I believe that massage therapy continuing education is very important. Why not take a class to help yourself prevent injuries. This is a 12 CEH Course that will enhance your body awareness, strengthen your body, and teach you how to restore your mind, body, and spirit. The abilities that you as a bodyworker should possess are strength, flexibility, and endurance. Yoga adds strength and flexibility to your body and enhances the body’s ability to practice massage. Practicing yoga helps you to gain this awareness. The principles of yoga can make your job easier and can help prevent injury.

The principles of yoga can make your job easier and can help prevent injury.

•   Explore anatomy in movement
•   Learn how to use your breath combined with movement
•   Strategize a specific injury prevention strategy through yoga
•   Explore yoga for core strength
•   Incorporate balance exercises to help correct muscle imbalance
•   Understand how to prevent injury while doing yoga
•   Integrates your mind-body connection
•   Understand how to relax and restore your body

Sta y Healthy! Karina

On another note, I found how massage was delivered in Roatan to be very interesting. I had a massage by a professional at my resort and she was very good. She had a place in a cabana above the dive store. While you received your massage, you could here the ocean waves and feel the breezes. She was defintely trained and worked with confidence.

As I sat on the beach, I was approached by many women who would ask me if I wanted a massage or hair braiding. I politely declined. These women were not dressed appropriately and most likely were not trained. One women carried a massage table with her. I have never seen such a beat up and dirty table in my life. Others would just work on you wherever you were on the beach and some dragged lounge chairs around.

On one hand, these women are trying to put food on the table. This is a third world country and people don’t have as much opportunity as we do here in America. They are simply trying to make some money just like the other people selling jewelry. However, my issue with the whole thing was sanitation and cleanliness. I even asked one of them how they washed their hands. She answered, “She would wash her hands in the ocean.” I saw another girl take a small towel out of her bag and wipe a lady’s feet off. I am sure this towel had been used before.

The point I am trying to make is that regulation in our country has a place. The need for Massage Therapy Continuing Education is necessary. The courses on hygiene, AIDS, and Ethics are essential to our health and the health of our clients. Massage Therapists are artists and do not like rules but rules are important for many reasons.

Karina
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While I was attending a recent conference, I was pleased to find many genuine therapists who worked well together and shared information with passion. It was great to be present with so many experienced and talented teachers and therapists.

In the health care field, I really like to see each professional working as a team and maintaining the goal of health for the client.  When we open our mind to other people’s ideas we may just learn something we didn’t know or see something from a view we never even thought of.

I believe that massage therapy continuing education is important to be a great therapist. Try thinking this way next time you take a class and notice how much you learn.

Karina

Take a moment and lie on your back. Relax your neck and let all tension in your back, abdomen, legs, and feet release. Breathe into the sides of your ribcage. Feel how this motion opens the ribcage to the back. Each time you inhale, sense the ribs lifting toward the ceiling as well as, pressing against the floor. Take 10 deep breaths as you feel the ribcage moving from front to back and side to side. When you are ready, sit up and feel how open your body feels in every direction.

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Many Massage Therapists need continuing education. Why not take some education for you so you can keep yourself healthy! Get In Touch offers Breathwork 4 A Healthy Life for 6 CEH and will teach you in depth anatomy, correct breathing technique, and give you massage therapy continuing education.

Karina Braun

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Anatomy is such a crucial component to doing bodywork. I believe continuing education for massage therapists should include a certain amount of hours just to refresh on Anatomy.

Massage therapists have to not only be able to point out bony landmarks and the certain muscle groups but also have the ability to work that muscle despite the size and shape of the client. Palpation skills are of utmost importance to be confident and perform effective work. Massage therapists greatly benefit from the constant study of anatomy.

Personal Body Maintenance for the Bodyworker® Courses offer Massage Therapy Continuing Education.This seminar not only refresh the therapist on anatomy and kinesiology, it gives experiential anatomy through kinesthetic awareness exercises and yogic techniques.

