Contemporary Massage

With today's class, we reach the end of our classes for Fundamentals.

Weekly tasks

• Elluminate session: Monday 8 June, 1-3pm
  Contemporary Massage
  
  
  
• Task 6 - due Friday.
  

Approaches to massage

Last week in Fundamentals we looked at the historical development of massage in the western tradition. As discussed, the dominant western massage model is conceptually based on physiological ideas. This week we'll consider several other conceptual models, and ways of working.

Weekly tasks

1. Explore Maori models of health - You have three options of flash file (animation), web-page or downloadable .pdf file for each.
   
   
2. Elluminate - Thursday 2 Jun, 10-12
   Approaches to massage
   
   
3. Additional reading - Salvo, Chapter 28 - Eastern Massage therapies
   

Ethics | Historical development of massage

This week in Fundamentals, we will finish off considering ethics related to massage practice, and we will have a look at the historical development of massage.

Weekly tasks

1. Elluminate session: Monday 1-3pm
   Ethics review
   Massage New Zealand
   Sustainable Massage
   
   
2. Reading Salvo - Chapter 1 (History of massage)
   
   
3. Elluminate session: Thursday 10-12
   The historical development of massage.
   
   
4. Further reading from Massage Magazine for those who are interested
   

Ethics & massage practice

This week in Fundamentals we'll be looking at ethics as they relate to massage practice.

Weekly tasks

• Readings: Salvo Chapter 2 - The therapeutic relationship
  
  
• Elluminate session: Monday 2-3pm
  Ethics
  
  
• Elluminate session: Thursday 10-12am
  Ethics
  Massage New Zealand
  
  

Legislation relevant to massage therapy

This week in Fundamentals, we're overviewing the key legislative requirements which are relevant to massage practice.

Assessment
This week's material is relevant to Task 3 - legal requirements. The task is due during the practical block next week, so I would recommend completing it this week.

Weekly tasks

• Elluminate session - Legal requirements Thursday 30 April, 10-12am
  In this session we will cover the key points of relevance in massage-related legislation. By the end of the session you should be able to answer the assessment.
  

Indications & the effects of massage

This week in Fundamentals, we'll be continuing to look at the effects of massage, and we will have a look at Indications for massage.

An indication for massage can be considered a reason why you should give someone a massage (as a pose to a contraindication which is a reason why you should not). Indications are strongly related to the effects of massage.

Assessment due: Task 2 - a blog post on the effects of massage is due by the end of the week.

Weekly tasks

• Reading: Salvo - Read How safe is massage (p. 87-88), Skim through the effects of massage (p. 88-93)
  
  
• Read Salvo - Indications for massage (p. 93-96). As you're reading this section, consider how it relates to what we discussed in last week's elluminate session on the effects of massage.
  
  
• Monday's elluminate session 2-3pm
  Indications for massage
  
  
• Read Salvo - Swedish massage movements (p. 142-172), paying particular attention to the benefits of each massage stroke. Also notice how many different ways there are of doing each type of massage stroke. Are there many that you haven't tried using yet in your massages?
  
  
• Thursday's elluminate session 10-11am
  Effects of massage strokes
  

The effects of massage

Over the next two weeks in Fundamentals we will be looking at the effects of massage.

I know that most of you are quite busy with Study skills work this week, so the work for Fundamentals will be a little reduced this week.

Weekly tasks

1. Elluminate session Thursday 10am-12
   The effects of massage
   
   
2. Have a look at Task 2 for Fundamentals - the effects of massage strokes (Fundamentals course page). Please note that the date which is shown in the assessment task differs from the one on the cover page. The date on the cover page is correct - 3 April.
   
   This will be your first experience of the blog grading rubric which will be used to grade your blog posts in this course. We'll talk through it in the elluminate session, but the assessment task has a link to the actual rubric if you're interested to have a look at it before the session.
   

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
   

The massage process

This week in Fundamentals of Massage we will consider the massage process. This will be the main focus of your online learning this week.

Estimated completion time: 9 hours.

1. You are to work through the online learning module - the massage process, explore the reading material and answer the questions.
   
   
2. Apply the ideas in the massage process module to your massages this week. Ask yourself what am I doing well? and what could I do better?
   
   
3. Elluminate session Monday 1-2pm
   a) Record Keeping for massage
   b) Fundamentals assessment
   
   
4. Design and create your own client details form.
   
   
5. Elluminate session Thursday 10-11am
   Discussion of the massage process
   

Introduction to fundamentals

The purpose of the Fundamentals of Massage course is to provide you with a theoretical framework within which to practice relaxation massage.

It is a fairly broad course. Over the semester we will cover

• The massage process (Week 10)
  
• Record keeping for massage (Week 10)
  
• Safe massage practice (including hygiene, contraindications and endangerment sites) (Week 11)
  
• The effects of massage (Weeks 13-14)
  
• Legal requirements relevant to massage practice (Week 18)
  
• Ethical considerations relevant to massage practice (Week 20 - 21)
  
• Sustainability and massage practice (Week 21)
  
• The historical development of massage practice (Week 23)
  
• Divergent cultural and philosophical approaches to massage practice (Week 24)
  
• Contemporary massage (Week 24)
  

Here is the Fundamentals of massage course page.

The Effects of Massage Strokes

This week we will be taking a deeper look at the physiological effects of massage strokes.


Task 1: Read the relevant sections pertaining to the effects of massage strokes in Mosby's chapter 9. There is a brief overview on page 293 followed by more specific effects of each stroke from pages 312-328.

