This course is intended for anyone who has already undertaken basic body massage/sports massage training, who would like to further their knowledge of common conditions that affect the lower limbs, from a more medical viewpoint, with self help measures that they can suggest to their clients.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
to extend your knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the lower limbs
to develop your knowledge of the common lower limb injuries that clients may present, to know the causes and risk factors and to recognise the symptom
to identify preventive and rehabilitative self help measures that you can suggest to clients
to offer massage treatments with a more medical/sports focus
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...