Continuing Education Coordinators

Bradford Donnaud - Creative Ensemble Massage 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 process. Through group exercises and directed creative play, you will discover…

Carrie Taylor - Myofascial Assessment & Treatment of the Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, & Pectoral Girdle Course Description Day 1: Myofacial Assessment & Treatment of the Shoulder, Elbow, & Wrist This workshop covers Myofascial assessment of the shoulder, elbow and wrist as it applies to formulating effective treatment goals for a variety of disorders in the region, such as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Adhesive Capsulitis/”frozen shoulder”, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, DeQuervain's Tenosynovitis, "Blackberry thumb”, Shoulder tendinosis, etc. Participants will be shown how to…

Mayumi Hawthorne - Contrast Therapy (Using Hot/Cold Stones) Course Description This 12 hours hands-on course will discuss a soft tissue technique using Contrast Therapy massage using Hot and Cold stones. A successful Contrast Therapy Massage depends on a clear understanding of the applications and bodily response to heat and cold applications of water using a variety of stones. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Describe the benefits and contraindications of heat and cold applications using Basalt…

Arnold Askew - Understanding & Transforming Chronic Pain Description Would you like your practice to be more 'medical' based? Would you like your practice to help transform people's lives? Would you like your practice to be easier on your body and more mentally stimulating? Develop these results when you take Understanding and Transforming Chronic Pain. Some people get a massage because it "feels good". Others come to "feel better". Still others come because they want to be better. They want…

Bradford Donnaud - Talk and Breath Enhanced Massage Description This course is a hands-on class that joins Guided Imagery and Guided Breathwork with therapeutic massage. What should a client think about when getting a massage? The mind follows the body in relaxation. Asking a client to take a deep breath or to focus on a mental image can be useful in that it creates a conversational break if the client is very talkative or having trouble relaxing. Encouraging the client…

Sam Irwin - Orthopedic Assessment - Hip, Pelvis, Low back, Neck Description This is a 12-hour hands-on course dedicated to Orthopedic Assessment of the hip, pelvis, low back, and neck. Students will demonstrate proficiency in evaluation and treatment of specific conditions in the hip, pelvis, low back, neck including: SI Joint Dysfunction Piriformis Syndrome Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and more using various ROM evaluations, the HOPS method, etc. Class Info Supplies: Bring sheets and lotion/cream each day. DO NOT bring oil-based…

Mayumi Hawthorne - to Birth Massage - Prenatal Massage Description This 12 hours hands-on course is packed with information from the gestation period to the fundamentals of how a woman's body changes during the development of life. It includes how to utilize soft tissue for a Prenatal massage to ease her discomfort during her pregnancy and also provides you with recommended/suggested stretches/exercises for your client. This course will help to identify these structural changes per trimester and how massage can…

Margie Meshew - MyoZen Therapy Upper Back and Neck Description MyoZen Therapy is a comprehensive proven method developed by Margie Meshew in 1996. Its clinical foundation is based on aspects of medical massage incorporating components of neuromuscular, myofascial, and trigger point therapy. MyoZen Therapy uses a specific protocol and methodical approach which allows for more efficient access to the underlying muscle fibers creating a laser focus treatment. The biomechanical techniques used in MyoZen therapy allow the therapist to target specific…