Learn more about the Associate's Degree Program in Massage Therapy for individuals interested in becoming a Licensed Massage Therapist. This is an opportunity to tour the facility, meet faculty, and enjoy a chair massage and light refreshments.
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Date: Sunday, October 31, 2010
Location: Room 323, Bldg J, CCBC Essex Campus; 7201 Rossville Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21237
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| 3-5A-01. Definitions. | ||||
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| 3-5A-02. Board to adopt regulations. | ||||
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| 3-5A-03. Fees. | ||||
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| 3-5A-04. License and registration required. | ||||
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| 3-5A-05. Scope. | ||||
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| 3-5A-06. Qualification for license and registration. | ||||
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| 3-5A-07. Waiver of requirements. | ||||
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| 3-5A-08. Non-therapeutic massage practitioners - Restrictions on practice. | ||||
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| 3-5A-09. Application. | ||||
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| 3-5A-10. License or registration expiration and renewal. | ||||
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| 3-5A-11. Denials; suspensions; revocations. | ||||
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| 3-5A-12. Scope of subtitle. | ||||
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| 3-5A-13. Advertising or soliciting by licensed massage therapists or registered massage practitioners. | ||||
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| 3-5A-14. Referral restrictions. | ||||
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| 3-5A-15. Reimbursement by insurer not required. | ||||
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| 3-5A-16. Charles and Washington counties. | ||||
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There has been much confusion about the Maryland State Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners' requirement for trade name approval by Massage Therapists. Here is clarification on the trade name issue. Every Maryland RMP or LMT must get trade name approval from the board unless they are working for someone else. This is a separate approval from the one you may have received for your business name from the State of Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation in Annapolis.
Even though the current regulations do not specifically say that you must do so, it is the Board's policy not to approve any trade name that does not include the words Massage or LMT, or RMP in the trade name. See the following examples for what does and does not work. Even though it may be argued that your personal name is not a trade name, it is simply your name, the board still requires you to submit a trade name application unless you are working for someone else (ie a chiropractor's office or massage therapy center.)
Here is what works:
Here is what does not work and will be disapproved:
Here is the Link for the trade name application: http://mdmassage.org/forms/trade.pdf
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by Shannon Mitchell
From as early as birth, our brains are working to form skills to help us move through the world. We learn to walk by watching those around us. As the aging process happens, the body becomes "locked in" to certain habitual ways of moving, creating what we call Chronic Facilitations. Movement and Re-patterning is a way to help change some of the movements that may be causing structural misalignments in the body. Additionally, we will be able to guide our clients through simple exercises to re-train their movement patterns.
First we identify where the holding is happening through observing and documenting our clients. Next, we address the specific areas of holding through several, very basic, exercises. The goal of the re-patterning exercises is to attach a mental awareness to the proper way of moving the shoulder, the spine etc. These techniques take very little time and can be easily added into a one hour massage session.
When we learn the way the body should move, we will be more aware of the areas that are not moving correctly. And, best of all, we will understand how easy it is to change it for the better. By incorporating these quick, easy additions to your sessions, you will boost the value of your work as well as adding essential client benefits.
For more information about the upcoming class, Movement and Re-Patterning: Upper Body:
http://www.ccbcmassagetherapy.com/NCBTMBContinuingEd.html
or:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286915372263&index=1
by Julie McKay
With quality health care on the forefront of the public's mind, one of the most effective ways therapists can let their patients know that they care is through good rapport. The other night I met a medical doctor. We talked a little about what I do. He asked “Do you know what the most important thing a stethoscope was used for, besides listening to someone's lungs or heart?” I told him I didn't know. He said to touch someone and reassure them that they were being "heard." This is one way doctors can help build rapport with their patients.
One day two clients told me that they really appreciated how well I listened to them and how comfortable it made them feel. This struck me as very interesting as each had very different personalities. Did I do anything different for one or the other? What had I done to have them make the same comment?
What I did was I listened to what communication style and processing languages they each spoke and “spoke” their language to build a rapport. This also helped me to assist them to get better in touch with what was occurring in their bodies.
These are skills that we can develop over time, if we happen to be paying attention to the appropriate thing at the right time. However, without training it can take years and years to hone these skills of building rapport with a variety of clients and helping them listen to what is going on in their body.
There is an easier way for you to learn how to identify what processing language and communication styles your clients speak. You can easily learn how to ask effective questions that are non-leading, non-judgmental that help your clients identify their needs. There are simple yet profound techniques that you can learn to use with your client to help them pay closer attention and identify what their body wants them to be aware of.
