Course Description

This course will provide the student with experiences providing relaxation and therapeutic based massage treatments in the clinic setting. Students will integrate orthopedic assessment findings, a variety of rehabilitative massage techniques and remedial exercises to all regions of the body, depending on patient need. Clinic is a learning experience. It is a course that will have assignments, quizzes and an exam. Every patient provides a learning opportunity for the student. Students will apply skills learned in other courses, and they will learn from their interactions from patients. They will learn about medical conditions, medications, how to tailor treatments to patient’s need, and they will learn how to integrate assessment findings to determine the effectiveness of their treatment. A clinic instructor, who is a Registered Massage Therapist, will instruct the students in the clinic, answer questions and guide their learning.