Self-care is important for all professions, but especially massage therapists. AMTA's self-care survey showed that about one-third of therapists have sustained an injury as a result of performing massage, and upwards of 90% of therapists say that they are in pain at any given time.
Get an overview of self-care best practices and how you can incorporate them into your massages to help keep you healthy now and for years to come.
Free Self-Care for Massage Therapists
This course and Self-Care for Massage Therapists: Body Mechanics are free to all massage therapists. Learn more about this self-care program
When you finish this course, you will be able to:
- Design proper warm-up and cool down strategies incorporating passive, general, and focused therapies.
- Incorporate a general fitness and strength building regimen as part of a self-care plan.
- Employ an early detection strategy to prevent injury.
Sandra Anderson, LMT has certifications in massage therapy, shiatsu, and Thai massage. For 12 years she instructed at the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson, AZ, and she has authored five textbooks.
Course Expiration
Please note that you must complete each AMTA online learning course and pass the exam one year from the date of purchase. If you do not complete the course and pass the exam within one year, you will be required to re-purchase the course.
Online courses expire one year from the date of purchase. When a course expires, you will no longer have access to the course materials and will be required to re-purchase the course.
Course Approval Code(s)
LCEU0003783
Copyright
This course contains information that is proprietary. None of the material contained within this course may be used without the express written permission
of AMTA unless otherwise indicated in the course. As a reminder, before practicing any new modalities or techniques, check with your state’s massage therapy
regulatory authority to ensure they are within the state’s defined scope of practice for massage therapy.
Refunds
Online courses are non-refundable. AMTA will not cover fees incurred from duplicate payments, insufficient funds, stopped payments or credit/debit cards over
credit limits.