The effects of massage

Week beginning 8 April, 2008

So far in this course we’ve looked at the massage process, medical screening, and contraindications. This week, we’ll be investigating the effects of massage. If you are to meet your client’s goals, you need to have a good understanding of the effects of the massage strokes that you are using, and how they relate to your client’s medical condition and history.

I’m aware that some of you will not yet have your textbook, so I’ve limited the use of Mosby’s in this week’s activities. You will need to have Mosby’s for next week’s activities.

The learning module for this week is Investigate the effects of massage. You'll notice that part of the exercise involves working on a Google document. I believe that I've sorted out the problem that was blocking access last time we tried to do this, but if you have any trouble accessing it this time, please let me know through the course email group.