Massage Therapy I

Through lectures, discussion, and demonstration students will learn:

• to set up and adjust the massage table, proper body mechanics, effects and usage of efflurage, petrissage, and compressions, proper draping of back, gluteals, anterior and posterior legs, chest, and abdominals;
• perform a full body massage which includes the back, gluteals, posterior legs, feet, anterior legs, abdominals, chest, neck, and face incorporating all learned techniques of massage.

Offered: Fall, Spring