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October 2022
Stepheny Diaz – Manual Resistance Stretching
Stepheny Diaz - Manual Resistance Stretching Masks must be worn at all times while in the building We are following the governor's mandate and the guideline established by the GA Board of Massage Therapy Course Description This is a manual resistance stretch course. Students will learn about contraindications and safety to perform safe and effective stretches. The student will be educated on the client's range of motion, limitations and postural observations that would indicate necessary stretches. Students will learn warm-up…
Find out more »Craig Knowles – KM Technique – Lower Extremities
Craig Knowles - KM Technique - Lower Extremities Description Kinetic Musculorehab technique is a blend of sports massage and medical massage that uses range of motion to treat common everyday dysfunctions. The basis of KM Technique is to learn to treat muscles in their plane of action. This course teaches how to merge passive range of motion with other massage techniques to increase their function and to relieve pain. KM Technique is also used to increase range of motion, break…
Find out more »Bradford Donnaud – Creative Ensemble Massage
Bradford Donnaud - Creative Ensemble Massage Masks must be worn at all times while in the building Description Creativity is a learned behavior. Learning to be more creative in your massage will ensure that your work stays fresh and never boring. This course is designed to unleash your creative massage potential. We learn many modalities over our careers as Massage Therapists. We then take parts of those modalities and choose what to incorporate into our work, this is a creative…
Find out more »November 2022
Craig Knowles – KM Technique- Upper Extremities
CLASS CANCELLED Craig Knowles - KM Technique- Upper Extremities Description Kinetic Musculorehab technique is a blend of sports massage and medical massage that uses range of motion to treat common everyday dysfunctions. The basis of KM Technique is to learn to treat muscles in their plane of action. This course teaches how to merge passive range of motion with other massage techniques to increase their function and to relieve pain. KM Technique is also used to increase range of motion,…
Find out more »C. Mayumi Hawthorne – Contrast Therapy (using Hot/Cold Stones)
C. Mayumi Hawthorne - Contrast Therapy (using Hot/Cold Stones) Course Description We are excited to announce Contrast Therapy Massage (using Hot/Cold Stones) is at our Marietta campus. This 12 hours hands-on course will help provide you with a clear understanding of the application and bodily response to heat and cold application of water using stones. You will be able to explain and perform: Describe the benefits and contraindications of heat and cold applications using Basalt stones Proper protocol for a…
Find out more »C. Mayumi Hawthorne – Prior to Birth Massage (Prenatal Massage)
C. Mayumi Hawthorne - to Birth Massage - Prenatal Massage Description We are pleased to announce Prior to Birth A.K.A. Prenatal Massage is at our Marietta campus. This 12 hours hands-on course is packed with information from the gestation period to actual performing soft tissue techniques used in Prenatal Massage today. The Prior to Birth Massage course will help provide you with a deeper understanding of the structural changes that a woman's body goes through during her pregnancy. You will…
Find out more »Carrie Taylor – Fascial Fundamentals & Treatment of TMJ/ TOS
Carrie Taylor - Fascial Fundamentals & Treatment of TMJ / TOS Masks must be worn at all times while in the building Course Description Day 1: Taylor Fascial Fundamentals: Level 1 This workshop will give participants an introduction to the "Taylor Technique" style of myofascial assessment & treatment, and how to incorporate this work into their current practice. Specifically, strain/counterstrain, using limbs as levers, pin & drag, skin rolling, pick up & roll are all shown in several areas of…
Find out more »Craig Knowles – Lymphatic Drainage Part 3 – Post Surgical
Craig Knowles - Lymphatic Drainage Part 3 Prerequisite: Lymphatic Drainage Part 1 & Part 2 Lymphatic Massage Part 3 takes the routines we learned in Part 2 and modifies them for specific ortho and cosmetic surgeries. You will also learn two techniques to treat scar tissue using scraping tools and cupping. This course will assist therapists in developing treatments specific to post surgery of Liposuction, Breast Surgeries, Tummy Tucks, and Brazilian Butt Lifts, among others. You must have completed Lymphatic…
Find out more »January 2023
Mayumi Hawthorne – Contrast Therapy (using Hot/Cold Stones)
Mayumi Hawthorne - Contrast Therapy (using Hot/Cold Stones) Course Description We are excited to announce Contrast Therapy Massage (using Hot/Cold Stones) is at our Marietta campus. This 12 hours hands-on course will help provide you with a clear understanding of the application and bodily response to heat and cold application of water using stones. You will be able to explain and perform: Describe the benefits and contraindications of heat and cold applications using Basalt stones Proper protocol for a full-body…
Find out more »February 2023
Craig Knowles – Lymphatic Drainage Part 1 – Techniques
Craig Knowles - Lymphatic Drainage Part 1 - Techniques Description Lymphatic Massage is a type of gentle massage which is intended to encourage the natural drainage of the lymph, which carries waste products away from the tissues back toward the heart. The lymph system depends on intrinsic contractions of the smooth muscle cells in the walls of lymph vessels and the movement of skeletal muscles to propel lymph through the vessels to lymph nodes and then beyond the lymph nodes…
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