Safe massage practice

Our focus in Fundamentals this week will be "how do we ensure that the massage we are giving is safe for our clients?". We'll investigate hygiene, contraindications, and endangerment sites. This material is the subject matter for Fundamentals Task 1 which is due next week.

Weekly tasks

1. Read Chapter 4 of Salvo (2007) - Infection control, safety, health & hygiene.
   
   
2. Elluminate session - Monday, 2-3pm
   Fundamentals task 1
   Clarification of key concepts - hygiene, contraindications
   Class meeting
   
   
3. Work through the Contraindications to massage practice learning module.
   
   
4. Elluminate session - Thursday, 10-12am
   Medications
   Endangerment sites