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The root chakra is the first chakra and is found at the base of the spine. It is known as muladhara and it means foundation. This chakra is associated with the earth element. The root chakra is connected to the feet chakras and they are connected to the vibratory frequencies of the earth.

If you are feeling ungrounded, eat more fruits and veggies with red skins and eat more protein. Also, a diet that contains cooked foods with strong aromas will
invoke your sense of smell and help to stimulate the first chakra. In turn, this will help to build a strong foundation through your root chakra and bring
the energy down to the soles of your feet.

I tis important to eat good quality food and constantly educate yourself. You can read more about chakras and food that can help balance the chakras in my book, Creating Peace with Your Hands. This book is a great source for Massage Therapy Continuing Education and helps therapists survive and remain healthy in their career.

Stay healthy!

Karina

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It is that time of year again. The license renewal for Louisiana Massage Therapists is coming the end of the year and I am excited to teach a live course in Metairie, LA on December 3 & 4. I am teaching Personal Body Maintenance for the Bodyworker which includes Creating Peace with Your Hands and Yoga Therapeutix. This course will give you the 12 CE Hours required for Louisiana MAssage Therapy renewal. I have taught these courses to new therapists and ones that have taught for 30 years. This class has alot to offer for everyone. You will learn Body stabilization techniques, injury prevention, tspheres technique, and self care through yoga.  This course will trul help you prolong your career.

What to expect from this course:

• Exceptional learning experience
• Better understanding of anatomy
• Deeper knowledge of anatomy in movement
• Better understanding of your own body
• Whole Body Awareness

Please watch the testimonial video to see what therapists have to say:

Get In Touch offers Massage Therapy Continuing Education and is approved by the Louisiana Board of Massage Therapy LAP# 0151

Contact me if you want to register or have any questions- igetintouch@gmail.com

See you soon!

Karina

Bring attentiveness to the position of your wrists and keep the wrists in a neutral position to avoid hyperextension and radial or ulnar deviation. If you do not keep your attention on the position of your wrists, over time, you can create a bad habit of holding your wrist in deviation. Ulnar and radial deviation can produce a lot of stress on the wrist when held for prolonged periods of time. Ulnar deviation can occur when the arms are held in a pronated position. The body will attempt to create balance from the shoulders internally rotating and the arms abducting with the elbows moving away from the body. This situation can cause ulnar deviation in the wrists and excessive stress on the forearm muscles. You can counteract ulnar deviation by bringing the elbows back to the body and keeping the wrist straight and in a neutral position.

Ulnar deviation often occurs with effleurage strokes, especially when spreading the oil on the back. The most common effleurage stroke, when applying oil around the low back and neck, can cause ulnar deviation. Keep this stroke to a minimum and apply lighter pressure to decrease stress on your wrist. Be careful when holding the wrist in flexion or extension for extended periods of time, especially when applying pressure. Always maintain a neutral position with your wrists to avoid overextending your wrist. Hyperextension is common and sometimes difficult to avoid, but it places a great deal of strain on the structures of the wrist. Discover ways to reduce the angle between your hand and forearm, particularly when applying continual pressure. If you tend to hyperextend your wrists when performing an effleurage stroke around the neck, use less pressure or execute the stroke from the side of the neck to maintain wrist alignment. If you find that your hands or wrists are not straight when you are working then walk your body to the place where your arm and wrist are straight. Hot Stone Deep Tissue Fusion is a great class to help you have correct wrist position when applying pressure with the stones

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It is important to stabilize the body properly from the core to the shoulders and through the hands. Alignment and stabilization go hand in hand and help prevent injury and increase enddurance for massage therapists.

An important tip for the wrists: Envision a zipper extending from the forearm to the palm. If the wrist goes into deviation, then the zipper will stick. It is a good idea to keep a straight line from the forearm to the fingers to reduce strain on the wrist joint.

Get In Touch offers Massage Therapy Continuing Education and helps therapist have a long and healthy career.

Insightful strategies for self-care and injury prevention are included in the inspiring book, Creating Peace with Your Hands, written by Karina Braun. Creating Peace with Your Hands is also a 12 course for massage therapy continuing education.