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 (520) 623-2160
or email ce.tucson@cortiva.com 
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Maternity & Infant Massage
Register Now for the full certification program
Our 200-hour Maternity & Infant Massage Program is the most extensive training in the growing specialties of pregnancy and postpartum massage therapy, professional labor support and infant massage instruction with specialized training that distinguishes those who complete the program as skilled Maternity and Infant Massage Specialists. The program prepares qualified professional massage therapists to further expand their career in the delivery of exceptional, compassionate, client-centered services for childbearing women, infants and families. The full program and massage specific modules are open to licensed massage therapists only, whereas modules 2 and 5 are open to the public.
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Module 1: Pregnancy Massage
June 19 - 22, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $640
Students delve into the transformative time of pregnancy to understand how pregnancy massage therapy can be an integral part of wellness for childbearing women. Students learn effective pregnancy massage therapy techniques and safe client positions for healthy pregnancies. Students develop a thorough understanding of precautions and contraindications including basic adaptations for client medication use and bed rest. Students also explore the unique professional and ethical practice management issues in the specialty of pregnancy massage therapy and integrate their knowledge and skills during a practice session with pregnant women and hands-on case study presentations.
Module 2: Introduction to Childbirth and DONA* Approved Birth Doula Workshop
July 17 - 20, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $640
In partnership with DONA International, Cortiva is pleased to offer this Introduction to Childbirth and DONA International Approved Birth Doula Workshop - two of the requirements to become a DONA International Certified Birth Doula. Women across the globe appreciate and value the experience of having a doula, a knowledgeable, experienced companion who stays with them through labor and birth and offers emotional support, encouragement and wisdom. In this module, students learn the art of supporting women in labor, as well as the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system, the three stages of labor and some common medical interventions and tests that may occur during labor. Students learn the benefits of labor support by a trained birth doula, as well as specific emotional and physical support techniques for the woman and her partner during labor and immediately postpartum. The course also provides information on running a successful birth doula business.
Students who do not intend to become Certified Birth Doulas benefit from this module by improving their understanding of the birth process to provide pregnancy massage clients and their partners with helpful techniques for labor and delivery, as well as to apply this understanding to more effective postpartum massage.
Completion of this DONA International approved course provides two requirements towards becoming a DONA International Certified Birth Doula - completion of a DONA International approved Birth Doula Workshop and a childbirth education course. After this module, students complete DONA International's Birth Doula Certification by attending three births and completing required reading and written work.
*DONA International is the world's premier doula organization and is the oldest, largest, most respected doula association with over 5,600 members who serve families in more than twenty countries around the world.
Module 3: Postpartum Massage
August 14 - 17, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $640
Students explore the postpartum time period to understand how postpartum massage therapy can be an integral part of wellness for childbearing women. Students learn effective postpartum massage therapy techniques and safe client positions after both vaginal and cesarean births. Students develop a thorough understanding of precautions and contraindications including adaptations for client medication use. Students also explore the unique professional and ethical practice management issues in the specialty of postpartum massage therapy and integrate their knowledge and skills during a practice session with postpartum women and hands-on case study presentations.
Module 4: Advanced Pregnancy and Postpartum Massage
September 4 - 7, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours
With the foundation of the previous three modules, students are prepared to explore how pregnancy and postpartum massage can be an integral part of the compassionate and effective care of women who experience high risk conditions and complication in pregnancy, labor and postpartum. Students learn advanced pregnancy and postpartum massage therapy techniques, specific adaptations for high risk conditions and complications, as well as the medical treatments used to manage these sometimes life threatening situations. Students also explore their own self care practices in the face of unexpected or difficult outcomes. Students integrate their knowledge and skills during numerous hands-on case study presentations and explore how to expand the presence of maternity massage in the mainstream.
