Pediatric Massage Q&A (WMC)

Course overview

To a child who has been hospitalized, or diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition, their symptoms are often accompanied by pain, anxiety, loneliness, and fear. So it only makes sense that health-care staff and medical facilities are looking to pediatric massage as treatment for some of these symptoms. Research has shown that massage therapy can ease symptoms associated with pediatric medical conditions. During this presentation, learn who may perform pediatric massage, how to become trained in this area, the many benefits associated with this modality, and the research that has reinforced these benefits.