If you’re looking for more than just a career … If you’re looking for a way to help others by relieving stress, tension and aches, try the Massage Therapist training at McIntosh College.
Just a few of the career fields you can pursue with a certificate from our quality Massage Therapy Program include:
- Health Clubs
- Hospitals
- Resorts
- Private Practice
- Nursing Homes
- Health Care Facilities
Our Massage Therapy Program can offer you more than just a way to help others in this growing field. This is a career you can take with you wherever you go.
Creating a career as a Massage Therapist requires a balanced education of the science, techniques and ethics involved in massage therapy. In our quality Massage Therapy Program, you can learn a variety of skills, including Western massage, deep tissue therapy, trigger-point, chair massage, and sports and medical massage.
You will be taught a training combination of theory, lecture and application that meets all state certification requirements with our Massage Therapist training. So whether you envision a career at a high-style resort, nursing home or in private practice, our worthwhile Massage Therapy Program could help get you on the road towards an exciting career.
Massage Therapy Program Educational Objectives:
- Demonstrate competency in a variety of modalities including Western Massage, Deep Tissue, Trigger-Point, Chair Massage, Sports and Remedial Massage, Myofascial Release and some Accupressure
- Integrate massage techniques with effective client communications and proper boundary setting
- Define the eleven major systems of the human body, in addition to the craniosacral system
- Apply principles of non-Western bodywork theories and therapies
- Apply the principles of First Aid/CPR
- Know and apply the National Certification Board Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Code of Ethics and Professional Standards
- Apply good business practices and clientele development
- Use palpation and visual clues to assess clients
Courses that one might take in the Massage Therapy program are as follows:
- Business Development for Massage Therapy
- Health and Hygiene
- Health Services Management and Ethics
- Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab
- Human Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab
- Kinesiology I with Lab
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- Kinesiology II with Lab
- Massage Therapy Clinic
- Massage Therapy I with Lab
- Massage Therapy II with Lab
- Massage Therapy III with Lab
- Related Modalities and Adjunct Therapies
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