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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

8 sections•32 lessons
INTRODUCTION3 lessons
  1. 1COURSE CONTENT
  2. 2LEGISLATION
  3. 3PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY16 lessons
  1. 1THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
  2. 2THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
  3. 3THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:INTRO
  4. 4THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE ABDOMEN
  5. 5THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE CHEST
  6. 6THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE BACK
  7. 7THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE ARM
  8. 8THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:GLUTES
  9. 9THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:HIP FLEXORS
  10. 10THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE LEGS
  11. 11THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  12. 12THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
  13. 13THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
  14. 14THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
  15. 15THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
  16. 16A&P QUIZ
CEREBRAL PALSY:THE BASICS4 lessons
  1. 1WHAT IS CP?
  2. 2TYPES OF CP
  3. 3SYMPTOMS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS
  4. 4COMMON TREATMENTS FOR CP
GAIT PATTERNS2 lessons
  1. 1SPASTIC HEMIPLEGIA
  2. 2SPASTIC DIPLEGIA
MASSAGE THERAPY CONSIDERATIONS3 lessons
  1. 1MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
  2. 2CONTRAINDICATIONS & PRECAUTIONS
  3. 3BENEFITS OF MASSAGE FOR CP
HYPOTONIA V HYPERTONIA2 lessons
  1. 1HYPOTONIA
  2. 2HYPERTONIA
SUGGESTIONS FOR PRACTICE1 lessons
  1. 1HOW TO GET PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
FINAL ASSESSMENT1 lessons
  1. 1FINAL 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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