Module 5: Teaching Infant Massage
October 16 - 19, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $640
This training prepares the participants to teach parents and caregivers how to massage their infants and children and become Certified Educators of Infant Massage (CEIM). Infant Massage USA's fifteen point curriculum offers students the knowledge base, experience and confidence to fulfill their role as educators. In the four day training, participants experience three parent-baby classes. To earn certification after the four day training, participants complete an exam and practicum after the training and submit a certification packet for review. Certified Educators of Infant Massage (CEIM) work with parents, families and caregivers in private, group, hospital and agency settings and may also participate in research studies, conduct in-service programs and present at professional conferences.
Module 6: Community Internship
November16 - 19, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 40 hours
In this final module, students integrate their Maternity and Infant Massage Certificate Program education "on the job" as an intern and gain valuable practical experience providing maternity massage and/or teaching infant massagein their local communities. Students choose their internship from wide variety of work settings - wellness clinics, hospitals, and maternity care professionals' private practices and more. Students have the opportunity to experience first hand the rewards and challenges of bringing maternity and infant massage into the mainstream.
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Traditional Thai Massage
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June 27 - 29, 2008 / Fri 4pm - 9pm, Sat & Sun 8am - 6:30pm / 25 CE Hours / $400
Upon completion of the 25 hour course, the student must be able to:
- Discuss the history of Traditional Thai Massage and Medical Practice and its benefits and uses today
- Describe and perform proper etiquette for Traditional Thai Massage
- Prepare the place and equipment for Traditional Thai Massage
- List precautionary indications for Traditional Thai Massage
- List prohibitions for Traditional Thai Massage
- Assess a client before Traditional Thai Massage is performed
- Describe and demonstrate the preparation of the therapist for Traditional Thai Massage, including: meditation, yoga stretches, body mechanics and breathing
- Describe and demonstrate the techniques utilized by the therapist for Traditional Thai Massage
- Describe the Thai Sen (Meridian) Lines and acupressure points of the body
- Perform with a client a full two hour protocol of Traditional Thai Massage utilizing proper sequence of positions, timing and body mechanics
Instructor: Robert van Overdijk, BS, LMT, CYT: Instructor and Master Practitioner of Eastern and Western Massage Modalities is Certified in Traditional Thai Massage at the Wat Po Traditional Medical and Massage School in Bangkok Thailand. NCBTMB #450197-06 Approved provider
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Melting Muscles Workshop
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July 11-13, 2008 / 9:00am - 5:00pm /21 CE Hours NCBTMB/ $299
Instructor: Patrick Moore
Registration Deadline June 30, 2008
Melting Muscles is a conversation you initiate with a person's hind-brain. You "speak" through positioning short of the subtle motion barrier, slowly without acceleration, using gradual buildup and letdown of pressures, and by seeking to feel the cranial motion. The person "hears" through their muscle proprioceptors and pressure sensors. The person "replies" by reducing muscle contraction, and cranial motion may reverse. You keep the conversation going by following and celebrating these changes. Whether the person's forebrain falls asleep, talks about the weather, tries to "help" or resist, you remain engaged in a lively conversation with their hind-brain that stimulates your mind and sharpens your presence. Because treatments are gentle and thumb-free, your hands are happy.
Connecting with the brain to negotiate a peace, does far more than relax muscles. While in this sense of peace, the immune system finds more joy in supporting the person. The digestive, endocrine, integumentary, nervous, and cardiovascular systems return to efficient balance. A person in a state of peace rethinks behaviors and relationships. The world becomes a better place.
Melting Muscles - Upper Body
Register Now Friday, July 11, 2008 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 CE Hours NCBTMB / $140
No sitting! Learn Melting theory as you work at the tables. Learn to comfortably treat neck sidebenders and extensors, scalenes, scapula elevators and depressors, shoulder rotators, pectoralis minor, elbow extensors and flexors, wrist flexors and extensors, and thumb. Learn assessments for shoulder rotators. Finish by giving and receiving a 60-minute upper-body massage using oil or lotion.
