Integrating Orthopedic Massage
with Ben Benjamin
Fri
Date: Dec 06 2024
From: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Presented in-person Friday, December 6th from 9:00am to 5:00pm for 7CE hours.
This comprehensive hands-on workshop includes assessment and friction therapy treatment. You will learn two dozen assessment tests, as well as cross-fiber friction, and myofascial and deep tissue techniques to address pain and injury in some of the most commonly injured structures in the neck, shoulder, low back, and knee.
Active Assisted Stretching: Upper Body
with Ben Benjamin
Sat
Date: Dec 07 2024
From: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Presented in-person Saturday, December 7th from 9:00am to 5:00pm for 7CE hours.
This intensive, hands-on, workshop teaches you a comprehensive, effective stretching protocol for the upper body that can be performed on your clients in 50-60-minute sessions. Active Assisted Stretching (AAS) energizes the body, enhances the health of the tissues, increases flexibility, protects the body from injury, enhances the healing process, re-aligns the fascia and makes building strength more effective. AAS is especially good for athletes, the elderly, and the injured, and can also benefit the neurologically impaired. Add this to your practice as a stand-alone service, or as a compliment to your client’s massage therapy session.
Orthopedic Massage for Plantar Fasciitis
with Sunnie Gonzales
Sun
Date: Jan 12 2025
From: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Presented in-person Sunday, January 12th from 9:00am to 4:00pm for 6CE hours.
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students to a deeper level of understanding of Plantar fasciitis. The students will learn to utilize critical thinking skills to assess the clients’ movements. Additionally, muscles and specific areas presenting pain will be taught and techniques to alleviate pain. Students will learn how to use muscle testing to understand what may or may not be a problem and create a session plan that will address their assessment findings.
Cupping for LMTs
with Natalie Meyersick
Fri
Date: Jan 24 2025
From: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Presented in-person Friday, January 24th from 9:00am to 5:00pm for 7CE hours.
Cupping for LMTs is a 7-hour continuing education course designed for massage students and LMTs that are new to the practice of cupping therapy. It provides an introduction to the history, core concepts, contraindications, and indications, as well as tools and techniques underlying the application of modern cupping therapy with hands-on training in cupping techniques that can be effectively integrated into nearly any modality of bodywork.
Heel & Sole - Heal & Soul
with David Lauterstein
Sun
Date: Feb 09 2025
From: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Presented in-person Sunday, February 9th from 9:00am to 4:00pm for 6CE hours.
The feet are the foundation for our whole body and for our whole life! It is surprising that, nonetheless, most massage therapists do not know the muscles of the feet in detail! Every therapist needs a thorough knowledge of the all the muscles of the feet and techniques to address them. This class will give you that knowledge. if you take the class on a Sunday, that Monday you will have a new and tremendously effective therapeutic protocol for the feet.
Reflex Therapies
with Edward Ulm
Sat
Date: Feb 22 2025
From: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Presented in-person Saturday, February 22nd and Sunday, February 23rd from 10:00am to 5:00pm both days for 12CE hours.
This massage course is centered on somatic reflexes and predictive coding/processing which provides students with a unique and in-depth understanding of how the nervous system processes and responds to touch and sensory input. With live demonstrations and facilitated hands-on learning.
By the end of this 12-hour course, students should have a deep understanding of the interplay between somatic reflexes and predictive coding, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to offer highly tailored and effective massage therapy informed by the principles of sensory perception and neural expectation.
Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) Certification
with Nicola McGill
Fri
Date: Mar 21 2025
From: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Presented in-person in two consecutive weekends, Friday, March 21st through Sunday, March 23rd and Friday, March 28th through Sunday, March 30th from 8:00am to 5:30pm the first five days and 8:00am to 2:00pm the final day for a total of 45CE hours.
Getting MLD-certified expands your skill set which will help you better serve your current clients. Some therapists find it beneficial to use MLD in every massage session in conjunction with other techniques. Becoming certified will also attract new clients to your practice who require this special form of massage. PTs and OTs often refer their patients with lymphedema to LMT-CLTs for maintenance therapy.
