Course curriculum
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Welcome to Self Care for Massage Therapists and Body Workers!
- The 8 Essential Elements of Self Care for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers - a welcome message from Michelle
- Self care for Massage Therapists and Body Workers - The full course manual
- How to use this course.
- Chapter 1- Introduction to Self Care
- The 1st Element - Introduction to Self Care
- Why we ALL NEED to take care of ourselves!!
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The other 7 Elements to your Self Care!
- Chapter 2 - Understanding your physical advantages and disadvantages - training for your job!
- The 2nd Element - Understanding your physical advantages and disadvantages - training for your job!
- Distal strengthening exercises you can do at home!
- Proximal strengthening exercises you can do at home!
- Chapter 3 - You Are What You Eat
- The 3rd Element - You Are What You Eat!
- Chapter 4 - Understanding Injury
- The 4th Element - Understanding Injury
- Chapter 5 - Get Comfortable, Get Moving
- The 5th Element - Get Comfortable, Get Moving
- Chapter 6 - You can't be All Things to All People
- The 6th Element - You can't be All Things to All People
- Chapter 7 - Maintaining Your Workspace
- The 7th Element - Maintaining Your Workspace
- Chapter 8 - Which Stretch When?
- The 8th Element - Which Stretch When?
- The 8 Essential Elements of Self Care - Quiz
- Relevant reference material
- Appendix: It Will Never Happen To Me - By Michelle (Yaffe) Vassallo
See what students are saying
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Informative and Easy to Apply
Aron Ginn
I would absolutely recommend this course to anyone who is on their feet and touching people.. From Massage Therapists to Hair Stylists to Tattoo Artists! A w...
Read MoreI would absolutely recommend this course to anyone who is on their feet and touching people.. From Massage Therapists to Hair Stylists to Tattoo Artists! A wonderfully written course, short and right to the point as well as extremely easy to apply everyday.
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Cherryl Holliday
Excellent, informative and presented in a very relaxed way. Easy to learn. Information that we can return to whenever we feel the need. I personally found ...
Read MoreExcellent, informative and presented in a very relaxed way. Easy to learn. Information that we can return to whenever we feel the need. I personally found there were definitely pieces of information I didn't know and will now be taking on board. Thank you so much, Michelle.
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Fantastic
Kelly Cigognini
I really enjoyed this course and it made a lot of sense to me. Some of the things I already knew but it enhanced my knowledge and confirmed the importance of...
Read MoreI really enjoyed this course and it made a lot of sense to me. Some of the things I already knew but it enhanced my knowledge and confirmed the importance of self care to me. I agree that not enough is taught about this subject in massage courses - virtually nothing in mine. I have had to learn by trial and error and by seeking out answers and re-educating myself. I have also suffered injury and chronic pain and I am working on these all the time. Thank you.
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Fantastic
Kylie Stace
The information content was excellent. Being a MT with 20 years experience, I learned most of this through trial and error, experience and injury. This is i...
Read MoreThe information content was excellent. Being a MT with 20 years experience, I learned most of this through trial and error, experience and injury. This is invaluable for young therapists starting out and a good refresher for older therapists. Thank you Kylie
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Essential Care
Karina John
So often as massage therapist we do courses designed to help other people. It is good to do a course to help look after ourselves. I think this course is goo...
Read MoreSo often as massage therapist we do courses designed to help other people. It is good to do a course to help look after ourselves. I think this course is good for people first entering massage to understand what is involved to prepare themselves for longevity in this field. Also a reminder for those already doing massage for many years to think about their own bodies and minds to continue working.
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Elizabeth Wells Molino
Excellent on-line course, very thorough, well supported, easy and a pleasure to follow, great bit size chunks that move along well. I would definitely recomm...
Read MoreExcellent on-line course, very thorough, well supported, easy and a pleasure to follow, great bit size chunks that move along well. I would definitely recommend it as essential to all Massage Therapists. I did expected the last dynamic and static exercises to be demonstrated as were the proximal and distal strengthening exercises, though they were referred to in the manual, I look forward to updates for this course being made available in the future as they become available.
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Words of wisdom
Tulani Kertes
I have been a massage therapist for almost 10 years. I love my job but have picked up some bad habits along the way. For me, this course was a 'wake up' call...
Read MoreI have been a massage therapist for almost 10 years. I love my job but have picked up some bad habits along the way. For me, this course was a 'wake up' call. I want to continue in this profession for years to come and this course came at the perfect time for me to take stock and review my current practice. It empowered me to put my health, wellbeing and work balance first, understanding that this wouldn't take away from me treatments and ensure that I have greater longevity. Thank you Michelle! I hope this valuable infomation is offered to massage therapist during training or early in their careers.
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Adele Cauchi
Thank you Michelle, this course has been so beneficial for me. Although we know what we need to do to care for ourselves as MT and Body workers, we often fai...
Read MoreThank you Michelle, this course has been so beneficial for me. Although we know what we need to do to care for ourselves as MT and Body workers, we often fail to implement them into our daily routine. Putting those 8 essential elements of self care into one training course was brilliant. The course has been very clear and easy to follow along. The video presentation from the different landmarks in Malta was especially interesting, as my in-laws were from Malta (Mother in-law was from Gozo) A real pleasure. Cheers Adele Cauchi
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Concise and informative
Jennifer Hanlan
Clear points in the presentation. Great knowledge backed by research. I thought some of the research articles may have been added to text where appropriate...
Read MoreClear points in the presentation. Great knowledge backed by research. I thought some of the research articles may have been added to text where appropriate rather than leaving it all to the end.
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Very Relevant for all Massage Therapists
Angela Hodgman
Thank you for the interesting information and beautiful and varied forms of presentation. It makes the essential elements of self care easy to remember. I...
Read MoreThank you for the interesting information and beautiful and varied forms of presentation. It makes the essential elements of self care easy to remember. I was putting the position of comfort and the stretches to use while listening to the tutorials. Great to have research based facts to support the information.
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Great information
Rick Hopton
Thank you Michelle, great info for me and my clients and a reminder to of things long forgotten!
Thank you Michelle, great info for me and my clients and a reminder to of things long forgotten!
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perfect
Julie Clifford
The course text was fabulous , answers a lot of situations and how to avoid issues and care for us and clients , Thank you
The course text was fabulous , answers a lot of situations and how to avoid issues and care for us and clients , Thank you
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FAQ
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How long do I have to complete this course?
As long as you want and it can be taken repeatedly - once purchased it is yours for life.
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Will I receive a certificate upon completion of this course?
Yes, upon completion you will be issued a certificate of completion. Once you have completed each module please email Rhythm Massage to receive your certificate.
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Does this course accrue CPE with massage associations?
Yes it does, it has accreditation pending with MMA, ATMS, AMT and ANTA.