Basic Massage Therapy Program
Our Basic Core Course, (available daytime and evening) will prepare you for a career as a Licensed Massage Therapists (LMT).
Upon graduation, you will be qualified to sit for the National Certification Exam (NCE) provided by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) to obtain licensure. Utah is one of 28 states (with more states joining soon) that requires statewide professional licensing. Requirements for licensing in Utah are: 1.) graduation from an approved school, 2.) national certification from the NCBTMB, and 3.) passing the Utah law exam. Other states may vary in education and licensing requirements.
The Basic Core Curriculum is as follows:
SWEDISH MASSAGE
- Swedish Massage Lab I and II
- Student Clinic
- Specialized Massage
- Tai Chi
GENERAL EDUCATION
- First Aid/CPR
- Nutrition I
- Practice Building I and II
- Survey of Bodywork
- Therapeutic Principles
ANATOMY and PATHOLOGY
- Functional Anatomy
- Applied Anatomy
- Pathology I, II, and III
BODYWORK
- Acutherapy
- Polarity
- Reflexology
- Shiatsu I
- Sports Massage I
- Touch for Health
Electives:
- Aroma Therapy
- Auriculotherapy
- Brain Gym I and II
- Cranial I
- Crystal and Stone
- Awareness
- Emotional Release
- Energy Essentials I and II
- Feldenkrais
- Herbology
- Homeopathy
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