Chronic Pain: Relief with Massage Therapy

When you finish this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss the guiding principles to create a safe, comforting and supportive massage session plan for people experiencing chronic pain; 
• Describe and outline pain relief strategies that help affect the nervous system and create   parasympathetic dominance for clients;  
• Cite examples of home care skills that a client can learn to help with anxiety or sleep;
• Assess when to offer hot and cold therapies that enhance home care and injury recovery.  

1. Acute and Chronic Pain
2. Pain and the Science of Touch
3. Guiding Principles for Working with Clients with Acute and Chronic Pain
4. How Chronic Pain Clients Experience Massage
5. Massage Therapy Strategies for Clients Experiencing Painful Conditions
6. Using Heat Appropriately
7. Using Cold Therapy and Contrast Treatments Appropriately
8. “(W)REST”: Water, Rest, Eat, Sleep, Therapy
9. Home Care Strategies and Support
10. Making Your Office Inviting to Your Clients
11. References
12. Glossary

Pete Whitridge, BA, LMT has been a licensed massage therapist since 1988. He is a founder and Past President of the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education (AFMTE) and has dedicated his career to helping establish high standards in massage therapy education. Pete has served as Chair of the Florida Board of Massage Therapy and frequently teaches at conventions and meetings throughout the U.S. In 2016, he was inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame. 

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)

LCEU0003713

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.