Sports Massage Therapy

Sports Massage Therapy

Have you ever dreamed of working in sports massage therapy?
Massage therapy has become one of the most commonly used complementary health treatments among athletes in the United States. As a student in The Soma Institute’s Clinical Massage Therapy program, you’ll learn many sports related massage treatments, including: sciatica therapy, injury recovery, trigger points, holistic muscle work, and more.

The 11 and 15-month program includes an on-campus teaching clinic where students work with the public under the guidance of our expert instructors. In addition, students have the opportunity to practice their massage on NCAA Division I athletes at Loyola University.

Sports Massage Training is about more than just a certificate – it’s about getting a career you love. If you’re interested in learning more about a career in Sports Massage Therapy, give us a call at 1-800-694-5314.

Pregnancy Massage Course

Pregnancy Massage Course

Are you interested in Women’s Health issues and looking to expand your practice? The Soma Institute in Chicago is offering a specialized course in Pregnancy Massage and Women’s Health. Maybe it’s time for you to consider enriching your massage therapy practice and taking the next step in this growing industry.

Beginning October 23^rd, students will learn the anatomy, physiology and pathologies of the female reproductive system. As a Pregnancy Massage Therapist, you are in the unique position of using natural methods to treat your prenatal clients during one of the most special times of their lives.

Our expert instructors teach students how to work safely with pregnant clients and guide them through 9 months to postpartum. Prenatal massage can make a crucial difference to the wellness of your future clients as their bodies undergo dramatic changes, from physical stress to reduced circulation.

The Soma Institute is dedicated to empowering our students to expand and enrich their skills in order to translate into successful and rewarding careers. If you’re interested in expanding your knowledge and learning more about Pregnancy Massage Training, call The Soma Institute and speak to an Admissions Representative at 1-800-694-5314.

Course description below:

Pregnancy Massage and Women’s Health

Cost: $199 course fee (if paid on or before October 2); $249 course fee (if paid after October 2) 16 CE hours The Pregnancy Massage and Women’s Health course discusses the anatomy, physiology and pathologies of the female reproductive system, and presents an abdominal treatment to promote Women’s health. How to work safely with pregnant clients is also demonstrated.

Dates: Friday, October 23 and Sunday, October 25, 2015 (9:00 am- 5:10 pm each day)

Pregnancy Massage Training

Pregnancy Massage Training

If you’re looking to enhance your massage therapy practice, it’s time to add Pregnancy Massage Therapy training to your repertoire. The Soma Institute in Chicago, Illinois is offering a specialized course covering Pregnancy Massage and Women’s Health. The class discusses the physiology, anatomy, and pathologies of the female reproductive system, as well as how to work safely and effectively with pregnant clients.

This specialized course will not only help you develop your work with pre-natal clients but will also enhance your work with all your clients. The Soma Institute’s courses are a powerful healing process within themselves.

All of The Soma Institute courses provide hands-on training and industry support crucial to launching a rewarding and successful career in massage therapy. Massage Therapy Classes are led by our expert massage professionals who cover many aspects of massage, including: hydrotherapy, sports massage, traditional body work, and now Pregnancy Massage.

If you’re interested in expanding your knowledge and learning more about Pregnancy Massage Training, call The Soma Institute and speak to an Admissions Representative at 1-800-694-5314.

Pregnancy Massage and Women’s Health Course details below:
Cost: $199 course fee (if paid on or before October 2); $249 course fee (if paid after October 2)
16 CE hours
The Pregnancy Massage and Women’s Health course discusses the anatomy, physiology and pathologies of the female reproductive system, and presents an abdominal treatment to promote Women’s health. How to work safely with pregnant clients is also demonstrated.
Dates: Friday, October 23 and Sunday, October 25, 2015 (9:00 am- 5:10 pm each day)

Pregnancy Massage And Womens Health

Thanks to the hard work of many professionals before you, people are finally moving out of the mindset of massage as a luxury. And thanks to clinically trained therapists like yourself, more and more are seeking massage for pain relief due to injury or chronic illness. There exists, however, a whole lot of middle ground that is routinely missed, namely, massage as a means for coping with the regular stuff in life. A bad day at work. The aches of aging. Or pregnancy--oh, pregnancy!

No serious athlete would consider competing without training, and no one - man or woman - should go into the pregnancy process without the same. After all, the structural changes a female body can undergo in 9 short months is simply amazing. And sometimes pretty uncomfortable! A good pregnancy massage class will teach you all about that. But a great massage class will consider how pregnancy affects both partners' bodies and minds. A great class considers both partners in all stages of pregnancy: pre-, peri-, and post-natal. I'm looking forward to a great class.

Join Kelly Fowler as she teaches Pregnancy Massage and Women’s Health at The Soma Institute on Friday, October 23 and Sunday, October 25. For more information on pricing and class times, please contact Amber Mills at amills@soma.edu.

 

Discover more than just massage. Discover how to think.

It’s important to know all the right answers.

It’s even more important to know the right questions.

At the Soma Institute we closely examine every facet of the massage industry to give you every opportunity to be the best massage therapist you can be, but mostly we teach you to ask the right questions to get at the root of your client’s pain.

The client says it feels good when you press into their shoulder.

• Why does it feel good?
• What muscle are you manipulating when you press there?
• What nerve pathways are being affected?
• What types of nerves are being affected?

The client says it hurts when they lift their shoulder a certain way.

• Can you point to where it hurts?
• Can you recreate the action that causes your pain?
• What action is your client performing (flexion, extension, etc)?
• What muscles create that action, and what type of contraction is taking place?

The client says they get a weird pain in their hip when they do certain things.

• What type of pain?
• What is your client’s posture?
• What do they do for work, and how do they sit or stand at work?
• What muscles would be short and tight in whatever deviation they are in?
• How could you as a therapist have them perform certain actions to help inhibit their problem areas?

And of course you end each round of questioning with a question to yourself:

How can I make this better with massage?

Needless to say, those are just a few very basic examples.  But with a class lineup that includes not only massage, but assessment of posture, range of motion and injury, kinesiology, and anatomy and physiology, you will be so far ahead of the game when you graduate from Soma.

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