Contraindications

Week beginning 31 March, 2005

This week, we’ll be looking at contraindications for massage – when you shouldn’t massage your client. It’s essential that you have a good understanding of massage-related contraindications so that you can provide safe massage treatment.

I am aware that there have been some troubles with the textbook not being in stock. This weeks material does not use Mosby’s fundamentals of massage very much as a result.

You will need to complete the following before the end of the week

1. Contraindications learning module
   
2. Elluminate session – endangerment sites

Elluminate session

From this point onwards you can expect an elluminate session to be held every Wednesday from 1-2pm for this class.

This week the elluminate session will focus on endangerment sites. This session will not be recorded because it will include copyrighted material. If you are unable to attend the session, some equivalent reference material will be made available through the Anatomy1 blackboard shell.

Wednesday 2 Apr, 1-2pm
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Record Keeping

Period: 17th- 28th March

Aim: This week you will be introduced to the record keeping process that you will use throughout your training.

There are three tasks for you to complete (or at least get started on) this week.

1. Elluminate session
2. Readings
3. Work through the Create a Client Intake Form learning resource

Elluminate

Kicking off the week, we’re going to have a session in Elluminate. In this session we will explore the S.O.T.A.P. assessment and record keeping model, and how it relates to the massage process. This is a pretty important session, as you are required to record all of your logged treatments for the course in the S.O.T.A.P. format.

In case you were unable to attend the session, it has been recorded and is now available below.

Elluminate session
Wednesday 12:30 – 1:30pm
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Readings

• Read the following sections in Fritz (2004) - Chapter 3 – Medical Terminology for Professional Record Keeping
• Medical Terminology – Fundamental Word Elements , Abbreviations, Terminology as an ongoing study
• Record Keeping – Clinical Reasoning & Charting, Functionally Oriented Goals

Create a Client Intake Form

Work your way through the create a client intake form learning resource.

You need to have your own client intake form before you are allowed to log any hours, and the creation of this form is part of Assessment Task 1 for Fundamentals, so it’s a good idea to get going on this now.

References

Fritz, S. (2004). Mosby’s fundamentals of therapeutic massage (3rd ed.). Missouri: Mosby.

The Massage Process

Week beginning 10 March, 2005

In your last practical block you were introduced to the massage process.
This week in Fundamentals we will explore this process from another perspective.

You will need to complete these activities by the end of the week

• Read Chapter 6 of Mosby's Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage (Fritz)
• Complete questions 4-9 in Task 2
• Complete the learning module - The Massage Process
• Complete questions 1-3 in Task 2

You've got a lot of reading this week I know.
I'll also put a few questions through the email group for us to discuss.