Florida Massage Therapy Continuing Education

Florida Massage Therapy 12-Hour Package

• Ethics in Massage Therapy (2 hrs)
  Ethical code and professional standards of conduct have important values and concepts in professional massage, also within the boundaries that define therapeutic relationships.
• Laws and Rules Governing Massage Practice in the State of Florida – Exam (2 hrs)
  Excerpts of The Florida Massage Practice Act and Florida Administrative Code are found within this course, these pages will help you interpret the laws and rules specifically as a massage therapist.
• Medications & Massage Therapy: Common Gastrointestinal & Pain Medications (4 hrs)
  Following completion of this couse, you will be able to name common medications for pain and inflammation that may require adjusted manual techniques, name common gastrointestinal conditions in which massage may be contraindicated, and list symptoms associated with drug toxicity.
• Pathology of Chronic Conditions for Massage Therapists (2 hrs)
  Massage is used to help reduce pain and in some reduce chronic symptoms of cerebral palsy, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome, so to help people get better therapists must understand the illness.
• Preventing Medical Errors (2 hrs)
  There are responsibilities in regard to laws for reporting medical error, but what are the most common sources of medical error, the behaviors and situations that can make errors high risk and what steps can be taken to prevent errors from happening.

Florida Massage Therapy 8-Hour Package

• Ethics in Massage Therapy (2 hrs)
  Ethical code and professional standards of conduct have important values and concepts in professional massage, also within the boundaries that define therapeutic relationships.
• Human Trafficking Awareness for Massage Therapists: Identification, Reporting, and Resources (2 hrs)
  This course will focus on awareness of human trafficking for massage therapists and provide information on how
  to identify possible trafficking victims, steps to report cases, and information about resources available to assist
  victims. The course will also, review techniques traffickers use to force, defraud, and coerce individuals into slavery,
  and to keep victims captive, and the traumatic effects of trafficking.
• Laws and Rules Governing Massage Practice in the State of Florida (2 hrs)
  Excerpts of The Florida Massage Practice Act and Florida Administrative Code are found within this course, these pages will help you interpret the laws and rules specifically as a massage therapist.
• Preventing Medical Errors (2 hrs)
  There are responsibilities in regard to laws for reporting medical error, but what are the most common sources of medical error, the behaviors and situations that can make errors high risk and what steps can be taken to prevent errors from happening.