Melting Muscles - Lower Body
Register Now Saturday, July 12, 2008 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 CE Hours NCBTMB / $140
No sitting! Learn Melting theory as you work at the tables. Learn to comfortably treat lumbar rotator (psoas) and sidebenders, hip rotators, quads and hams, tibialis anterior and posterior, flexor digitorum and hallucis. Learn assessments for lumbar rotation and sidebending, and hip rotators. You'll give and receive a 60-minute lower-body massage using draping and oil.
Melting Muscles - Atlas and Axis Intensive
Register Now Sunday, July 13, 2008 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 CE Hours NCBTMB / $140
Head rotators are the most common imbalance that Chiropractors adjust. Practically everybody needs help here! Once this area relaxes, the rest of the body relaxes. You will learn a complex sequence for treating the muscles that control the atlanto-axial joint, easily digested in simple steps. While your hands will learn this complex sequence easily, your conscious brain is likely to forget it unless you also read the homework several times. All 7 hours spent at the tables giving and receiving - prepare to become deeply relaxed! Ultra gentle. Prerequisite - patience.
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Professional Development
Clinical Sports Massage: ITB
Register Now Sunday, May 18, 2008 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
This course is designed to focus on a common hip and knee disorder associated with athletics called Iliotibial Band Syndrome. Integrating the appropriate soft tissue techniques can dramatically reduce the severity of symptoms and impact that this condition can have on training, participation, and athletic performance. The therapist will learn basic orthopedic assessments that will help isolate and determine the dysfunctions location. Postural assessments will be used to identify possible contributing factors from structural misalignment and trigger point activity. The findings from these assessments will help the therapist select the best treatment techniques to reduce painful symptoms and return the athlete to optimal function.
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Maternity and Infant Massage: Pregnancy Massage
Register Now June 19 - 22, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $640
Students delve into the transformative time of pregnancy to understand how pregnancy massage therapy can be an integral part of wellness for childbearing women. Students learn effective pregnancy massage therapy techniques and safe client positions for healthy pregnancies. Students develop a thorough understanding of precautions and contraindications including basic adaptations for client medication use and bed rest. Students also explore the unique professional and ethical practice management issues in the specialty of pregnancy massage therapy and integrate their knowledge and skills during a practice session with pregnant women and hands-on case study presentations.
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Low Back Pain and Treatment
Register Now June 22, 2008 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
Instructor: Gigner Castle
Unraveling the cause of low back pain can be a daunting situation when your client walks in your office like a crab shuffling through sand. In this course you will learn many of the common causes of low back dysfunction, as well as useful assessments to determine possible causes for the discomfort. Low Back Pain and Treatment will also give you the tools and techniques to assist you in relieving the discomfort and decreasing pain. This one day workshop is designed to review the anatomy of the low back in addition to major pain pathologies and dysfunctions of the low back. This workshop offers a multi-modality approach to treatments and stabilization techniques for low back dysfunctions.
Please Bring: Two flat sheets, lubricant
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Treating Tendonitis: The Miracle Cure
Register NowJuly 10, 2008 / 9:00am - 3:00pm / 5 CE Hours / $95
Instructor: Patrick Moore
Registration Deadline: June 30
Tendonitis is easily cured! The key is finding the exact site of the lesion, and there applying cross -fiber friction and cup ice. Covers three shoulder rotators, wrist extensors, groin, knee, thumb tendons, hip, and plantar fascitis. Recommended reading: Listen To Your Pain by Ben Benjamin.Â
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Maternity and Infant Massage: Introduction to Childbirth and DONA* Approved Birth Doula Workshop
Register Now July 17 - 20, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $640
In partnership with DONA International, Cortiva is pleased to offer this Introduction to Childbirth and DONA International Approved Birth Doula Workshop - two of the requirements to become a DONA International Certified Birth Doula. Women across the globe appreciate and value the experience of having a doula, a knowledgeable, experienced companion who stays with them through labor and birth and offers emotional support, encouragement and wisdom. In this module, students learn the art of supporting women in labor, as well as the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system, the three stages of labor and some common medical interventions and tests that may occur during labor. Students learn the benefits of labor support by a trained birth doula, as well as specific emotional and physical support techniques for the woman and her partner during labor and immediately postpartum. The course also provides information on running a successful birth doula business.
