INTEGRATED SPORTS MASSAGE THERAPY MODULE 1 - PT

Course overview

This course utilizes text from the softback textbook by Anders Jelv¿us, DN leg. Naprapat MTOM LAc CMT . ¿Integrated Sports Massage Therapy¿ ¿2011. Integrated Sports Massage Therapy is a highly illustrated evidence-based handbook which presents a wide range of effective sports massage techniques to cover any sports-related situation. Anders Jelveus explains and applies effective techniques from a variety of disciplines of manual therapy, ranging from commonly used sports massage strokes to more advanced concepts for real-life effective sports massage treatments. The presented techniques serve as a great addition for any therapist seeking to work with athletes, and are suitable for pre-event, post-event, inter-event, and in remedial sports massage therapy. This 272 page book with full-color design, photos, and illustrations has been broken down by chapters into 2 modules and has been approved for 12 contact hours per module (check your states approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession). Course Outline Chapter 1: An introduction to sports massage Chapter 2: Work postures, hand placements, and basic massage strokes Chapter 3: Sports massage applications Chapter 4: Examples of event-based sports massage treatments Chapter 5: Sports massage applications for different sports Chapter 6: Soft tissue stretching in sports massage Chapter 7: Applied stretches to common muscle groups