360 Wellness Education Center

Week 1: Orientation and Defining Therapeutic Massage

Week 2: Historical Roots: Ancient Practice to Nineteenth-Century Medicine

Week 3: The Modern Profession, Massage Systems, and Virginia Credentialing

Week 3: Virginia Credentialing for Massage Therapy

Week 4: Scope of Practice, Licensing, and the Law

Week 5: Licensure, Certification, and Grounds for Revocation

Week 6: Evidence-Informed Practice and Research Literacy

Week 7: Effects of Massage: Physiologic and Psychological

Week 8: Benefits, Indications, Contraindications, and Endangerment Sites; Course Review and Final Examination

1.1 Course Overview; Classification of Massage Movements

1.2 Methods: Static Touch, Gliding, Torsion

1.3 Methods: Shearing, Oscillating, Percussion, & Joint Movements

2.1 Preparations for the Practitioner

2.2 Build Strength & Flexibility of the Hands

2.3 Procedures for Complete Body Massages: Draping & Client Positioning

3.1 Demonstration & Practice: General Arm, Arms & Hands

3.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: General Arm, Arms & Hands

3.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: General Arm, Arms & Hands

4.1 Demonstration & Practice: Legs, Feet & Gluteal

4.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Legs, Feet & Gluteal

4.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Legs, Feet & Gluteal

5.1 Demonstration & Practice: Abdomen & Chest

5.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Abdomen & Chest

5.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Abdomen & Chest

6.1 Demonstration & Practice: Back

6.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Back

6.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Back

7.1 Demonstration & Practice: Back (continued)

7.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Back (continued)

7.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Back (continued)

8.1 Demonstration & Practice: Face, Scalp, & Ear

8.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Face, Scalp, & Ear

8.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Face, Scalp, & Ear

9.1 Demonstration & Practice: Neck

9.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Neck

9.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Neck

10.1 Demonstration & Practice: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

10.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

10.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

11.1 Demonstration & Practice: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

11.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

11.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

12.1 Demonstration & Practice: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

12.2 Practice & Body Mechanics: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

12.3 Refinement & Kinesiology: Full Body with Transitional Strokes

Week 1: Anatomy, Physiology, and the Body Under Stress & Pain

Week 2: Healing Mechanisms, the Wellness Model, and Medical Terminology

Week 3: Levels of Organization - Cells, Enzymes, & Tissues

Week 4: Anatomical Position, Planes, Cavities, and Body Regions

Week 5: Integumentary System - The Skin

Week 6: The Skeletal System

Week 7: The Muscular System I - Structure, Contraction, & Function

Week 8: The Muscular Systems II - The Major Muscles

Week 9: The Circulatory System I - Heart, Vessels, & Circulation

Week 10: The Circulatory System II - Blood, Lymph, & Immunity

Week 11: The Nervous System

Week 12: The Endocrine System

Week 13: The Respiratory System

Week 14: The Digestive System

Week 15: The Urinary System

Week 16: The Reproductive Systems and Pregnancy

Week 1: Professional Ethics: Standards and Conduct

Week 2: Personal and Professional Boundaries

Week 3: The Therapeutic Relationship and the Power Differential

Week 4: Week 4: Transference, Dual Relationships, and Confidentiality

Week 5: Ethical Touch, Supervision, and Professional Conduct

Week 6: Equipment, Products, and the Practice Environment

Week 7: Infection Control and Safety Practices

Week 8: Course Review and Chapter 8 Examination

Week 5.1 Palpation, Kinesiology, & Quality of Touch

Week 5.2 Regions & Movements of the Body

Week 6.1 Shoulder Girdle Landmarks, Deltoid, & Trapezius

Week 6.2 Latissimus Dorsi, Teres Major & the Rotator Cuff

Week 7.1 Rhomboids, Levator Scapula & Pectoralis

Week 7.2 Biceps, Triceps & Brachialis; Ligaments of the Shoulder & Arm

Week 8.1 Brachioradialis; Wrist & Hand Extensors and Flexors

Week 8.2 Muscles of the Thumb & Hand; Ligaments and Other Structures of the Forearm & Hand

Week 9.1 Reinforce Course Lessons & Midterm Review

Week 10.1 Spine & Thorax Landmarks; Erector Spinae

Week 10.2 Quadratus Lumborum & Abdominals; Ligaments of the Spine & Thorax

Week 11.1 Head & Neck Landmarks; SCM & Scalenes

Week 11.2 Masseter, Temporalis & the Muscles of Facial Expression

Week 12.1 Pelvis & Thigh Landmarks; Quadriceps & Tensor Fasciae Latae

Week 12.2 Hamstrings

Week 13.1 Reinforce Course Lessons

Week 13.2 Glueals & Piriformis

Week 15.1 Peroneus (Fibularis) Longus & Brevis; Ligaments and Other Structures of the Ankle & Foot

Week 15.2 Reinforce Lessons & Review for Final

Week 16.1 Summative Project Presentations; Course Review & Make-Up

Week 16.2 Final Examination

Week 1: The Consultation and Effective Communication

Week 2: Policies, Procedures, and the Intake and Health History Forms

Week 3: Body Diagrams, Preliminary Assessment, and the Treatment Plan

Week 4: Informed Consent and the Client File

Week 5: SOAP Charting - Subjective and Objective

Week 6: SOAP Terminology and Abbreviation

Week 7: SOAP Applied - Assessment, Plan, Records, and Confidentiality

Week 8: Course Review and the Documentation Skills Assessment