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Massage for Trauma and PTSD

Massage for Trauma and PTSD

By The Medical Massage Lady Training School

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Highlights

  • On-Demand course

  • Intermediate level

Description

This course is intended for anyone who has already undertaken a basic body massage course training and would like to further their understanding of unresolved trauma, including domestic abuse, and PTSD, in order to better treat their clients.


LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • To develop your understanding of the role, skills and qualities of a successful massage therapist in relation to the client who has experienced domestic abuse, rape or is suffering with PTSD following any kind of trauma 
  • To understand the precautions you should take as a therapist when treating a client who has been through trauma 
  • To extend your knowledge of the physiological aspects of PTSD and be able to recognise both physical and psychological symptoms 
  • To understand the physical and mental health benefits of massage therapy for the client who has experienced domestic abuse or is suffering with PTSD 
  • To understand the effect of shock on the client who has been through a traumatic event 
  • To understand why PTSD occurs 
  • To learn about the link between PTSD and skin conditions 
  • To learn about the link between PTSD and chronic pain


Accreditation through the IGCT. 14 CPD points. 

Course Content

INTRODUCTION
  1. COURSE CONTENT
  2. LEGISLATION
  3. PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
THE EFFECT OF SHOCK ON THE BODY
  1. THE BODY'S RESPONSE TO SHOCK AND TRAUMA
DOMESTIC ABUSE
  1. HOW MASSAGE HELPS VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE
  2. PRECAUTIONS
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
  1. PTSD:WHAT IT IS & WHY IT HAPPENS
  2. HOW MASSAGE HELPS WITH PTSD
  3. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PTSD & SKIN CONDITIONS
  4. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PTSD & CHRONIC PAIN
  5. TRAUMA, CORTISOL & INFLAMMATION
TRAUMA & THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
  1. THE EFFECT OF TRAUMA ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  2. THE STRESS RESPONSE
  3. DYSREGULATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  4. TYPES OF TRAUMA
  5. SIGNS OF UNDIAGNOSED TRAUMA
  6. REWIRING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  7. THE VAGUS NERVE
RAPE & SEXUAL ABUSE
  1. MASSAGE FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE & SEXUAL ABUSE
  2. TYPES OF SEXUAL ABUSE
  3. LONG TERM EFFECTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
  4. RAPE TRAUMA SYNDROME
  5. THE ROLE OF MASSAGE
  6. PREGNANCY MASSAGE FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
MEN & TRAUMA
  1. LONG TERM EFFECTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
  2. WHY MEN STRUGGLE TO DEAL WITH TRAUMA
YONI MASSAGE FOLLOWING TRAUMA
  1. WHY YONI MASSAGE CAN HELP WOMEN WITH TRAUMA
  2. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A YONI MASSAGE
  3. WHAT YONI MASSAGE IS AND ISN'T
RESPONSES TO TRAUMA RELEASE
  1. NEUROGENIC TREMORS
  2. TRAUMA RELEASE & FATIGUE
APPENDIX
  1. RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS
FINAL ASSESSMENT
  1. FINAL ASSESSMENT

About The Provider

The Medical Massage Lady Training School
I qualified in Swedish massage and Preheat treatments back in 1997, and while I continued to use my massage qualification, my main career was as a surgical nurse and then a midwife on a high risk unit. After another 9 years of working with mainly physically disabled children and...
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