Maintain Your Massage Career - Protect Your Hands
Short course
In Newport
Description
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Type
Short course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
Newport (Wales)
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Duration
1 Day
Are you a massage therapist having problems with your hands and wrists? If you've answered yes, then perhaps you could use this course. Learn career saving, self care techniques in order to avoid early burn out. You shouldn't have to hurt yourself whilst trying to help others.
This is course is Part 1 of a brand new course to accompany Darien Pritchard’s latest book ’Dynamic Body-use for Effective Strain-Free Massage.' This widely acclaimed career maintenance reference book is used as the manual for this workshop - if you do not have a copy yet then select the option `course fee plus book’ when booking your place. You can choose to attend both Part 1 and 2 or either workshop - whatever suits your needs.
Massage practitioners can find themselves developing strains in their hands through their work, particularly if they regularly apply firm pressure. The most common problems arise in the thumbs and the wrist. This sometimes builds up into constant pain, and can even lead to early retirement and problems in other areas of life.
This workshop addresses these problems by focusing on how you use your hands in massage sessions. It will alert you to the common causes of straining the hands in massage, and offers effective alternatives to reduce these strains.
This course is suitable for all qualified massage therapists who are experiencing symptoms of strain in their hands or wrists during or after massage.
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About this course
You should be a qualified massage therapist to attend this workshop.
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Subjects
- Common Strains
- Overexertion
- Stress-Reduction Techniques
- Vulnerable Points
- Avoiding Injury
- Self-care
- Applying Pressure
- Body Positioning
- Effective Alternatives
- Caring for your Back
- Massage Therapy
- Massage
- Holistic therapy
- Swedish Massage
- Sports Massage
Teachers and trainers (1)
Darien Pritchard
Tutor
Darien Pritchard has been a body-worker for over three decades, including twenty five years of training massage professionals, and two decades of teaching Professional Development courses for qualified massage practitioners. He is the co-author of the student text Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for the Massage Therapist (Corpus Publications, UK, 2001), and wrote the career-maintenance reference book Dynamic Body use for Effective, Strain-Free Massage (Lotus Publications, UK: North Atlantic Books, USA: 2007).
Course programme
MAINTAIN YOUR MASSAGE CAREER, PART 1
This workshop addresses these problems by focusing on how you use your hands in massage sessions. It will alert you to the common causes of straining the hands in massage, and offers effective alternatives to reduce these strains.
It covers the main principles involved in conserving your hands, particularly your vulnerable thumbs, fingers and wrists, and how to apply pressure without strain. It also looks at ways of using your body in a dynamic, effective way to support the work of your hands, so that you can work with ease while still applying firm pressure.
This workshop covers essential information on how to avoid accumulated strains, save your hands and maintain your career. It is particularly relevant to practitioners with small to medium builds, and those with small or slender hands, but will benefit practitioners of any build.
(Note: This workshop complements the ‘Hands Free’ Massage’ workshop, which covers using your forearm and elbow to save your hands. The ‘Looking after your Shoulders and Back’ workshop will help you look after your hands by focusing in more detail on how to use your body easily and effectively to support them.)
Part 1. is followed by Part 2. - Look after your Shoulders & Back. See our website for more details
Maintain Your Massage Career - Protect Your Hands