Tui Na Massage Diploma for TCM Practitioners

Mode of study: Fridays from September, Saturdays from March.

Point of entry: March or September.

Attendance: 1 day a week for 40 weeks.

Course description: certificated professional course in Tui Na Massage.

Subjects Studied

Tui Na Techniques and Methods: This unit introduces all the basic tui na manoeuvres and moves on to cover special techniques, area routines and practical skills such as cupping, gua sha and moxibustion. Orthopaedic tests are covered as well as external herbal formulae.

Tui Na Clinic: This unit puts theory and practice together creatively to use a range of tui na techniques to look at complex disease patterns in Chinese medicine. It applies existing theoretical knowledge, reflective practice and practical skills acquired throughout the programme in the context of supervised clinical practice with patients in the Teaching Clinic.

Medical Qi Gong: This unit begins the development of students’ own physical and energetic self, their strength, stamina, sensitivity and internal qi through study and practice of Shaolin (yang style)qi gong. It goes on to work further to develop qi with Six Sounds (yin style)qi gong. On graduation students will be able to prescribe qi gong exercises for patients and project their own qi for healing purposes.

Qualifications:

• Licentiate Diploma in Tui Na (DipTuiNa)
• Membership of the British Tui Na Association (MBTNA)
• Membership of the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
• Membership of the International Council of Holistic Therapists (MICHT)

All classes run for a full day from 9.30am to 5pm with lunch and tea breaks. The College is closed over the Christmas and Easter breaks. Timetables detailing exact dates of each class are usually available on enrolment but can also normally be given earlier on request. If your existing qualifications do not meet the entrance requirements for these courses you may be able to take the relevant units on a stand-alone basis at LCTA either prior to or concurrently with the course.

We also run regular study trips to China for final year students, graduates and practitioners to work in a Chinese TCM hospital in Hangzhou.