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Pregnancy Massage

Pregnancy Massage

By The Medical Massage Lady Training School

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Highlights

  • Delivered Online or In-Person

  • Beginner level

Description

This course is intended for anyone who has already undertaken a basic body massage course and would like to extend their treatment range to include pregnancy massage.


LEARNING OUTCOMES

• to develop your understanding of the role, skills and qualities of a successful massage therapist in relation to the pregnant/postnatal client

• to extend your knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the human body during pregnancy

• to understand the physical and mental health benefits of massage therapy for the pregnant/postnatal client

• to familiarise yourself with pregnancy massage and the techniques used


The theory element of this course can be done online and once this is completed, a practical session must be arranged in Tunbridge Wells. This can be done by emailing sam@medicalmassagelady.com


Accredited by the IGCT. 14 CPD points.

Course Content

5 sections•27 lessons
INTRODUCTION3 lessons
  1. 1COURSE CONTENT
  2. 2LEGISLATION
  3. 3PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY8 lessons
  1. 1THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE PELVIS
  2. 2THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE ABDOMEN
  3. 3THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE LOWER BACK
  4. 4THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE HIP AND GLUTES
  5. 5THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM:THE THIGH
  6. 6THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
  7. 7THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
  8. 8A & P QUIZ
CHANGES DURING PREGNANCY6 lessons
  1. 1STAGES OF PREGNANCY
  2. 2PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES WITHIN THE BODY SYSTEMS
  3. 3HORMONE LEVELS
  4. 4PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE MOTHER
  5. 5FOETAL DEVELOPMENT
  6. 6SYMPHYSIS PUBIS DYSFUNCTION
PREGNANCY MASSAGE7 lessons
  1. 1PREGNANCY MASSAGE
  2. 2IS PREGNANCY MASSAGE SAFE?
  3. 3POSITIONING
  4. 4BENEFITS OF PREGNANCY MASSAGE
  5. 5CONTRAINDICATIONS, PRECAUTIONS & CONTRA-ACTIONS
  6. 6MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
  7. 7BASIC PREGNANCY ROUTINE
ASSESSMENT3 lessons
  1. 1PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES
  2. 2PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT
  3. 3FINAL ASSESSMENT

Location

59 Grosvenor Road, TN12AY, United Kingdom, TUNBRIDGE WELLS

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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