Testimonials

The staff are excellent in assisting with questions and answering calls. Thank you so very much for your personal concern with my deadline.

K. Beardsley, LMT

Read more »

7 Valuable Advantages for you!

  1. Learn at home, so you don't lose valuable time or incur travel expenses.
  2. Affordable tuition includes everything you need: course materials, test and Certificate.
  3. You can earn CE hours accepted by the NCBTMB, AMTA, ABMP and Florida and Louisiana, as well as most other state massage licensure boards.
  4. State-of-the-art video presentations provide close-up demonstrations you can watch, practice and easily review.
  5. Get Results Instantly - Take advantage of the Institute's online study options, test online and get your Certificate instantly.
  6. With over 140,000 enrollments since 1996, you can trust and depend on the Institute to help you, too.
  7. We offer a 90-day, risk-free money-back guarantee!
Payment Processing

Massage in Healthcare Package

ES1005 - Massage CE Program - 25 CE Hour(s)

Massage in Healthcare Package Enroll Now

This package contains 4 courses:

Touch for the Seriously Ill

Written by experts in the field, this course provides a depth of experience and sensitivity for working with seriously ill clients.

In this course, you will learn about:

  • common stressful issues of illness care
  • support systems and mentors - their importance and benefits
  • responding appropriately when you feel overwhelmed
  • the philosophical and practical aspects of working with the seriously ill
  • skilled touch for seriously ill people
  • full body massage for bedridden clients
  • working in illness-care environments - hospitals, nursing homes, hospice and home care
  • creating a healing environment that meets the needs of your clients and yourself
  • considerations when working with people that are HIV positive
  • sexuality issues that might arise when working with seriously ill clients
  • comforting people who are dying
  • contraindications when working with seriously ill clients
  • ethical dilemmas that occur when working with clients in illness care settings
  • saying goodbye and coping with the death of a client

This course includes 3 hours of communicable disease and meets the requirement of Maryland and most states.

CE Hours: 14

Massage for Edema

Learn the concepts underlying massage and bodywork for clients who have edema, including an overview of lymph drainage and important steps to preventing lymphedema.

In this course, you will learn:

  • the major anatomical components of healthy immune and lymphatic systems
  • to distinguish between the body's normal inflammation process and abnormal edema
  • indications and contraindications for working with clients who have edema
  • how to provide clients with information on prevention and management of lymphedema

CE Hours: 3

Chronic Pain Management

To study pain and its alleviation is to journey into the relationships between the body, mind and spirit. Get a quick review of the most essential points all massage therapists need to know to be more grounded, compassionate and effective in their work with people in chronic pain.

In this course, you will learn:

  • how a client's mind, body and spirit can affect their relationship with chronic pain
  • the key neurological elements involved in chronic pain
  • the "relaxation response" and why it's useful in chronic pain management
  • pain regulation therapies and their possible benefits for clients in chronic pain
  • the primary relationship between nutrition and chronic pain

CE Hours: 5

Ethics: Therapeutic Environment

Expand your understanding of ethics. Learn how to build a safer therapeutic environment for yourself and your client.

This course reviews:

  • essential roles, rights and responsibilities that are accepted in order to be recognized as a professional
  • concepts transference and countertransference and apply them to your practice
  • the terms ethics, ethical dilemma, ethical dissonance, confidentiality and boundaries and their application in important practice considerations

This program contains the required 2 hours pertaining to the NCBTMB's Standard V: Roles and Boundaries for National Certification renewal.

CE Hours: 3

Materials

  • 4 Manuals - 174 total pages
  • Multiple choice tests - if you prefer to test online please select the "online test" option
  • Certificate upon completion of each course - if you prefer to print your certificate at home instantly, please select the "online test" option

Display Certificates suitable for framing are available for $10 in addition to the certificate included with your tuition. Click here to order a Display Certificate.

Credits / Tuition

CE Hours: 25

Tuition: $280

Approvals

The Institute is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Approved Provider 049478-00.

Credits also accepted by the AMTA, ABMP and NAHA.

For information regarding your specific state massage license requirements and approvals, visit our Massage Therapy Continuing Education Requirements page by clicking here.

Order Now!

Choose an enrollment option:

Materials:
Available online

Test:
Available online

Contents: Online manuals; plus online multiple-choice tests
$280
OR

Materials:
Shipped to you

Test:
Shipped to you

Contents: Manuals and workbooks with multiple-choice tests shipped to you.
$280
Course of the MonthNew! Creams, Oils & LotionsNew! Organic Soap

Home Study Program Categories

NCBTMB Approved