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Massage for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Massage for Children with Cerebral Palsy

By The Medical Massage Lady Training School

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  • On-Demand course

  • Advanced level

Description

This course is intended for anyone who has already completed a level 3 massage course or who is working with disabled children.

LEARNING OUTCOMES 

• to develop your knowledge of the types and causes of cerebral palsy and how it presents itself in the body

• to identify the contraindications and precautions that you should take when treating a client with cerebral palsy

• to familiarise yourself with the common gait patterns in a client with cerebral palsy

• to understand the difference between hypotonia and hypertonia in terms of massage techniques and goals

• to be able to offer much needed treatment for physically disabled children which is in short supply and often difficult to access


Accredited by the IGCT. 14 CPD points

Course Content

INTRODUCTION
  1. COURSE CONTENT
  2. LEGISLATION
  3. PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
  1. THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
  2. THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
  3. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:INTRO
  4. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE ABDOMEN
  5. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE CHEST
  6. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE BACK
  7. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE ARM
  8. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:GLUTES
  9. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:HIP FLEXORS
  10. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE LEGS
  11. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  12. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
  13. THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
  14. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
  15. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
  16. A&P QUIZ
CEREBRAL PALSY:THE BASICS
  1. WHAT IS CP?
  2. TYPES OF CP
  3. SYMPTOMS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS
  4. COMMON TREATMENTS FOR CP
GAIT PATTERNS
  1. SPASTIC HEMIPLEGIA
  2. SPASTIC DIPLEGIA
MASSAGE THERAPY CONSIDERATIONS
  1. MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
  2. CONTRAINDICATIONS & PRECAUTIONS
  3. BENEFITS OF MASSAGE FOR CP
HYPOTONIA V HYPERTONIA
  1. HYPOTONIA
  2. HYPERTONIA
SUGGESTIONS FOR PRACTICE
  1. HOW TO GET PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
FINAL ASSESSMENT
  1. FINAL ASSESSMENT

About The Provider

The Medical Massage Lady Training School
I qualified in Swedish massage and Preheat treatments back in 1997, and while I continued to use my massage qualification, my main career was as a surgical nurse and then a midwife on a high risk unit. After another 9 years of working with mainly physically disabled children and...
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