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The Practise of Treatment Massage

This is a series of 8 modules designed to bring your Massage treatment skills to a more advanced level. This Course is a core requirement for the WSMT's Diploma in Therapeutic Treatment Massage and the Diploma in Advanced Treatment Massage & Related Body Therapies.

2018 Modules

Completion of this Course will prepare students to confidently and competently:

(i) Effectively treat a full range of musculo-skeletal pain & dysfunction symptoms, using a variety of techniques including Ischaemic Compressions; Slow Deep Longitudinal Strokes; Trigger Point Release; Myofascial Release, Active Tissue Release.
(ii) Develop the ability to comprehensively assess, chart & understand the many of the causes of musculo-skeletal pain & dysfunction conditions; develop an effective treatment plan for restoring the body back to full balance; & actually do the hands on work to achieve this goal.

If you want to become completely comfortable and confident with accessing and treating most regions of the body, then this is your Course. While being a comprehensive Course in its own right this training will also thoroughly prepare students for more advanced Courses such as Clinical NeuroMuscular Therapy.

Starting out with a Friday evening then an entire weekend dedicated to acquiring thorough & comprehensive Assessment skills; other modules, which are held over a Friday evening then the Saturday, deal with a different part of the body, always linking it in with what's going on in the body as a whole. Course content will cover: 

  • Assessment

- Information Gathering
- Palpation
- Postural Observation & Charting
- Gait Observation & Correcting
- Range of Motion Testing (Active, Passive)
- Resisted Tests

  • Treatment Planning
  • A full treatment sequence for all muscles in each specific area/joint, including

- Application of Relevant Strokes
- Progression of Strokes

  • Principles & Protocols of Massage
  • Post Treatment Evaluation & Debrief
  • Client Self Care Exercises & Advice Modules

This course is held as a series of modules. 

  • Structural Clinical Assessment Skills 
  • Assessment & Treatment - Shoulder & Thoracic Spine 
  • Assessment & Treatment - Neck 
  • Assessment Treatment  - Lumbar Spine & Abdomen incl. Visceral Massage (Organs)
  • Assessment & Treatment - Hip 
  • Assessment & Treatment - Ankle & Foot 
  • Assessment & Treatment - Elbow, Wrist & Hand
  • Putting It All Together x 2

Eligibility
This is an advanced programme primarily designed for those students who have completed the School's Certificate in Therapeutic Massage Course (or other equivalent training). Applications are considered for individual modules (see below for pricing) - contact the School to discuss your eligibility.

Co-requisites or pre-requisites Courses  (i.e. must either have been completed previously, or done as soon as scheduled) are:
Applied Musculo-Anatomy Course (AMSA)
Theory of Therapeutic Massage
Transforming Communication

Your investment includes password access to a selection of treatment sequence videos; full Course notes; a Goniometer (Goniometer is provided in the Clinical Assessment Course).

A separate fee of $250 will apply for the PRAC Exam.


Course ID: PRAC-18
Hours

In-class Hours: 104.5

Out of Class Hours: 25

Total Hours: 129.5

Numbers

Minimum Students: 4

Maximum Students: 12