Releasing the Lower Back & Hips - An Advanced Massage
Course
In Newport
Description
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Type
Workshop
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
Newport (Wales)
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Class hours
7h
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Duration
1 Day
Would you like to learn more advanced massage techniques? For many people, the area comprising the lower back and hips is a common area of discomfort. This advanced massage workshop with Darien Pritchard will equip you with the skills to alleviate the tension in this area far more effectively.
During this course, you will learn new and effective massage techniques and acquire the ability to more effectively release stress and discomfort in the lower back and hips. This course covers specific deep massage and pressure techniques for acheiving ultimate relaxation.
Together with the instructor, you will review the main muscle groups and how to they work together. The instructor will explain the correct body positioning for clients in order to properly access problem areas. You'll also learn how guage clients' comfort by interpreting their body language, reflexes and reaction. Essentially, you will be learning how to listen with your hands.
This is an accredited, level 3 course - to attend you must have a recognised massage qualification - call to clarify. You should hold a recognised massage certificate to attend. e.g. Holistic Massage, Swedish Massage, Aromatherapy Massage, Sports Massage etc.
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About this course
Attendance at both training dates is required to receive the practitioner certificate.
To attend this course you should have a recognised massage qualification.
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Subjects
- Massage Therapy
- Advanced massage
- Muscle groups
- Body position
- Relaxation Techniques
- Prone Position
- Self-maintenance
- Aftercare Advice
- Gauging Response
- Deep Pressure Techniques
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
RELEASING THE LOWER BACK & HIPS MASSAGE WORKShop
This is an accredited, level 3 Course - to attend you must have a recognised massage qualification - call to clarify.
Deep massage and mobilising techniques
This workshop is designed to enhance the massage practitioner’s repertoire of techniques and effectiveness for working extensively on a client’s lower back - a common area of stiffness and soreness - and the related areas of the buttocks and the thigh. It covers specific deep massage and pressure techniques for release and for re-energising the muscles. These are allied with passive movements and dynamic stretches to promote greater ease and flexibility.
The day begins with a review of the main muscles of this area, looking at these muscles in their functional groups to help make sense of them. Then we’ll work with the client in a prone position, which enables us to get at a large number of the muscles that relate to the lower back and the back of the pelvis.
The workshop looks at the choice of appropriate techniques, ways of moderating the pressure, how to blend them smoothly into a massage session, and relevant exercises to offer the client for self-maintenance. There is an emphasis on good body use for the practitioner, and "listening" with your hands (monitoring and adapting to the client’s responses).
Additional information
Releasing the Lower Back & Hips - An Advanced Massage