MASSAGE
THERAPY

Therapeutic Massage Requirements, Massage Systems and Professional Ethics. This course encompasses the scope of practice, licensing requirements, professional standards and professional ethics and personal and professional boundaries.

This course includes an the medical, anatomical, physiological, and clinical vocabulary needed for Massage Therapy. Students will become acquainted with the vocabulary of the human body for systems including axial skeleton, appendicular skeleton, articulations and the musculoskeletal system.

The structure and functions of the ten body systems will be explored with emphasis on the skeletal, muscular, nervous and integumentary systems.

This course includes the understanding the effects and benefits of massage and contraindications for massage. Equipment, products and environment will be explored and infection control and safety practices will be taught and practiced with all procedures.

Students will learn how to conduct a consultation, use procedures and policies to determining a client’s needs and practice completing intake forms, body diagrams, and assessments. A major part of this course will encompass procedures for complete body massages, therapies and techniques.

Students will create a resume’, hone job interviewing skills and work on developing a professional image. This course will also introduce the student to the requirements for establishing a business, start-up costs and needs, bookkeeping and marketing.

Including topics such as digital marketing analytics, social media marketing, and paid media. When you complete the Digital Marketing Specialization you will have a richer understanding of the foundations of the new digital marketing landscape and acquire a new set of stories, concepts, and tools to help you digitally create, distribute, promote and price your products and services.