Back to WorkshopsSave Your Hands! Self-Care, Injury Prevention & Ergonomics for Massage Therapists
SUBJECT:
Injury Prevention & Ergonomics for Massage Therapists
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Continuing Education Hours: 1.5 Lecture Hours , 4.5 Hands On Hours
$159 total ($125 for workshop, $34 for SYH book, valued at $40)
In these tough economic times, protecting one’s livelihood as a massage therapist by learning how to prevent injury is more important than ever. Research has shown that 77% of massage therapists experience symptoms or injury during their careers, due to the physical demands of their work. Injury can have both short and long-term effects on a therapist’s ability to maintain their normal workload, advance in their career and, in some cases, even remain in their profession.
Yet injury is NOT inevitable; in fact, there is a great deal that massage therapists can do to prevent these injuries, and to lessen the impact of injury on their work life if it does occur despite their best efforts. The Save Hands!® Workshop shows massage therapists how to save not only their hands, but their back, neck, shoulders and emotional well-being throughout a long, healthy career.
Since multiple factors are involved in causing injury, a successful prevention strategy must be holistic and multifaceted, combining a number of tactics to address all potential causes. In a 6-hour workshop combining interactive demonstrations and hands-on work, participants will learn the primary elements of this holistic approach to injury prevention, including:
• Developing awareness of the primary risk factors for injury, and recognizing and reducing risk factor exposures in their hands-on work
• Learning principles of good body mechanics to reduce effort and stress
• Finding alternatives to stressful techniques that can cause symptoms or injury
• Taking care of their general health, to promote healing and overall wellness
• Recognizing warning signs and symptoms of injury and treating them early and effectively before they lead to injury
A considerable portion of the workshop will be spent doing hands-on work in groups of three, with the guidance of the instructor. During hands-on work, participants will learn to identify stressful techniques and postures and help each other correct them, with guidance from the Instructor. At the end of the workshop, participants will be encouraged to develop their own personalized injury prevention strategy, using the information provided and adapting it to their own bodies and situation.
Prerequisite: participants read Save Your Hands! The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists, 2nd Edition prior to taking the workshop. The book is also used during the workshop.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Jane Kordish, Certified Injury Prevention Instructor, is a Licensed Massage Therapist in Florida, with her own practice in South Tampa. She is a veteran of the US Armed Forces and lifelong amateur athlete. Jane earned her Associate of Science in Massage Therapy from Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, CA and followed on with advanced studies at the Monterey Institute of Touch in Carmel, CA as well as at the San Francisco School of Massage & Bodywork. She became interested in Injury Prevention workshops in 2011 and immediately completed training to become an instructor. She is now a Master Instructor for Save Your Hands! and trains new CIPI’s across the nation. Jane has been a member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals throughout her career and is also a member of the Florida State Massage Therapy Association – Tampa Bay Chapter, where she serves on the Sports Massage Team. She is active in the community, often providing chair massage and sports massage at local events, races, and health fairs. Jane always looks forward to sharing injury prevention and self-care with other therapists, to help them stay injury-free and enjoy long, healthy, and lucrative careers.
Email: jkordish.massage@gmail.com
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DATE & TIME
Saturday, October 4, 2014
10am-5pm |
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INSTRUCTOR
Jane Kordish
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PRICE
$159
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