TX # MT128113
TX # MI3555
750 - Advanced Program - 318 hours Swedish Massage, 75 hours A&P, 20 hours hydrotherapy, 45 hours business, 20 hours health & hygiene, 40 hours pathology, 50 hours Kinesiology, 50 hours Internship, 9 hours Chair Massage, 9 hours Prenatal Mass
300 hour basic program
Teaching Adult Learners - 30 hours
Orthopedic Massage - James Waslaski - 3 hours
Full Body Stretching - Stratton Paulson - 3 hours
Self-Care for Massage Therapists: Body Mechanics - 3 hours
The Trager Approach - 3 hours
Integrating Assessments into intake - 3 hours
Kinesiology Taping: Combining Taping and movements to improve functional outcomes - 8 hours
IASTM: combining instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization and movement to improve function and performance - 8 hours
Usui Reiki - Level I - 20 hours
Usui Reiki - Level II - 20 hours
Less boredom = More learning -1.5 hours
Instructors on the Front Lines - Overcoming the Challenges of Modern Classroom Management - 3.5 hours
Instructors on the Front Lines - Enhance student learning with ABMP resources - 2 hours
Usui Reiki - Level III - Master Practitioner - 20 Hours
Addressing Health Disparities in Communities of Color with Wellness Approaches - 1 Hr
Connection and Courage in Times of Uncertainty - Covid Response - 1hr
A Massage Therapist's Guide to COVID-19: October 2020 - 1.5 hours
Taking the Danger Out of Endangerment Sites - 1.5hrs
Rising Above the Opioid Crisis: Massage Therapy and Integrative Pain Management - 1hr
Maintaining Sexual Ethics: Part 1-Key Concepts - 1hr
Maintaining Sexual Ethics: Part 3-Protecting Practitioners - 1hr
Presence, Boundaries, and Emotional Resiliency - 1hr
Touching Trauma - 1 hr
Massage Reboot - Beginner Table Thai Techniques
I worked with this company for about 9 months right out of MT school (the second time). I left before I felt the effects of burnout take hold, but while I was there I worked on a LOT of bodies every day. I touched between 8 and 24 different people every shift. Each person was recently in a car accident or suffering from an on-the-job injury. This afforded me the opportunity to gain a mountain of experience in how our bodies work to stay moving and grooving after being knocked off balance. It also gave me experience working with people suffering from the emotional effects of their traumatic experience. I learned how to calm and soothe people who still felt tense, nervous, or scared even though the accident was over.
In 2019 I started work as an instructor at Hands On Therapy in Mesquite, teaching new therapists how to do what I do with their own style. Their education promotes a basic understanding of Anatomy and Physiology - what we are made of and how it functions.// Pathology - the things that make us ill, how those illnesses present themselves (signs and symptoms), and common Medical and Complementary Alternative Medicine treatments for those illnesses.// Health & Hygiene - how to get well and stay well (mind, body, and spirit) and prevent the spread of disease.// Body Mechanics - how to prevent repetitive stress disorders while working.// Ethics - what is and is not acceptable behavior for a massage therapist.// Massage Theory - different methods/modalities that require further study and belief systems about the effects of what we do.// Business - marketing, operations, employment/entrepreneur
This is where it all started for me. I worked with the State Championship Football Team (Go Skeeters!), baseball, and basketball teams. My job: injury rehab using hot or cold baths or compresses, TENS machine, and rehab exercises. I did similar work at Liberty Healthcare when I wasn't working in a massage room. I also did support taping for injured wrists, ankles, and knees and have carried that with me into my current career using Kinesiotape and Athletic tape when requested. First aid was must-have knowledge for handling an injury immediately (sprains, strains, breaks, scrapes, and concussions)
The 10 years I worked at Leslie's taught me how to take complex subjects (like water chemistry and Automatic Pool Cleaner mechanics) and discuss them simply so my customers could understand why they were purchasing the things they were purchasing. The mechanics of the pool cleaners and motors taught me how to be sensitive to little sounds and movements of the machine in front of me so I could repair it. Working with the public taught me the importance of customer service, how to treat people with respect and dignity while maintaining and protecting the business.