Today's active seniors can expect to live longer, healthier lives thanks to advances in medical science, nutrition and the desire to remain fit. This group ranges from those who want to become more active, to those who want to remain high performers.
Explore how to evaluate aging clients and address their health issues with massage therapy. Learn how massage can help this population achieve their fitness goals.
Learn massage methods that will help ensure that older clients remain in good shape for years to come. Address concerns and needs of seniors with health issues, inactive seniors, active seniors and competitive seniors or seniors who are professional athletes. When you have completed this course you will be able to:
- Relate the benefits of regular massage therapy to the four types of seniors described in this course.
- Identify when athletes improve and adapt their fitness and physical abilities.
- Explain how regular massage therapy addresses the effects of routine movements and scar tissue buildup on biomechanics, muscle range and flexibility.
- List six benefits and four goals of regular massage therapy.
- Describe the benefits or requirements of the massage therapy techniques (and one method—Myoflexxion) for active seniors as described in this course.
Paula S. Stone, MA, NCTMB, MT, CR, is the owner and director of Soft Touch Massage and Reflexology. Stone is a nationally licensed massage therapist and certified reflexologist at the International Institute of Reflexology. She practices therapeutic massage and reflexology, teaches and writes from the St. Louis area. She can be contacted at: stouchmassage@aol.com.
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)
MSP #64; LCEU0003755
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.