Please note that most of our courses require that you are a licensed health
care provider. If you have questions about your eligibility to attend
a course, please contact the school at (727) 541-5200
or email ce.tampa@cortiva.com 
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Attention Florida Massage Therapists!
There are new requirements for you to renew your license by the deadline
of August 31, 2009. Continue reading to learn what is required this renewal
period... Renew your Florida Massage Therapy License before August 31,
2009 by attending the following:
- 24 total hours of CEUs from Florida Board of Massage Therapy approved
CEU Providers. *If you are completing your first renewal, you must complete
1 hour of continuing education for each month of licensure.
- At least 12 of these hours must be relevant to and focus on massage
therapy techniques and must be taken in-class.
- 2 hours must be an approved course in Medical Errors.
- 2 hours must be an approved course in Professional Ethics.
- 2 hours must be an approved course in Florida Laws and Rules.
- You must also take a refresher course in HIV/AIDS. This course does not
count toward the 24 hour requirement.
- New licensees are not required to complete the 2 hours Ethics and the
2 Hour Florida Law requirement.
- All courses must be Florida Board of Massage Therapy Approved and must
be completed by August 31, 2009.
Read about our CEU COURSES and REGISTER online today for one of these
great seminars. Online registration is convenient and hassle-free. Call
us for a listing of all our courses between now and August 31st, 2009!
727.541.5200
Bamboo Fusion with Nathalie Cecilia
Register Now Saturday-Sunday, January 17-18, 2009 / 9:00am
- 6:00pm / 16 hours / $449
Bamboo-FusionTM... is an innovative way to provide Swedish or deep tissue
full body massage on the table while reducing the stress on your hands.
You will learn a new way to effleurage and petrissage with "warmed" bamboo/rattan
tools that are different shapes and sizes.
By introducing a new tool, you will increase the amount of clients you
can apply deep tissue to, give longer sessions without fatigue, and it
will also save your thumbs and wrists from repetitive use injuries.
Bamboo-Fusion is a new exciting and fun way to deliver an exotic luxury
treatment your clients will love!
*Bamboo tools and DVD are included in the cost of the seminar!
Please bring: Bolster
or pillow, sheet set, face cradle cover, and massage lotion or oil.
Instructor: Nathalie
Cecilia - Born in Nimes, a Roman city located in Provence (South France),
Nathalie Cecilia is your Bamboo Massage Therapy instructor. With a master's
degree in Philosophy and Languages from the Universitee Des Lettres De
Montpellier, she began her career as a teacher and a translator. Traveling
from the age of 16 around Europe - and later around the world - she pursued
her passion for discovering new horizons, and crossed the Atlantic in
order to explore the United States and experience life here. It was here
that she decided to change her career.
Keeping her goal to help people in mind, she attended the Sarasota School
of Massage Therapy. Three months following her graduation in 2004, she
opened Two Touch Company - a Thai studio and massage therapy office in
Sarasota, Florida. Many of Nathalie's clients were asking for deep tissue
treatment. She soon began to experience pain and fatigue in her hands
and wrists. When she started using bamboo to assist her with deep tissue
work, she noticed that her pain subsided and her clients loved it.
She developed an innovative way to give bamboo massage on the table (Bamboo-Fusion)
and in the chair (Bamboo-2-Go), meanwhile creating her own bamboo set
to give the massage. Her goal today is to help therapists provide deep
massage without hurting themselves. This technique aids in avoiding repetitive
injuries, such as carpal tunnel, and reduces the stress on thumbs, wrists
and hands.
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Sports Injury Introduction & Event Massage with Kirsten Snellenburg
Register Now Saturday, January 24, 2009 / 8:30am
- 5:30pm / 8 hours / $195
This is a one day, 8 CEU seminar covering pre-event and post-event sports
massage, performance massage in the clinical setting, as well as theory
and physiology of sports massage and injury. This course includes review
of relevant anatomy, physiology, biochemistry specific to muscles & joints,
and common conditions seen in clinical settings. Basic pathologies and
injuries are discussed in terms of client history, signs, symptoms, and
contraindications. Assessment theory will include the basics of active/passive
range of motion, and how to apply muscle testing for different areas of
the body. Lab skills will include pre-event sports massage, post-event
sports massage, and assessment skills. Therapists will leave with understanding
of event setup, sporting event organization, and how to use event exposure
to build their private practice.
