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Massage for Common Medical Conditions

Massage for Common Medical Conditions

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  • Completion Certificate
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Highlights

  • On-Demand course

  • Intermediate level

Description

This course is intended for anyone who has completed basic body massage/sports massage training with level 3 anatomy and physiology.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • to develop your understanding of common medical conditions that clients may have

  • to develop your knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the human body

  • to familiarise yourself with the necessary precautions when treating such conditions

  • to understand physiological changes that happen with certain conditions down to a cellular level

  • to learn about preventive self help measures that you can recommend to your clients to ease their symptoms

  • to understand the difference between certain medical conditions being contraindicated or not

CONDITIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS ARE COVERED IN SEPARATE COURSES (COLON MASSAGE AND WOMENS HEALTH)Accredited by the IGCT. 14 CPD points

Course Content

INTRODUCTION
  1. COURSE CONTENT
  2. LEGISLATION
  3. PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
  1. MUSCULOSKELETAL:THE ABDOMEN
  2. MUSCULOSKELETAL:THE CHEST
  3. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
  4. THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
  5. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
  6. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
  7. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  8. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
  9. THE URINARY SYSTEM
  10. A&P QUIZ
COMMON MEDICAL CONDITIONS
  1. FIBROMYALGIA
  2. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
  3. CHRONIC PAIN
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
  1. MASSAGE IN THE TYPE 1 DIABETIC
  2. MITOCHONDRIA & METABOLIC FITNESS IN DIABETICS
  3. THYROID PROBLEMS
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
  1. MASSAGE FOR RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
  2. ASTHMA
  3. COPD (CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE)
  4. CYSTIC FIBROSIS
  5. BRONCHIECTASIS
THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  1. HYPERTENSION:CONTRAINDICATION OR NOT?
  2. PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE
FINAL ASSESSMENT
  1. FINAL ASSESSMENT

About The Provider

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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