Ultimate Medical/Deep Tissue Massage Series: The Arm and Shoulder
with Larry Heisler, M.A., LMT

1 day, 9:30am to 6:00pm, 8 credits, $200
Massage techniques that will significantly change the way you work!
for all dates visit the Listing of Courses by Subject

Join us as we focus specifically on the shoulder, the arm and its complaints by utilizing deep tissue and trigger point therapies, myofascial stretches, the most powerful shiatsu pain points and Larry’s outstanding “Stretch and strip” manual therapies approach. From frozen shoulder and rotator cuff work, to involvements in the deltoid, upper arms, flexors, extensors, elbow, wrist and hand. When it comes to the arm and shoulder, this workshop transforms basic massage practitioners into sophisticated medical massage therapists.


I always neglect the arm. The techniques taught in this class were amazing! — Sandra Yocovelli, LMT

Larry always delivers amazing classes that get to the point in a knowledgeable and charming way- Fun in Learning! — Joyce Lantzman, LMT

Great class, can’t wait for the next one! Opened my eyes to so many new techniques, especially practitioner saving techniques!! — Angie Pyatt, LMT

Clients are so amazed with all these new arm and shoulder techniques! Can’t wait to take more of your classes in the series. — Charlene Andrewlavage, LMT

 

 

with Jim Earley, BA, LMT

1 day, 9:30am to 6:00pm, 8 credits, $225.00
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Remember when the world saw the cupping marks on all those Olympic athletes?
It's time to add the new popular modality to your skill set and not just with anybody.
In the North Jersey Massage Training Center tradition, we didn't just get anyone to teach cupping, we got Michael Phelps personal sports massage therapist, Jim Earley, B.A., LMT. Jim, a Board Certified sports massage therapist for 25 years, currently works with 38 teams at 19 different colleges and universities! The class goals are to learn basic cupping techniques, get comfortable with performing the cupping techniques, experience the cupping yourself, and learn about sports cupping (when to cup an athlete, pre, post and during an athletic event).

The class will also cover :
• What is Cupping?
• Origin of Cupping
• Benefits of Cupping
• Contraindications
• Types of Cups
• Lubrication
• Types of Cupping (Static, Sliding)
• Steps of Cupping
• Post Cupping Guidelines
• Practice Sessions on various areas of body

Students will be asked to bring sheets, lubricant (gel, lotion) as well as hand sanitizer (for cup cleaning) and paper towels.
And you will take a cupping set home with you!
We look forward to you joining us for this awesome educational program.

 

 

Ultimate Medical/Deep Tissue Massage Series: Back
with Larry Heisler, M.A., LMT

1 day, 9:30am to 6:00pm, 8 credits, $200
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Amazing Back Work that will make all the difference in the world!

To give a great massage, one that has your clients buzzing and returning again and again, is what it’s all about. Approaching the back, its hardness, its armoring, and its painful anomalies must be Massage 101 for us. If you do not successfully address their “aching back” you will lose your clients to someone who will! Join us as Larry creates an all day, hands-on, medical massage learning lab. Our focus will be “back central”, combining deep tissue and trigger point therapies, Osteopathic massage techniques, shiatsu and Larry’s very special muscular approach entitled, “stretch and strip”. This class will teach you how to save your hands while you give the most sophisticated massage of your life and it will dramatically raise your skills and your bottom line!


In the Orient, the title master is used respectfully for someone who has performed 25,000 treatments. At nearly 60,000, spanning 42 years, Larry has surely established his expertise. He shares an amazing range of insight and his techniques are quite extraordinary. — Sifu Chuck Loeffler, B.A., B.S., LMT, Tai Chi/Chi Kung Master (in memoriam)

Truly enjoyed this class. Learned so much!! — Gail Rippili, LMT

Best concentration of work on back. Learned new protocols. Taking neck next! — Eileen Kennedy, LMT

Larry is awesome! I highly recommend the medical classes to any massage therapist specializing in pain management. — Jaclyn Seitz, LMT

 

 

Shiatsu Pain and Power Points
with Larry Heisler, M.A., LMT

1 day, 9:30am to 6:00pm, 8 credits, $200
for all dates visit the Listing of Courses by Subject

Adding Shiatsu to your massage will supercharge your work!

Shiatsu is a deeply powerful and complete form of bodywork, respected worldwide and based on thousands of years of empirical data. What’s more profound is that the meridian system and its specific acu-points have a deep influence on our musculature, the internal organ conditions and the immune and nervous systems. The meridian lines and acu-points are considered extensions of the internal organs so learning the points that enhance their functioning makes all the sense in the world. Join us for this one day workshop, where Larry will teach you how to add the most powerful shiatsu lines and points to supercharge your Swedish massage.

The first 8,000 massage treatments I performed in my career were Traditional Barefoot Shiatsu sessions. I had studied for years with the Macrobiotic and Japanese Masters Michio Kushi and Sensei Masahiro Oki and was amazed at their breadth of wisdom, power and effectiveness. There wasn’t any type of overhead bar or other props in the early 1970’s and you did not walk on your client’s body. Instead it was a very sophisticated form of bodywork using many parts of your own body to treat your client while concentrating on the energy lines called meridians and specific acupuncture points called tsubos. — Larry Heisler, M.A., LMT