ABQ Massage Therapy Clinic

May 12-13, 2012 - Comprehensive Sports Massage Therapy of the Upper QuadrantSteve Jurch – $300 early bird, $350 after April 11 - 16 NCBTMB CE HoursSports massage therapy is a very popular specialization in the field. This two day 16 hour dynamic classroom experience will give you a comprehensiveskill set to work in the sports massage arena.This course helps you:? Recognize and assess common sports injuries from the shoulder region of the body. Some of the conditions include thoracic outlet syndrome,rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder, sprains, strains, and contusions.? Have extensive practice time so that you can master advanced strokes and techniques can immediately be incorporated into your practice.? Understand the importance of additional education in sports psychology, doping control issues, sports nutrition, and recovery strategies.Steve has over 19 years of experience as a massage therapist and athletic trainer and holds a Bachelor’s degree in nutrition and fitness and a Master’sdegree in sports medicine and is a textbook author. He currently serves as the Director of Massage Therapy for the WTA- Women’s Tennis Associationwhere he is a vital component of the Sports Sciences Department helping to ensure the players receive comprehensive care.

May 12-13, 2012 - Comprehensive Sports Massage Therapy of the Upper QuadrantSteve Jurch – $300 early bird, $350 after April 11 - 16 NCBTMB CE HoursSports massage therapy is a very popular specialization in the field. This two day 16 hour dynamic classroom experience will give you a comprehensiveskill set to work in the sports massage arena.This course helps you:? Recognize and assess common sports injuries from the shoulder region of the body. Some of the conditions include thoracic outlet syndrome,rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder, sprains, strains, and contusions.? Have extensive practice time so that you can master advanced strokes and techniques can immediately be incorporated into your practice.? Understand the importance of additional education in sports psychology, doping control issues, sports nutrition, and recovery strategies.Steve has over 19 years of experience as a massage therapist and athletic trainer and holds a Bachelor’s degree in nutrition and fitness and a Master’sdegree in sports medicine and is a textbook author. He currently serves as the Director of Massage Therapy for the WTA- Women’s Tennis Associationwhere he is a vital component of the Sports Sciences Department helping to ensure the players receive comprehensive care.

April 28-29, 2012 - Low Back Pain Management & Massage Excellence - 9 to 6 Saturday and SundaySandy Fritz – 16 NCBTMB CE HoursChronic low back pain is one of the most common conditions massage therapists will treat.This course helps you:? Learn structural / clinical massage and easy, step-by-step advanced techniques to address the causes and presentations of low back pain.? Acquire practical (hands-on) knowledge that you'll be able to utilize in your practice on Monday morning.? Learn simple, easy-to-master techniques to assess and evaluate the soft tissues structures involved in low back pain.? Successfully develop a treatment plan and help your clients feel better faster.Sandy Fritz is an exciting, engaging a massage therapist for 30 years who dedicates my time to writing massage texts for Mosby Publishing (Elsevier),educating, consulting, teaching, and providing massage to a mixed clientele which includes professional football and basketball athletes.

April 28-29, 2012 - Low Back Pain Management & Massage Excellence - 9 to 6 Saturday and SundaySandy Fritz – $275 early bird, $325 after March 28 – 16 NCBTMB CE HoursChronic low back pain is one of the most common conditions massage therapists will treat.This course helps you:? Learn structural / clinical massage and easy, step-by-step advanced techniques to address the causes and presentations of low back pain.? Acquire practical (hands-on) knowledge that you'll be able to utilize in your practice on Monday morning.? Learn simple, easy-to-master techniques to assess and evaluate the soft tissues structures involved in low back pain.? Successfully develop a treatment plan and help your clients feel better faster.Sandy Fritz is an exciting, engaging a massage therapist for 30 years who dedicates my time to writing massage texts for Mosby Publishing (Elsevier),educating, consulting, teaching, and providing massage to a mixed clientele which includes professional football and basketball athletes.

