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MotherMassage®
Massage during Pregnancy
November 12, 13 & 14, 2010
MotherMassage® Certification
(24 CE Hours)
Instructor: Elaine Stillerman
Hours: 9:00am - 6:00pm Fri. & Sat.
8:30am - 3:00pm Sun.
$395 (4 weeks prior to the class)
$445 thereafter (Full tuition upon registration)
This course will cover:
- Skills and techniques necessary to massage pregnant, laboring and postpartum clients competently from the first trimester, through labor, postpartum, and nursing.
- General full-body massage in seated and side lying posture
- Appropriate client positioning and draping
- The most common discomforts (i.e. backaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, gestational diabetes, etc.)
- High risk pregnancies
- The contraindications of prenatal massage.
- Swedish Massage, Reflexology and Shiatsu techniques.
- Herbal remedies and nutritional supplements
NOTE: Participants are required to bring a towel, sheets, a pillow and unscented oils to the class.
If you are able to bring a pregnant woman, please inform the school at least one week prior to the
workshop. The required text for the workshop is Prenatal Massage: a textbook of pregnancy, labor,
and postpartum bodywork (Mosby, 2008).The book is available at Educating Hands Bookstore.
Please read it before class.
Nurses, midwives, Massage Therapists (licensed or current students) and other non-massage professionals
who have a license to touch are invited to take this course.
PREGNANT MODELS NEEDED: If you know of pregnant women in good health who can spend Saturday
morning with us, please invite them. They will receive a full body massage � or maybe two � by a
licensed massage therapist, free of charge. Massage will be held from 10:15am to 12:30pm.
Must confirm before hand! Please call Lolo at 305-285-6991 to confirm your attendance.
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