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.