Students who do not intend to become Certified Birth Doulas benefit from this module by improving their understanding of the birth process to provide pregnancy massage clients and their partners with helpful techniques for labor and delivery, as well as to apply this understanding to more effective postpartum massage.
Completion of this DONA International approved course provides two requirements towards becoming a DONA International Certified Birth Doula - completion of a DONA International approved Birth Doula Workshop and a childbirth education course. After this module, students complete DONA International's Birth Doula Certification by attending three births and completing required reading and written work.
*DONA International is the world's premier doula organization and is the oldest, largest, most respected doula association with over 5,600 members who serve families in more than twenty countries around the world.
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Maternity and Infant Massage: Postpartum Massage
Register Now August 14 - 17, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $640
Students explore the postpartum time period to understand how postpartum massage therapy can be an integral part of wellness for childbearing women. Students learn effective postpartum massage therapy techniques and safe client positions after both vaginal and cesarean births. Students develop a thorough understanding of precautions and contraindications including adaptations for client medication use. Students also explore the unique professional and ethical practice management issues in the specialty of postpartum massage therapy and integrate their knowledge and skills during a practice session with postpartum women and hands-on case study presentations.
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Trigger Point Therapy
Register Now August 24, 2008 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 CE Hours / $140
Instructor: Ginger Castle
This one day workshop is designed to give the therapist a review of the anatomy and basic physiology of trigger points. Together we will examine the major muscles of the body and their common referral pain patterns. This course incorporates a multi-modality approach to deactivation of trigger points, as well as assessment and treatment plans. Trigger Point Therapy provides ample hands-on time for each therapist to become familiar with assessments and deactivation techniques.
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Maternity and Infant Massage:Teaching Infant Massage
Register Now October 16 - 19, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $640
This training prepares the participants to teach parents and caregivers how to massage their infants and children and become Certified Educators of Infant Massage (CEIM). Infant Massage USA's fifteen point curriculum offers students the knowledge base, experience and confidence to fulfill their role as educators. In the four day training, participants experience three parent-baby classes. To earn certification after the four day training, participants complete an exam and practicum after the training and submit a certification packet for review. Certified Educators of Infant Massage (CEIM) work with parents, families and caregivers in private, group, hospital and agency settings and may also participate in research studies, conduct in-service programs and present at professional conferences.
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Coming Soon
Medical Qi-Gong: Traditional Chinese Medicine Healing Technique for Nurses & Massage Therapists request more info
Instructor: David Goldner
Qi-Gong has been practiced in China for thousands of years, where it is accepted as a self-healing method and an effective medical treatment. The name literally means "breathing exercises" and covers a wide variety of methods for enhancing one's Qi.
Qi-Gong practice is a function of the right brain, where the subconscious mind stores and processes sense impressions and memories affecting every cell, organ, bone and tissue of the body. This is where we experience the alpha state of mind when we sleep. During the alpha state the body heals and repairs itself. A medical Qi-Gong practitioner can project his or her Qi at frequencies that reach this level of healing.
Through David Goldner's Medical Qi-Gong Seminar, you can learn to transmit your Qi though mental intention and how to direct it to acupuncture points and energy meridians to benefit healing.
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Experience Continuing Education
Coming soon in 2008! A day to experience a variety of different modalities, all in one location and at the same time! This free event is designed to give you the opportunity to learn a little bit more about our continuing education offerings, as well as to offer a discounted rate on any courses you enroll in. Come in and speak with leaders in this industry about everything from Traditional Thai Massage to Hydrotherapy to Maternity and Infant Massage! To learn more information about our Experience Day and to RSVP for this event please give us a call at 520-623-2160 or email ce.tucson@cortiva.com
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