This is a 1/2 day intensive Advanced seated massage course.  
Please let me know if you have a massage chair (we may need you to bring it).

Deposit of 25 pounds required to register for this course balance due at the course.

Soft Copy certificates and receipts will be sent to you via email.      Required: 1 face cradle cover or towel for you to use.

… Whether you are treating the corporate client, athletes, seniors, pregnant women or injured clients; the skills learned here will be invaluable.

This workshop will be taught primarily through therapist hands-on participation and demonstrations. Therapists will learn and practice regional advanced treatment techniques to be more efficient and effective in accessing and treating functionally problematic issues in selected upper body regions such as the neck, back and shoulder girdle. The workshop will start with a common case presentation, to effectively look at the symptomatic presentation in order to support the clinical reasoning and rational for techniques, modalities, treatment positions and structures addressed.

This short technical hands on workshop will be taught primarily through hands-on skills in conjunction with demonstrations and explanations.

This hands-on workshop prepares therapists for performing a safe and effective therapeutic in-chair massage on a client according to the highest standards of practice. You will learn and practice basic and advanced in-chair massage techniques incorporating modified Swedish techniques. This will include assessment tips and discussion of other modality use such as Joint mobilizations. You will learn strategies for land marking and assessment over-the-clothing. Instruction emphasizes proper biomechanics for chair massage transferable to the table or other activities. Therapists will be introduced to, and practice warm-up and grounding exercises that will prepare them to safely apply learned skills, resulting in reduced stress on the body.

A practical review of the skeletal and muscular anatomy of the back, shoulder girdle, and cervical areas will be given. As well, therapists will practice and learn about the workings of the massage chair including how to properly adjust it for comfort, its maintenance, limitations and repair. Therapists will learn strategies for integrating in-chair massage into their existing practice and about determining when the benefits of using in-chair massage outweigh table massage.

By the end of the course, it is expected that participants will be able use the chair to augment their current practice and to perform a 10 and 15 minute advance routine for corporate use.