April 28-29, 2012 - Low Back Pain Management & Massage ExcellenceSandy Fritz – $275 early bird, $325 after March 28 – 16 NCBTMB CE Hours 9-6 Saturday and SundayChronic low back pain is one of the most common conditions massage therapists will treat.This course helps you:? Learn structural / clinical massage and easy, step-by-step advanced techniques to address the causes and presentations of low back pain.? Acquire practical (hands-on) knowledge that you'll be able to utilize in your practice on Monday morning.? Learn simple, easy-to-master techniques to assess and evaluate the soft tissues structures involved in low back pain.? Successfully develop a treatment plan and help your clients feel better faster.Sandy Fritz is an exciting, engaging a massage therapist for 30 years who dedicates my time to writing massage texts for Mosby Publishing (Elsevier),educating, consulting, teaching, and providing massage to a mixed clientele which includes professional football and basketball athletes.

15 Hours, Thursdays 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 - 8 am - 1 pm, $262.50 This course will allow students to examine the indications and contraindications of hydrotherapy, cryotherapy, contrast therapy, thermotherapy, and other modalities included in an athlete’s treatment and rehabilitation.Students will be introduced to various surgical interventions and medications utilized in sports injury treatment.This course will allow students to create and perform appropriate massage interventions that support athletic training and surgical interventions. One of three classes - 15 Hours total

20 Hours, 4 Thursdays - 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 5/2, $350.00 Students will learn to master assessment of athletic injuries through a complete and thorough clinical reasoning process.This course will deepen the knowledge of the sports massage therapist’s athletic massage therapy assessment by way of the H.O.P.S. Method.The students will learn how to formulate a clinical impression of an athlete’s condition by interpreting the signs, symptoms, and predisposing factors of the injury, illness, or condition to determine the appropriate course of action. One of four classes - 20 Hours total

20 Hours, 4 Thursdays - 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, $350.00 This advanced technique course teaches the sports massage therapist to integrate the knowledge of the phases of healing into treatment goals and plans that will support athletes through competition.The students will learn how to manage the most common sports injuries through current concepts and appropriate applications of massage therapy that include myofascial, neuromuscular and lymphatic techniques.A complete understanding of treatment principles and outcomes will enable the sports massage therapist to bring the athlete back to full functional capacity.

15 Hours total, 3 Thursdays, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 - 8 am - 1 pm, $262.50 This advanced technique course teaches core techniques and procedures of sports massage in order to facilitate athletic recovery, function, and/or performance.Students will learn to achieve optimal outcomes by adjusting depth of pressure, drag, duration, frequency, direction, speed, and rhythm in all massage applications. The course includes the knowledge and skills required to perform sports event and maintenance massage.We will examine the most current information in the pathophysiology of soft tissue dysfunction, and encompasses assessment and documentation skills which meet the treatment needs of the athlete.

10 Hours total, Thursday Feb 7 and May 30, $175.00 This course is designed to introduce the student to the world of massage on the athletic population.It’s important to review the past, explore the present and prepare for the professional responsibility that the sports massage therapist must demonstrate upon completion of MAC Program.This course will allow students to examine the indications and benefits of therapeutic massage to athletes, differentiate the massage equipment necessary for sports massage, and recognize the professional standards of practice of a sports massage therapist.

October 4, 5, 6, 2012 – Active Isolated Stretching & Strengthening (AIS) Lower Body$275 early bird, 18 NCBTMB CE Hours, Friday 6 to 9 pm, Saturday 9 – 6, Sunday 9 – 5 This intensive training will give you a solid foundation in the principles of Active Isolated Stretching and Strengthening and the skills to apply them to the joints and muscles of the lower body.  Each participant receives ample personal attention from Dr. Ben Benjamin, with plenty of time to practice and refine each of the stretching and strengthening protocols.You will learn to: Assess the optimal range of motion for each joint in the body. Stretch with precision the proximal and distal aspects of the muscle separately. Efficiently increase strength in perfect alignment and utilize these techniques to speed recovery from injury. You will leave this course fully prepared to use these techniques with your Monday morning clients!