Task 2: A recording of Wednesdays elluminate session can be viewed here.

Sustainable Massage Practice 2

The question for this week is

“What could be done to make massage practice more sustainable?”

Task 1: Dedicate one hour to considering this question.

• Consider the inputs and outputs of massage practice
  (products, waste, time, money, psycho-emotional effects)
  
  
• Your notes on the massage process might help to trigger your thinking
  
  

Task 2: Discuss this topic with your classmates and lecturer

An elluminate session was held on Wednesday the 18th of June. Here is the recording.

Sustainable Massage Practice

Over the next two weeks, you will explore sustainability as it relates to massage practice.

Here are your tasks for this week....

Task 1 - Exploring sustainability
Complete this learning module

Task 2 - Sustainability Strands.
After reading through the Exploring sustainability learning module, you should visit the Google document - Sustainability Strands - and add one action, one product and one service that would enhance each type of sustainability.

Task 3 - Assessment
Task 6 will be emailed out to you shortly.

Task 4 - Introducing Massage New Zealand
David, as the acting MNZ representative for the Lower South Island will talk about MNZ, and why you should become a member of our professional organisation. This will be via an Elluminate session

Wednesday 4 June @ 8pm.
The session has been recorded. Click here to view it.

Ethical Considerations of Massage

Week starting May 26

The focus this week is on the ethics of massage and why they are important. I have created a google document with a brief description of common ethical consderations associated with massage, your task this week is to read this document and add your thoughts on why each point is valid to massage. You may use examples, real or hypothetical, to help illustrate your answers.
Feel free to add any other ethical considerations which are not listed.


Activities for this week:

Add your thoughts to the google document Ethical Considerations of Massage

Legislative Context of Massage

Week starting May 19

Update: For the link to wikieducator document outlined below click here.

This week we are looking at the legal issues that concern massage. I will be posting a link to a wikieducator page as soon as I have that (my apologies for not having is ready now, I'm still learning how to use wikieducator!), I want you to read through this document and think about how aspects of it may effect you in a massage practice.


There will be a short elluminate session on Wednesday 21st at 8pm. You can join this session here.

If you have not yet posted to last weeks google document please do so as the rest of your class are relying on your info. It is disappointing that many of you still have not completed this simple task.

Activities for this week

• Read legalities document before Wednesdays elluminate session.
  
• Elluminate session wednesday 8pm.
• Complete your groups assigned task from last week. Post here.

Historical, cultural and philosophical approaches to massage

Week starting May 12

Edit: May 13. Elluminate session now set for wednesday May 14 at 8pm. Join session here.

This week is a continuation of last weeks activity looking at historical approaches to massage. It seems that a lot of the groups have not posted on last weeks document - remember that the entire class needs your input to this in order to complete your next assignment. If you have not yet contributed you will need to do so before this weeks elluminate session on wednesday. Your can post your findings here.

There will be an elluminate session this week but the time is not finalised yet due to booking problems. At this stage it will be at 8pm on wednesday the 14th, I will post a link to the session once it is booked. I suggest you all have a read through chapter one of Mosby's Fundamentals before attending.

Activities for this week

• Finish your activity from last week by posting your groups info here
  

• Read chapter one of Mosby's berfore attending elluminate session (time to be confirmed).
  

Historical approaches to massage

Week starting May 5

Hi everyone, just to let you know I will be taking over fundamentals from David for the rest of this term.

This week we will be looking at the history of massage, how and why it has developed as it has, and various cultural and philosophical approaches.

Your groups with research topics for this weeks activity are:

Alan, Jaime, Moira, James

Ancient Massage (up to 0 BC)

Differences between Eastern & Western massage

Simon, Anthony, Janelle, Natasha

Western Massage development up to the 15th C.
Influence of the renaissance and enlightenment periods on massage

Sally, Tessa S, Hannah, Tessa G

Massage Scandals
Massage associations in New Zealand

Kathryn, Shannon, Deborah

Ling & Metzger
Massage in the 20th Century, including notes on the following influential people:
· Emil Vodder
· Janet Travell
· Cyriax

Karen, Sandra, Victoria

Miri Miri & Lomi lomi
Contemporary massage practice, including the following:
· Craniosacral
· Neuro-muscular
· Myofascial release
· Rolfing
· Bowen technique

Activities for this week

• In your groups research your assigned topics and post your findings under the appropriate heading to the google document - History of massage


• The document created will be a useful resource for task 5 so the entire class will be dependant on your quality of your research.

Resources:

History of massage in NZ

The impact of the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods on massage practice

Indications for Massage Practice

Week starting 14 April

This week in Fundamentals we will be looking at indications for massage practice. Because the textbook arrived at UBS over a week ago, I have assumed that you now have a copy of the text when preparing this week’s activities. The activities for this week are also based on the previous week’s work on the effects of massage.

So far it appears that approximately 1/3 of the class have contributed to the Google document – The effects of massage. I accept that some people have some fairly good reasons for this, but I would like to remind you at this stage about the difference between active and passive learning. If you want to get the most of your learning experience, it’s essential that you make the most of the learning activities which have been prepared for you.

Activities for this week

• Complete this week’s learning module – Indications for massage practice
  
  
• Elluminate session – Wednesday, 16 April, 8pm
  This has been recorded (see the indications learning module)
  
  

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.

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
Click here to join the meeting.