, medications, radiation and taking care of yourself, this course will allow you to feel confident about walking this journey with those that need your touch the most.
Pregnancy massage is continuing to gain in popularity! And given that the majority of your clients are likely female, let's learn how to go through this amazing time with them! You will learn positioning, contraindications, pain and treatments related to pregnancy, techniques and how to work safely...FOR YOU! This is a fun and interactive class!
Assisting therapists with table height, appropriate muscle groups to drive movement at the table, therapist postural assessment, definitions of pressure and how to assure appropriate verbiage. Demonstrations of pressure, weight, core strength. Demonstration of less physically impacting draping and learning alternate client positioning at the table.
Students will demonstrate an understanding and awareness of techniques that may have been causing them injury and pain. They will be able to target causes and leave with a solution that works for them. Students will gain the verbal skills to control potentially injury causing scenarios.
Students will demonstrate proficiency in cupping, including the amount of pressure, stationary versus movement of cups as well as how to areas of avoidance and medical contraindications. Students will demonstrate proper sanitation techniques. Learn this highly requested service!
Providing therapists with knowledge about the opioid addiction, the opioid client, medical and massage contraindications, treatment zones, medical team communication, accepting prescriptions and medical billing.
Be prepared to know your client and the potential billing scenarios.
As the massage industry continues to grow and change, the actions of the massage therapist must continue to evolve, both in and out of the room. Therapists are working in hospitals, orthopedic, pain management, hospice and oncology and many other medically based settings. Nationally, many states are pushing for stricter licensing laws. For many therapists, our biggest challenge is being confident in our verbiage and actions to ensure that we have set the expectation of professionalism. This course discusses topics that may be tough to tackle. We will discuss client’s perceptions of draping and linens, boundaries, disrobing and setting parameters of behavior even before the service commences. We will also spend a great deal of time talking about the connection between sexuality and touch. How does the therapist react? Is an erection a normal response, and if so, how does the therapist respond to specific scenarios? Providing a safe environment for the attendees to practice verbiage empowers them. Many therapists are not sure how to respond, how to know if they need to end the session or what warning signs to watch for. Unfortunately, we do work in an industry where this conversation occurs.
Who is more comfortable lying on their side? Oncology clients, recent joint/abdominal/breast surgeries, clients with pectoral medication ports, clients with asthma or breathing issues, children, victims of sexual assault, larger breasted clients, clients with low back pain, those with sinus issues.....and the list goes on! Many clients don't return becuase they were uncomfortable on the table, give them options! And the most important reason to do Side-Lying massage? YOU! It's easier (when done correctly) and allows you to practice longer without pain!