June 1,2,3, 2012 – Active Isolated Stretching & Strengthening (AIS) Lower Body$275 early bird, $325 after May 1, 18 NCBTMB CE Hours, Friday 6 to 9 pm, Saturday 9 – 6, Sunday 9 – 5 This intensive training will give you a solid foundation in the principles of Active Isolated Stretching and Strengthening and the skills to apply them to the joints and muscles of the lower body.  Each participant receives ample personal attention from Dr. Ben Benjamin, with plenty of time to practice and refine each of the stretching and strengthening protocols.You will learn to: Assess the optimal range of motion for each joint in the body. Stretch with precision the proximal and distal aspects of the muscle separately. Efficiently increase strength in perfect alignment and utilize these techniques to speed recovery from injury. You will leave this course fully prepared to use these techniques with your Monday morning clients!

October 4,5,6, 2013 – Active Isolated Stretching & Strengthening (AIS) Lower Body$275 early bird, , 18 NCBTMB CE Hours, Friday 6 to 9 pm, Saturday 9 – 6, Sunday 9 – 5 This intensive training will give you a solid foundation in the principles of Active Isolated Stretching and Strengthening and the skills to apply them to the joints and muscles of the lower body.  Each participant receives ample personal attention from Dr. Ben Benjamin, with plenty of time to practice and refine each of the stretching and strengthening protocols.You will learn to: Assess the optimal range of motion for each joint in the body. Stretch with precision the proximal and distal aspects of the muscle separately. Efficiently increase strength in perfect alignment and utilize these techniques to speed recovery from injury. You will leave this course fully prepared to use these techniques with your Monday morning clients!

June 1,2,3, 2012 – Active Isolated Stretching & Strengthening (AIS) Lower Body$275 early bird, $325 after May 1, 18 NCBTMB CE Hours, Friday 6 to 9 pm, Saturday 9 – 6, Sunday 9 – 5 This intensive training will give you a solid foundation in the principles of Active Isolated Stretching and Strengthening and the skills to apply them to the joints and muscles of the lower body.  Each participant receives ample personal attention from Dr. Ben Benjamin, with plenty of time to practice and refine each of the stretching and strengthening protocols.You will learn to: Assess the optimal range of motion for each joint in the body. Stretch with precision the proximal and distal aspects of the muscle separately. Efficiently increase strength in perfect alignment and utilize these techniques to speed recovery from injury. You will leave this course fully prepared to use these techniques with your Monday morning clients!

Students in this course will be exposed to the theories and principles of integrated training and the Optimum Performance Training model.Of particular focus will be the study of nutrition and the healthy composition of diet.This course will also explore the efficacy and practice of dietary supplementation as well as professional ethics and boundary-setting applied to the health and fitness industry.

Students in this course will be exposed to the theories and principles of integrated training and the Optimum Performance Training model.Of particular focus will be the study of nutrition and the healthy composition of diet.This course will also explore the efficacy and practice of dietary supplementation as well as professional ethics and boundary-setting applied to the health and fitness industry.

Paramount to student success is the comprehension and application of a dynamic relationship between the articular system, muscular system and nervous system.Students in this class will explore a detailed look at anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology and will apply that gained knowledge to a variety of assessments intended to evaluate the existence and impact of human movement impairments.

Paramount to student success is the comprehension and application of a dynamic relationship between the articular system, muscular system and nervous system.Students in this class will explore a detailed look at anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology and will apply that gained knowledge to a variety of assessments intended to evaluate the existence and impact of human movement impairments.

This three and 1/2 hour couples / partner massage workshop will introduce partners to the benefits of giving and receiving massage therapy.  We will allow enough time for both of you to give and receive a very thorough,  relaxing full-body massage from each other.  Workshop participants will be taught techniques that are utilized by professional massage therapists.  Participants will leave empowered and excited to work with their workshop partner outside of "school" in order to provide general relief from pain and stress.

This three hour couples / partner massage workshop will introduce partners to the benefits of giving and receiving massage therapy.  We will allow enough time for both of you to give and receive a very thorough, relaxing full-body massage from each other.  Workshop participants will be taught techniques that are utilized by professional massage therapists.  Participants will leave empowered and excited to work with their workshop partner outside of "school" in order to provide their partner relief from pain and stress.

