550 Hour Massage Therapist Training The required courses to complete this program include the Massage Technician Training, plus 400 hours of additional studies. A Certificate of Completion will be presented that may enable you to obtain out-of-state licensing and affiliation with professional associations.The following coursework is required to complete the Massage Therapist Training:
- Massage Technician Training – 150 hours
- Acupressure for the Bodyworker – 24 hours
- Advanced Circulatory Massage – 24 hours
- Anatomy/Physiology I – 42 hours
- Anatomy/Physiology II – 42 hours
- Business for Bodyworkers I – 8 hours
- Business for Bodyworkers II – 6 hours
- CPR/First Aid – 8 hours
- Deep Tissue I – 24 hours
- Deep Tissue II – 40 hours
- Deep Tissue III – 40 hours
- Human Energy Systems – 15 hours
- Hydrotherapy – 12 hours
- Palpation Skills – 16 hours
- Pathology – 40 hours
- Polarity I – General Session – 17 hours
- Professional Ethics I – 12 hours
- Professional Ethics II – 6 hours
- Sensory Repatterning I – 24 hours
All Massage Therapist Program classes may also be taken on an individual basis by those who are not enrolled in the program, if there is space available in the class.
Elective and Specialty Courses *some Specialty courses do not require any previous massage training.
- Core Skills: An Introduction to IPSB Massage – 24 hours
- Craniosacral Unwinding I- 24 hours
- Craniosacral Unwinding II- 24 hours
- Craniosacral Unwinding III- 24 hours
- Lymphatic Massage I – 16 hours
- Lymphatic Massage II – 16 hours
- On Site Massage – 8 hours
- Oncology Massage – 14 hours
- Pregnancy Massage I – 24 hours
- Pregnancy Massage II – 24 hours
- Pregnancy Massage II – 24 hours
- Raindrop Technique Aromatherapy Experience – 8 hours
- Reiki Level I – 24 hours
- Reiki Level II – 24 hours
- Sensory Repatterning I – 24 hours
- Sensory Repatterning II – 24 hours
- Sensory Repatterning III – 24 hours
- Sports Massage I – 16 hours
- Sports Massage II – 16 hours
- Structural Integration: Advanced Neck Techniques – 6 hours
- Structural Integration: Bodyworkers Repair Shop – 6 hours
- Structural Integration: Craniosacral – 6 hours
- Structural Integration: Diaphragm, Ribs and Respiration – 6 hours
- Structural Integration: Legs and Feet – 6 hours
- Structural Integration: Postural and Palpatory Analysis – 6 hours
- Structural Integration: Visceral – 6 hours
- Structural Integration: Whiplash – 6 hours
- Thai Massage: An Introduction – 8 hours
- Thai Massage I – 24 hours
- Touch For Health Kinesiology Introduction – 6 hours
- Touch For Health Kinesiology I – 48 hours
- Touch For Health Kinesiology II – 48 hours
- Touch For Health Kinesiology III – 48 hours