with Al Vonderahe, LMT
1 day, 9:30am to 6:00pm, 8 credits, $200
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At the pinnacle, as well as the twilight of his wildly successful quarter century massage therapy career, former 11-year NJ Massage Board Alumnus, Al Vonderahe has decided to teach and share his extraordinary assessment and treatment wisdom. He wants to pass down his knowledge. Vonderahe has performed over 40,000 massage hours in a practice that is routinely Full by word of mouth.
That’s right, read that again! His hands did the advertising.
Wait it gets better…
Al uses no oil and his clientele does not take off their clothes.
Never have for 25 years now.
Vonderahe only treats folks in pain and his practice is filled with fellow medical professionals, both as clients as well as rich sources of referral. Vonderahe has an “Eagle eye” in assessment skills, an education from massage luminaries like Chaitow, along with bodywork PAIN management strategies that include neuromuscular, myofascial, strain/counterstrain and good old fashion warmth and understanding. This class is a gift from a retiring American Bodywork Grandmaster. My entire massage staff took this class and absolutely loved it. You are going to love it too and him. Shortcut your way to a fulfilling career in “Touch Medicine!”
1 day, 9:30am to 6:00pm, 8 credits, $200
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Soft tissue complaints need to be addressed by soft tissue approaches. This is what makes the type of work we do invaluable! It gives us our niche.
As a medical massage therapist, you are a soft tissue complaint specialist, and
NOBODY TREATS SOFT TISSUE BETTER THAN US!
Larry will specifically address the complaints brought to us every day in our practices and how to clinically assess and develop a treatment protocol using the advanced techniques we have learned. We will then continue by spending the remainder of the day in supervised practice, honing and developing the skills we have been immersed in. If how you get to Carnegie Hall is practice, then we're going to tune up your hands for a great healing massage symphony.
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This class has given me much more than excellent new techniques. It has also encouraged me to change my lifestyle to a healthier way of being. — Pat Warman, LMT
Larry is awesome! I highly recommend the medical classes to any massage therapist specializing in pain management. — Jaclyn Seitz, LMT
Larry goes beyond the expectations of an average class and presents an outstanding class. I will be back again for another of Larry’s classes. I love coming to this school. It amazes me what I learn here. It always goes beyond my expectations. — Deborah Gallo, LMT
Reflexology: The New
Jersey Massage Method
with Larry Heisler, M.A., LMT
1 day, 9:30am-6pm, 8 credits, $200
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Subject
The secret to a great massage is sometimes found in the humblest
of places!
Foot and hand work is something most massage therapists are weak
in. For whatever reason, most schools gloss over this very
important part to your massage. At our school, we teach that good
foot and hand work can be the difference between a satisfied client
and one that will go elsewhere. This class will help you hone your
foot and hand work, giving you a new, fresh approach that will have
your clients returning again and again for more. Our deep
tissue/medical massage approach includes the neuromuscular trigger
point work that will help eradicate pain and tension as in
addressing plantar fasciitis or arthritic hand complaints and
combine the most powerful shiatsu points on the legs and arms, feet
and hands. The acupuncture/acupressure points in Japan are known as
tsubos. The specific tsubos called the Go, Gen, Sei points are one
the secrets to an extraordinary session in Japanese shiatsu or
Chinese Tui Na. This is not a reflexology class that requires a
completely different serious course of study. The combination of
trigger points and shiatsu makes it some of the most powerful foot
and hand massage work you’ll ever experience.
Join us for a day of great foot and hand work!
Teacher excellent, he’s a master of his art. This was an excellent
course! — Anonymous C.E. evaluation
Excellent, every time I come, I learn something new!!! — Luciano
Diaz, LMT
Great class…will add great new techniques to my massage. — Melissa
Stein, 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.
with Larry Heisler, M.A., LMT
2 day, 9:30am to 6:00pm, 16 credits, $350.00
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Day 1: Ultimate Medical / Deep Tissue Massage Series: Neck
The best neck work you will ever do! Dramatically increase your client’s satisfaction by maximizing the results of your therapeutic massage. We will comprehensively address the neck and shoulder areas with some of the most effective and exciting advanced massage therapy techniques you have ever tried. Again, expect to spend the day in a hands-on learning laboratory honing your skills under Larry’s masterful supervision. You will learn Osteopathic neck massage and specifically how to clear the trigger points from the neck region while simultaneously engaging this intricate area with a sophisticated combination of stretching, traction, shiatsu and cross fiber friction work. Larry will address the sternocleidomastoid and scalene muscles, thoracic outlet syndrome, the posterior cervical region and much, much more.
Day 2: Ultimate Medical / Deep Tissue Massage Series: The Back
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!
Great class! Opened my eyes to so many new techniques, especially practitioner saving techniques!! — Angie Pyatt, LMT
As always, your classes are fun and filled with great material! — Celeste Cappadonna, L.M.T
Really wonderful techniques and fun. — Anonymous CE Evaluator, LMT
Larry is awesome! I highly recommend the medical classes to any massage therapist specializing in pain management. — Jaclyn Seitz, LMT
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