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.

Find why so many businesses will only hire Soma graduates, click here for more information.

Massage Helps Cancer Patients

Massage Therapy: Increased Quality of Life for Cancer Patients
According to news coverage released by The American Medical Association, recent research shows massage therapy can benefit patients suffering from cancer. Besides alleviating common symptoms associated with cancer like nausea and fatigue, massage therapy has also been shown to reduce stress, depression, and anxiety— effectively improving the quality of life for these patients.

The study found that all participants experienced stress reduction and increased comfort compared to the group of usual standard-of-care patients. Therapeutic massage also resulted in significant improvement of quality of life for patients near the end of life by reducing pain and improving sleep.

With the increasing data to back up the many positive effects of massage therapy, the profession is seeing a recent boom across the county. The Soma Institute has been dedicated to helping spread awareness of the benefits of massage therapy.

Soma offers an 11 & 15-month Clinical Massage Therapy program tailored to meet the busy lives of its students. Led by skillful massage professionals with years of experience, students learn how to use natural methods to treat injuries, overworked muscles, painful ailments, and to promote the overall health of their clients.

If you’ve ever considered a career in Clinical Massage Therapy, now is the time to take that first step. Give one of Soma’s Career Counselors a call to find out more about the program and if it’s a good fit for you. A rewarding career is waiting for you. Give us a call at 1-800-694-5314.

 

Health Coaches Stem Chronic Disease

Health Coaches aim to Stem Chronic Disease

You’ve probably heard about the nation’s exorbitant healthcare costs. After years of research into this growing trend, it is estimated that almost $300 billion annually is spent on preventable health care costs—primarily patients who simply fail to take their medications. This doesn’t even take into account the patients who ignore continued doctors’ advice to increase exercise or improve diet.

From these disappointing facts, it’s evident that staying healthy involves more than just visiting the doctor—it means sustained lifestyle changes—often difficult to implement. That’s where health coaches enter the picture. This growing profession has gained significant momentum lately as more and more medical professionals recognize the benefits.

Health Coaches help their patients become better informed while remaining closely involved in their healthcare plan—proving to be an effective follow-up to primary care. The Soma Institute is dedicated to being a part of the solution to the nation’s healthcare crisis. Soma offers a comprehensive 15-week Health & Wellness Coaching program for students who are serious about a career in helping others.

If you’re interested in learning more about careers in Health and Wellness Coaching and exploring whether The Soma Institute is right for you, call one of our friendly and knowledgeable Soma Institute Admissions Representatives today at 1-800-694-5314.