Two years ago, I had a couple of therapists ask me to do a study group about how they could learn how to more effectively dialogue with their clients. I wrote page after page of notes about what I do and what I pay attention to when I am dialoguing with clients. I realized that there was no one place to reference all of the simple concepts and techniques that I use. So I put it all together in a ground-breaking workshop called SomaCentric Dialoguing.
SomaCentric Dialoguing (SCD) is a system that focuses on communication skills and concepts to improve rapport with clients, to effectively focus the client's body-centered awareness and dialogue with the client and their body. SCD teaches the how to communicate with clients and help them get in touch with what is going on with their body. SCD gives therapists specific concepts of how to ask appropriate questions, what not to ask and thus provides a structure to dialoguing.
Whether you are a student or an experienced therapist, you will learn how to identify what languages your client speaks, her processing and communication styles. You learn how to speak her languages to build instant rapport and get information easily, at all points of interaction; from an initial phone call and scheduling of an appointment, during the client intake process and while she is on the table. You learn how to help her get beyond what the head or mind wants to say and assist her to be more body-centered. These simple and yet profound dialoguing techniques are used to help your client in her healing journey, helping her to effectively let go of holding patterns and pain in her body. This results in core physical, mental, and emotional healing, helping her to heal more deeply.
The next SomaCentric Dialoguing class will be held April 16 - 18, 2010 at CCBC Catonsville. For more information see www.ClearInstitute.net or call 443-604-1981. Suggested reading is The Insightful Body: Healing with SomaCentric Dialoguing by Julie McKay. Available online at www.ClearInstitute.net or your favorite bookseller.
The students give 1 hour massages for a donation of $35 (packages available for a $5 a session discount) and gain valuable experience. The CCBC Massage Therapy Program allows students to earn an A.A.S. degree in Massage Therapy. Instructors from the program supervise the students during the clinic sessions.
If you would like to make an appointment call 443-840-1598 you can also e-mail us at massagetherapysc@ccbcmd.edu
The following days and times are available for the Spring Semester
Thursdays: Appointment times of 1:00pm, 2:15pm and 3:30pm
February 18, 25, / March 4, 11, 18, 25 / April 8, 15, 22, 29 / May 6, 13
Saturdays: Appointment times of 10:30am, 12:15pm and 1:30pm on
February 20 / March 6, 20 / April 10, 24 / May 1, 15
Appointments fill up quickly, so call today!
Sports massage has been proven to be effective since ancient times, but only in the last century has research scientifically proved and helped us understand the way it works and how it affects athletes.
Appropriate diet, rest, flexibility, strength training, and fluid replacement must be combined with efficient training and recovery techniques to maximize individual performance. Proper massage techniques are essential for any practicing, performing, and competing athlete, especially athletes of the highest qualification. The biggest progress in the development of sport massage was reached in China, Finland, Germany, Japan, and Russia. In last few decades tremendous progress the science of sport massage has made in US to improving athletic performance.
Sport massage has become a significant element of the training process. It is an effective way to relieve fatigue, increase the ability of sport performance, normalize or increase the resistance to psycho-emotional stress, which always accompanies sport practice and competitions, and prevents overstraining. Massage is also very helpful in the prevention of injuries, traumas, and diseases of athletes.
All athletes look for an edge that can help them train more effectively and perform better. To achieve a high level of performance athletes have to exercise very intensively and frequently. Intense practice and lack of rest often leads to injuries of bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments as well as the nervous system and internal organs. Interest for non-medication resources is very high. Massage therapy can play a key role in meeting an athlete’s needs, and it is one of most valuable things sportsmen can utilize along with hydrotherapy, sauna, and physiotherapy. Sport massage is included as part of medical services at Olympic Games and Professional competitions.
Techniques used for sport massage are based on the gradual influence on tissue and reflex reaction. Sport massage is a complex biological process, which provokes consistent reflexive involvement of all organs and systems of the body in order to support homeostasis.
CCBC is hosting the NCBTMB Approved CE Course "Massage for Athletes and Everyone Else" on February 20 & 21, 2010. Early Registration discount is available until 2/7/2010. Take advantage of this opportunity to train with an expert. Samuel Blechman will be presenting at the next AMTA Convention, but you can benefit from his expertise right here in Baltimore. Samuel is a member of the massage therapy faculty in the Associate Degree program at The Community College of Baltimore County. He is a member of the Maryland Professional Sport Massage Team and the former coach of Russian Olympic athletes. A successful entrepreneur in private practice in Lutherville, Samuel offers therapeutic massage to professional and amateur athletes as well as the general public.
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