PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
Student/Graduates need to pass their licensing state exam [MBLEx] so they may enter the field as a Professional Massage Therapist. Professional Practices enhances students’ testing skills by discussing test anxiety, teaching effective study habits, sharing learning tools, and suggesting testing strategies to prepare Students for optimal performance on the exam.
The course also reviews the benefits and contraindications of massage. It explores how to communicate compassionately yet firmly with clients. Ethics, Laws, and appropriate Client/Therapist boundaries pertaining to Massage Therapy sessions will also be covered.
Business topics this course addresses include: career development, budgeting/money management, Operations, Documentation and security issues. Students review clinical terminology as well as Anatomy, Kinesiology and various Pathologies ensuring their preparedness for the challenging MBLEx exam.
BODY-READING
Body-Reading is based on the Traditional Eastern Yin/Yang and 5 Element Models. This course teaches the Massage Therapist how to initiate a health assessment for their clients. It focuses on the development of the student’s intuition. Areas of the body to be ‘read’ include: the face, back, abdomen and body structure. This modality also looks at clients’ birth dates, mannerisms, attitudes, and hands.
Body reading facilitates the client’s understanding of themselves and deepens their vitality in health, relationships, and their life’s journey. Physical (food and breathing exercises), Emotional (using feelings for healing) and Spiritual (subconscious healing) methods are all integrated in this course. Intuitive applications are developed with the various maps presented. The Practitioner’s use of these body reading maps can help guide clients toward the necessary steps to fulfill their greatest potential.
DYNAMIC CUPPING
Dynamic Cupping’s is centuries old, dating back to ancient Egyptian, African and Asian cultures. It uses suction to increase circulation and soften myo-facial and muscular structures of the body. Traditional Asian cupping uses fire to create the suction. Other styles use hand held pumps, rubber cups, and silicone cups. The course covers the basics, the benefits, and specific contraindications of this modality. Students learn a dynamic cupping protocol to add to existing body work sessions or use as a stand-alone treatment plan.
The skills learned in Dynamic Cupping include how to apply, remove, and incorporate movement to achieve desired outcomes. Cupping effectively increases circulation, helps with the breakdown of adhesion and muscle knots, and supports relaxation.
If you’re curious about a career as a Professional Massage Therapist, let us know, we can help! To date we’ve prepared more than 7,000 Graduates for rewarding careers as Professional Massage Therapists and can do the same for you! Find out more; visit us online at www.HealingHandsSchool.com, or, call us at (760) 746-9364 in Escondido or (949) 305-2722 in Laguna Hills and (858) 505-1100 in San Diego. Healing Hands School of Holistic Health, “Touching Lives, Touching Hearts”.
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