Deep Tissue Massage
with Michael Drew, CMT
August 9 - 22, 2008
This course provides students with the foundational knowledge and skills for working with common injuries, pain, and physical dysfunctions. Heartwood Deep Tissue entails specificity: knowing what to work, how to find it, and how to work it effectively and comfortably. Therapists will refine visual assessment and palpation skills, and learn to distinguish variations in tissue texture. Topics include anatomy, kinesiology, self-care, musculoskeletal injuries, and contraindications. Skills taught are appropriate for working with physicians, chiropractors, or in other clinical settings.
Principles of Heartwood Deep Tissue:
- Working deep without strain on the therapist or pain to the client
- Working slowly and waiting for the tissue to invite you in
- Listening to the tissues
- Using leverage instead of effort
- Avoiding the use of thumbs for deeper work
Students will incorporate several modalities that are often taught in separate intensives:
- Myofascial release
- Trigger point therapy
- Sports massage techniques
- Various deep tissue strokes
Prerequisites: 100 hours of training in soft-tissue massage and Anatomy and Physiology for Bodyworkers parts One & Two, or equivalent.
14 days, 100 hours. Tuition: $1295 plus accommodations.
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Michael Drew, CMT became a Massage Practitioner in 1988 after a short course of study in massage, shiatsu and Watsu at Harbin Hot Springs School of Massage led him to choose to deepen his studies. He then completed Heartwood's Certified Massage Therapist and Transformational Therapist programs, graduating in 1991 with over 1,000 hours of training in those two programs. Michael has practiced for nearly twenty years, continuing to study with the best in the field, taking hundreds of hours of continuing education, and teaching classes of his own since 1992. Michael utilizes his expertise with a varied range of modalities from deep tissue and orthopedic-oriented work to body/mind energy balancing and emotional release-oriented bodywork. Michael has also used his training in the subtler modalities such as lymphatic drainage, cranio sacral, Reiki and Polarity Energy Balancing for emotionally or physically fragile clients, such as those in hospice. Michael's skills and knowledge-based approach to teaching ensures that his students will leave with an understanding of the work that prepares them to continue learning long after the class is over. |