This three hour couples / partner massage workshop will introduce partners to the benefits of giving and receiving massage therapy.  We will allow enough time for both of you to give and receive a very thorough,  relaxing full-body massage from each other.  Workshop participants will be taught techniques that are utilized by professional massage therapists.  Participants will leave empowered and excited to work with their workshop partner outside of "school" in order to provide general relief from pain and stress.

uly 20-22, 2012 – Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians for Manual Therapists $325 early bird, $375 after June 1 – 18 NCBTMB CE Hours – 5 to 9 Friday, 9 to 5 Saturday and Sunday This course helps you: BodyRead your client’s postural and movement patterns with greater accuracy and integration Gain access to effective treatment strategies for resolving postural distortions, which may occur some distance from the site of pain or limitation Enable you to make distinct changes in your clients’ structure in a few short moves. Peter Ehlers practices in Santa Fe and has been the Connective Tissue Bodywork instructor for the Scherer Institute since 1997.  Peter has studied numerous forms of related arts including Rockwell Myofascial Dynamics, Neuromuscular Therapy, Hakomi, Trauma Work, and Process work.  He completed the KMI Structural Integration training in 2003 and has a passion for teaching this work, as well as a deep compassion for the human spirit.

uly 20-22, 2012 – Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians for Manual Therapists $325 early bird, $375 after June 1 – 18 NCBTMB CE Hours – 5 to 9 Friday, 9 to 5 Saturday and Sunday This course helps you: BodyRead your client’s postural and movement patterns with greater accuracy and integration Gain access to effective treatment strategies for resolving postural distortions, which may occur some distance from the site of pain or limitation Enable you to make distinct changes in your clients’ structure in a few short moves. Peter Ehlers practices in Santa Fe and has been the Connective Tissue Bodywork instructor for the Scherer Institute since 1997.  Peter has studied numerous forms of related arts including Rockwell Myofascial Dynamics, Neuromuscular Therapy, Hakomi, Trauma Work, and Process work.  He completed the KMI Structural Integration training in 2003 and has a passion for teaching this work, as well as a deep compassion for the human spirit.

Four lively hours of ethics training.

You are ailing from a "stiff neck," sore shoulders, painful low back, sciatica. Therefore, you require special attention from an advanced therapist. The therapist will address your injury with care and help to relieve your symptoms through various soft-tissue techniques.

90 minute couples massage in the same room.

Enjoy a 75 minute pre natal massage with one of our massage therapy students.We have the option to work side-lying or in a prego pillow, where you can lay safely face down.

Hot stone massage is a luxurious way to melt the muscles and the mind. Get carried away by the warmth and tenderness of stone therapy.

You are ailing from a "stiff neck," sore shoulders, painful low back, sciatica. Therefore, you require special attention from an advanced therapist. The therapist will address your injury with care and help to relieve your symptoms through various soft-tissue techniques.

Here is a soothing and complementary way for you and your special someone to share the experience of a relaxing full body massage.  The sixty minute massage will be catered to each person's pressure desires.

Graduates are professional, licensed massage therapists who have been practicing medical massage for under two years.If you are ailing from a "stiff neck," sore shoulders, painful low back, sciatica, we're the right bunch to you. The therapist will address your injury with care and help to relieve your symptoms through various soft-tissue techniques.If you want a relaxing full-body massage...just ask, we can do that too!

A 60 minute massage therapy session with a student of massage therapy.  Each student has completed 100 hours of massage therapy training and will be supervised by a Registered Massage Therapy Instructor.

Here is a soothing and complementary way for you and your special someone to share the experience of a relaxing full body massage by two exception student massage therapists.  The sixty minute massage will be catered to each person's pressure desires.

You are ailing from a "stiff neck," sore shoulders, painful low back, sciatica. Therefore, you require special attention from an advanced therapist. The therapist will address your injury with care and help to relieve your symptoms through various soft-tissue techniques.

Two hour student massage will allow our students enough time to take care of your health care needs.  Our students will cater your massage to your specific problems and pressure desires. Enjoy an affortable two hours of relaxation.