Women & Massage

Materials

• 4 Original Articles - 10 pages
• Online multiple-choice test
• Certificate upon completion

Description

Earn credits through articles you've already read in our Massage Professionals Update e-newsletter.

Through the years a woman's body goes through many changes. By broadening your understanding of these different phases, the massage therapist can assist their female clients through some of these interesting, but sometimes stressful times.

In the Women & Massage - Menstruation Through Menopause program we've combined four articles written especially for the Institute's Massage Professionals Update. These four articles include:

• Helping Your Clients Understand and Manage Premenstrual Syndrome - Educate yourself so you can educate your clients on peacefully managing the last week or two of one's menstrual cycle.
• How You Can Help Treat Menstrual Pain - Learn what modalities to use in helping those clients debilitated by menstrual cramps.
• 11 Reasons to Administer Prenatal Massage - From aiding circulation to balancing hormones, learn why prenatal massage is of great benefit to clients who are expecting.
• How Massage Eases Menopausal Symptoms - Discover how the appropriate application of certain bodywork methods can therapeutically ease the challenges of this monumental life change.

You can either read the articles by clicking on any of the titles above or upon enrollment you'll be able to access these articles and your online test through your online course account.

Course Objectives

1. Recognize the causes and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome and state the efficacy of complementary healthcare treatments.
   
2. Define menstruation, identify the causes and types of menstruation as well as identify the benefits of four types of complementary treatments.
3. Explain the importance, effects and benefits of prenatal massage.
4. Describe the normal process for women in menopause as well as the part massage can play in easing the transition and reduction of symptoms.
   

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Instructors

Nicole Cutler, L.Ac., MTCM

Nicole Cutler is a long time advocate of integrating perspectives on health. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester and a Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches Institute, Nicole has been a licensed acupuncturist since 2000. She has earned acupuncture licenses in the states of California and New York, is a certified specialist with the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association, has earned diplomat status with the National Commission of Chinese and Oriental Medicine in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology and is a member of the Society for Integrative Oncology. In addition to her acupuncture practice that focuses on stress and pain relief, digestion, immunity and oncology, Nicole contributes to the integration of healthcare by writing articles and courses such as Infectious Disease: Hepatitis for health care providers.

Linda Fehrs, LMT

Linda Fehrs attended both the Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy and Hudson Valley School of Massage Therapy in New York – a state with some of the most rigorous licensing requirements in the U.S. – and also served as an instructor at the Hudson Valley School of Massage.

She is a professional member of the AMTA and the New York State Society of Medical Massage Therapists. Linda has actively practiced massage therapy in the Mid-Hudson Valley since 2002 with a focus on medical massage and massage for those with special needs, such as developmental and physical disabilities.

Ms. Fehrs has authored such courses as Build Your Massage Practice, Cancer & Massage, Women & Massage as well as Marketing Massage and the Economy.