Please bring: Sheets,
towels, lotion, appropriate massage attire, writing utensil.
Instructors: Kirsten
Snellenburg, DPT, LMT & Terri Carvey, MS, LMT - Kirsten is a graduate
of Eckerd College, the Humanities Center (1994), and has her Master's
Degree in Physical Therapy from Nova University. She has currently completed
her Doctorate in physical therapy and maintains a private practice. Kirsten
also sponsors several seminars for postgraduate training: Sports Massage,
Ultrasound for the Massage Therapist, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Assessment
and Treatment for the Avid Golfer. She is a former Olympic athlete, Olympic
coach, and is a contributing author for a book on sports therapy. Kirsten
has been a teacher with Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities
Center School of Massage) since 1998.
Terri hails from Michigan where she received her BA from Alma College
in 1985 and her MS in Exercise Physiology from Michigan State University
in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, Terri served as Supervisor of the MSU Sports
School. She subsequently moved to Florida and graduated from The Humanities
Center School of Massage in 1991. She currently has a private practice
in Tampa, specializing in sports massage and rehabilitative techniques.
She has received numerous postgraduate trainings in neuromuscular therapies,
myofascial techniques, rehabilitation techniques, sports massage and visceral
manipulation. Terri is currently the lead instructor in the therapeutic
modalities at Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities Center
School of Massage) where she has been an instructor since 1994.
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Sports Injury: Hip and Lower Extremity with Kirsten Snellenburg
Register Now Saturday, February 21, 2009 / 8:30am
- 5:30pm / 8 hours / $195
This is a one day, 8 CEU seminar, covering pathologies, assessments and
performance massage specific to the hip and lower extremity. This course
consists of a review of relevant anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry
specific to the orthopedic conditions seen in clinical settings. Pathologies
are discussed in terms of client history, signs, symptoms, and contraindications.
Lab follows with Assessments; including active/passive range of motion,
muscle testing and special tests for different conditions. Treatments
are specific to pathologies and include Myofascial Release, Decongestive
Massage, Friction Massage, Muscle Energy Technique and Proprioceptive
Neuromuscular Facilitation. The Hip & Lower Extremity conditions covered
in both the lecture and lab include:
- Hip Fracture
- Piriformis Syndrome
- Psoas and Trochanteric Bursitis
- Knee Sprain/Strain
- Hamstring Strain
- Patellar Tendonitis
- ACL & PCL dysfunction
- Shin Splints
- Ankle Sprains
- Plantar Fascitis
- Achilles Tendonitis
This seminar is approximately 2 hours of classroom lecture and six hours
of practical lab time. Therapists are asked to bring linens, lotion and
pen/pencil for the class. Participants work in groups of two or three
on each other. Students complete on intake and affirm they have no contradications,
which would prevent them from participating.
Please bring: Linens,
lotion, and writing utensil.
Instructors: Kirsten
Snellenburg, DPT, LMT & Terri Carvey, MS, LMT - Kirsten is a graduate
of Eckerd College, the Humanities Center (1994), and has her Master's
Degree in Physical Therapy from Nova University. She has currently completed
her Doctorate in physical therapy and maintains a private practice. Kirsten
also sponsors several seminars for postgraduate training: Sports Massage,
Ultrasound for the Massage Therapist, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Assessment
and Treatment for the Avid Golfer. She is a former Olympic athlete, Olympic
coach, and is a contributing author for a book on sports therapy. Kirsten
has been a teacher with Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities
Center School of Massage) since 1998.
Terri hails from Michigan where she received her BA from Alma College
in 1985 and her MS in Exercise Physiology from Michigan State University
in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, Terri served as Supervisor of the MSU Sports
School. She subsequently moved to Florida and graduated from The Humanities
Center School of Massage in 1991. She currently has a private practice
in Tampa, specializing in sports massage and rehabilitative techniques.
She has received numerous postgraduate trainings in neuromuscular therapies,
myofascial techniques, rehabilitation techniques, sports massage and visceral
manipulation. Terri is currently the lead instructor in the therapeutic
modalities at Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities Center
School of Massage) where she has been an instructor since 1994.
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