ORTHOPEDIC MASSAGE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM WITH TOM KARIS

Serious bodywork for serious practitioners

This 100-hour intensive training is designed to advance the massage therapist’s skill-set and knowledge base to a level appropriate for treatment of orthopedic conditions. This OMT Certification Program will provide the massage therapist with tools to recognize and effectively treat orthopedic injury and chronic pain syndromes while remaining well within their scope of practice.

• Increase efficiency and efficacy of your bodywork
• Gain skills in recognizing pain patterning and compensatory responses
• Learn etiology, presentation, and treatment of over 50 orthopedic conditions
• Enhance and refine palpation skills
• Enhance communication skills
• Improve anatomical knowledge and understanding
• Learn over 150 effective techniques to balance soft tissue and specifically address injury

Part 1 prerequisite for Part 2 This is a certification program. To achieve certification, participants must pass a written exam at the end of each section.

50 NCBTMB approved CE Hours per Part

DATES

Part I - Core Concepts & Orthopedic Conditions of the Neck and Upper Extremity
            August 24 & 25 (9am – 5pm)
            September 14 & 15 (9am – 5pm)
            September 21 & 22 (9am – 5pm)
            Exam Date: 9/29/13 (2pm – 4pm)

Part II - Orthopedic Conditions of the Spine, Respiratory System and Lower Extremit (Prerequisite: OMC Part 1 )
            October 12 & 13 (9am – 5pm)
            October 19 & 20 (9am – 5pm)
            October 26 & 27 (9am – 5pm)
            Exam Date: 10/30/13 (2pm – 4pm)

COST

Part One: $900
Part Two: $900
$1600 if paid in full for both at sign up

COURSE LOCATION

Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy
222 Boston Ave
Medford, MA 02155

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