Soothe muscle tension and stiffness with the professional quality VersaPro Thumper Mini Pro 2 Massager The Mini Pro 2 massager is used by chiropractors, massage therapists, athletic therapists, physiotherapists and professional athletes around the world… yet it’s small and light enough for personal use in the comfort of your own home, at the office or gym! Two anatomically designed massage spher…
Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn’t competed as a bodybuilder since he won the Mr. Olympia title in 1980, but he remains the sport’s No. 1 icon. He hosts an annual bodybuilding contest in Columbus, Ohio, and allows a column to be ghost-written under his name in a muscle magazine. Today’s bodybuilders may have bigger muscles than Arnold ever did, but everyone inside and outside the iron game gives hi…
This superbly illustrated text familiarizes students with individual muscles and muscle systems and demonstrates basic clinical massage therapy techniques. More than 550 full-color illustrations of internal structures are embedded into photographs of live models to show each muscle or muscle group, surrounding structures, surface landmarks, and the therapist’s hands. Students see clearly which mus…
This new edition explores and describes techniques of cupping in the context of traditional Chinese medicine theory. It provides a clear and detailed set of practical guidelines for applying this technique to various common conditions, and looks closely at issues of safety, expectation and theoretical principles of action.
A DVD containing videoclips showing the 11 methods of cupping therapy plus…
Anyone completed a reputable home study Sports massage course?
My husband Captains an amateur cricket team in the summer, and plays rugby through the winter. I’ve noticed they get a lot of pulls, strains and sprains etc. I’d like to become qualified in sports massage so I can help him and advise his friends where appropriate. I have a Bachelors Science already but work full time now so can’t go back and study for this too. I can find several distance learning courses but can’t tell which ones are accredited by the ‘right’ people. Has anyone actually done one that resulted in them being qualified to the right level? I’m only talking minor injuries and treatment, the rest is the physio’s job! I just don’t want to end up doing more harm than good by learning from a dodgy source.
In reply to first answer, I am in the UK, rather than the states – I don’t know if the legislation is very different. Thanks for your answer!
It all depends on what state you live in. Every state has their own requirement for attaining certification or licensure in massage therapy, although the average is 500 hours. In order to practice sports massage safely and effectively you will not only want to study massage therapy but also make sure that your school is accredited and that they do offer sports massage in their curriculum. Sports massage involves so much from stimulating circulation, to proper strectching, to relieving muscle tension.
I have a Bachelors degree and also work fulltime, but I’ve managed to study and get licensed in nail care, skin care and massage therapy. If you really want to do it, it’s really not that bad. But if that isn’t an option, I would suggest placing an ad for a volunteer sports massage therapist. You may luck out and find a new massage therapy graduate who needs experience in this field. Just make sure they are certified/licensed and that they have professional liability insurance.
This 3 Disc Series provides superb training for chair massage. Covered extensively, is chair set-up, adjustment, sanitation, hygiene, therapist-client communication, anatomy using trigger point drawings and muscles drawn on the body (AnatomyArt by Debra Brooks) plus a complete demonstration of the techniques to treat each muscle.
It also teaches PNF and Active Isolated Stretching, bodymechanics a…
In this excellent golf training video, which is divided into segments, Ralph Stephens, a well known massage instructor in the fiels of sports, chair and medical massage, will teach you to use self-applied massage techniques, stretching, and movement therapy to increase your flexibility and thus your ability to perform the golf swing.
Lack of flexibility is the greatest limitation most golfers fac…
This video covers the rotator cuff, elbow, wrist, fingers, thumb, ankle & knee! Learn to alleviate pain with 47 highly effective neuromuscular techniques! Get a 3-dimensional view of the muscles, which have been modeled out of clay and feature computer generated trigger point referral overlays. This great video not only covers neuromuscular therapy, but includes functional assessment work, so you …
Published in 1972 and continuously in print since then, The Massage Book introduced Swedish massage to American culture.Still current and well regarded, The Massage Book was listed by National Health magazine as the first of twenty-five best books that have changed our thinking about our health and our world. Today, as alternative treatments are being discovered by mainstream health plans, mass…
Featuring more than 250 photographs and 50 anatomical drawings, Deep Tissue Massage is the standard guide to the essentials of touch, biomechanics, and positioning options for a multitude of strategies to treat all major conditions encountered in a bodywork practice.The book is divided into three sections. âFundamentalsâ covers basic skills of palpation, explaining the deeper layers of t…
