Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute
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Orthopedic Massage

60 hours

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Covers Orthopedic Massage skills for assessment and treatment of pain, postural imbalances and limited range of motion. In this class students will become skilled at performing a full body postural evaluation using range of motion tests and visual analysis on each joint. Then students will learn to release restrictions in each joint using static pressure, pressure with passive motion, pressure with active motion, along with resistance stretching. Students will also make many of the muscles out of clay, for greater clarity of their layering and attachment sites. After taking this class, students will be able to reduce a client’s pain by 90% in one session, and increase significantly ROM. Students will learn how to assess their clients by testing and retesting, thereby affirm the effectiveness of the work. This course is elective. MBLEx type Quizzes and exams included.

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What Students Are Saying

 “Orthopedic is one not to miss-you’ll learn a lot of effective techniques, for treating many different conditions. This course will definitely further your pain management practice.“ -Adina  DiGirolamo 550 grad, specializing in pain management since 1998

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