Learn to soothe, heal and invigorate with Massage Therapy at Lansing Community College. We offer two wonderful opportunities to earn a certificate in therapeutic massage - a daytime program spanning three semesters and an evening program spanning four semesters - each of which offer you a clear path to program completion. Our program offers excellent hands-on experience and will train you in relaxation massage, polarity clinical and sports massage, human anatomy and physiology, business management, and more specialty techniques.
Lansing Community College's Massage Therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation.
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Degrees and Certificates Offered
Massage, Therapeutic, CA
Overview
Massage therapists treat clients by using touch to manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body. With their touch, therapists relieve pain, help heal injuries, improve circulation, and relieve stress, increase relaxation, and aid in the general wellness of clients.
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Admissions Requirements
LCC is an open enrollment college serving all those who are excited to learn. Applicants seeking financial aid must possess a high school diploma or GED.
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Program Learning Outcomes
- Outcome #1: Complete the MBLEx offered by the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards.
- Outcome #2: Perform a full-body table massage using techniques drawn from a variety of modalities, with techniques and movements selected to meet the clients' individual needs and conditions.
- Outcome #3: Assess, using visual cues, interview questions, and palpation, the client's musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and energetic states or conditions, and construct a client history noting indicated and/or contraindicated diseases, injuries, structural dysfunctions, energetic blockages, and endangerment sites.
- Outcome #4: Drape, position, and support the client on a massage table for a variety of massage situations while protecting the client's privacy and safety.
- Outcome #5: Utilize principles of body mechanics and postural self-awareness while providing massage that reduces or eliminates the risk of injury to self.
- Outcome #6: Develop and implement a system for business, accounting, and client-related record keeping.
- Outcome #7: Exhibit ethical conduct related to client confidentiality, personal/professional boundaries, and other scope of practice issues related to the massage therapy profession.