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3.00 Credits
3 CR. In this course students will be introduced to the profession of massage therapy and bodywork and to basic hands-on massage techniques. Course topics will include the history and theory of massage therapy, practice settings for massage therapists, professional boundaries, informed consent, confidentiality, scope of practice, business considerations for massage therapists, and learning basic touch skills for massage.
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3.00 Credits
3 CR. This comprehensive course covers the basics of Swedish massage and serves as a foundation to all other massage modality courses. Topics covered include the history, theory, development, indications, contraindications, assessment, and application of Swedish massage. Students will creatively design a massage specific to each client's needs. Students must be enrolled in the Massage Therapy & Bodywork program. Prerequisites: Introduction to Massage Therapy & Bodywork and Human Anatomy & Physiology II. Corequisite: Anatomy & Physiology for Massage - Western.
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3.00 Credits
3 CR. This course presents an overview of hydrotherapy including the philosophy, history, theory, and development. Course topics will incorporate the general effects and therapeutic uses of hot and cold water and ice, client assessment, indications and contraindications for use, and the application of various hydrotherapy modalities. Students must be enrolled in the Massage Therapy & Bodywork program. Prerequisites: Introduction to Massage Therapy & Bodywork and Human Anatomy & Physiology I.
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3.00 Credits
3 CR. This course encompasses the development and use of medical vocabulary, definitions, and medical abbreviations. Students will build medical terms through the use of prefixes, word roots, combining forms and suffixes.
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3.00 Credits
3 CR. This course covers the basics of reflexology. It presents the history, theory, indications, contraindications, assessment, and application of reflexology techniques. The concepts of zone therapy, location of reflex points and utilization of reflexology techniques are taught through practical application. Students must be enrolled in the Massage Therapy & Bodywork program. Prerequisites: Introduction to Massage Therapy & Bodywork and Human Anatomy & Physiology I. Corequisite: Human Anatomy & Physiology II.
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3.00 Credits
3 CR. This course provides students with the skills and knowledge required to develop and maintain a professional massage therapy and bodywork practice. Students will examine the development, significance and application of professional business standards, professional ethics and laws that govern the practice of massage therapy and bodywork. Business development topics will focus on wellness, communication, boundaries, clinical supervision, budgets, and marketing tools. Students must be enrolled in the Massage Therapy & Bodywork program. Prerequisite: Introduction to Massage Therapy & Bodywork.
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1.00 Credits
1 CR. Topics include laboratory organization, laboratory safety, professional ethics, and certification and licensure. Students will learn proper use of personal protective equipment, laboratory glassware, centrifuges, balances, spectrophotometers and microscopes. Business practices will include professional ethics, patient confidentiality and HIPAA regulations.
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3.00 Credits
3 CR. This course covers the proper collection of blood specimens, choice of proper equipment, venipuncture techniques, patient care, safety, tests, and quality assurance. The course will include a practicum designed to provide a minimum of 20 hours of practical instruction and skills development in phlebotomy.
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1.00 Credits
1 CR. This course introduces students to the techniques of a 15-minute chair massage, a style of structured bodywork with clothed clients and a specialized massage chair. Students will review palpation skills and identification of bony landmarks and muscles. Use of body mechanics to reduce strain on the therapist is emphasized. Prerequisites: Human Anatomy & Physiology I and Swedish Massage.
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1.00 Credits
1 CR. The student will learn massage techniques and therapies beneficial to athletes. Pre- and post-athletic event modalities and athletic training massage are emphasized. Course includes relevant anatomy, physiology, pathology, massage applications, and protocol for setting up events. Prerequisites: Human Anatomy & Physiology I and Swedish Massage.
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