MT 117 - Body Maintenance for Massage Therapists

1 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into a Massage Therapy program, or permission of Instructor.

Corequisite(s): MT 117L

Course Description: Provides knowledge and hands-on techniques to show how to recognize, prevent, and treat injuries for bodywork professionals. Students will learn how and why injuries happen and information that will help to protect their own health and better understand their clients’ complaints.

Course Level: Career/Tech Preparatory

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Identify the reasons for injury and how to prevent them. (ILO: Critical Thinking)
CLO#2: Apply proper body maintenance techniques to help insure their goal of an injury free career as a bodywork professional.