Advanced Swedish Therapeutic Massage Course

Advanced Swedish Therapeutic Massage: In the second part of the advanced therapeutic massage course, students will learn how to locate and identify specific tensions and structures in the body while learning how to address them with targeted approaches. Working with the different layers of tissue and understanding how they all work together in a multidimensional and holistic way is part of formulating assessment and treatment plans.  An in-depth comprehension of the relationship between our own biomechanics, anatomy and anatomical structures is the foundation of this work. Injuries and pathologies, neuromuscular approaches (MET, activation, stretches and mobilizations) will be added as part of the target techniques tool bag.

OBJECTIVES 

• Identify, locate, and palpate each of the following structures: Joints (Ligaments), Vascularization (Arteries), Circulation (Veins), Deep Compartments (Muscles)

• How movement and injury affect these structures

• Understand pathways of dysfunction

• How to work with advanced massage techniques and targeted approaches

• Develop intuitive and instinctive ways to assess the body

• Communication and managing expectation

• Structural Analysis and Treatment Plan

• Innervation of the Plexus

• Specific Pathologies and Approaches

• Special Testing

Prerequisites: Swedish 400HR Certificate