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(Approved as relevant to and focus on massage therapy techniques - LIVE hours)
As a massage therapist you are constantly looking for new techniques to add to your practice in order for you to keep improving and widening your skill set and to provide more choices for relief, relaxation, and healing to your clients. One technique, cupping therapy, has recently become a topic of discussion. Whether the client is simply curious about what cupping entails, its benefits, or whether it would be an appropriate treatment for them, you should want to be able to answer your client's questions with confidence and certainly provide the treatment, too!
Explore the role of cupping in a variety of clinical contexts - ranging from the treatment of children to the effective management of sports injuries and myofascial pain. Our well-established, highly successful course text provides you with a a useful step-by-step approach to the effective application of traditional cupping techniques with special emphasis on issues of safety, expectation and theoretical principles of action.
Learn more about the Cupping Therapy course.
(Approved as relevant to and focus on massage therapy techniques - LIVE hours)
This introductory course designed for massage therapists, covers how and why to use massage cupping, including specific reasons for performing it on certain clients.
By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to begin incorporating massage cupping into your practice, providing enhanced therapeutic outcomes for your clients.
Learn more about the Massage Cupping Techniques course.
Learn the concepts underlying massage and bodywork for clients who have edema, including an overview of lymph drainage and important steps to preventing lymphedema.
In this course, you will learn:
Learn more about the Massage for Edema course.
Standards of Practice provide massage therapists with clear, written expectations of professional conduct that can protect both the client and the practitioner and safeguard the therapeutic value of the relationship.
This course reviews the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork's (NCBTMB) Standard I: Professionalism and Standard V: Roles and Boundaries in detail and helps you consider how they relate to your practice.Learn more about the Ethics: Professional Conduct course.
How do codes, laws, rules and regulations affect your practice of massage and bodywork? In this course, you are presented with a detailed view of the laws and rules of the Florida Board of Massage Therapy and how they apply to the massage therapy business. The course covers chapters 480, 456 and Rule Chapter 64B7 required per the continuing education rules as presented by the Florida Board of Massage Therapy.
Learn more about the Law and Legal Issues course.
Learn why medical errors contribute to high healthcare costs and why it's so important to design your work to increase safety for your clients and yourself.
In this course, you will:
Learn more about the Preventing Medical Errors course.
In this one-hour comprehensive online course designed for Florida massage license renewal, we explore the world of human trafficking, debunking myths, and uncovering hard-hitting facts. Through a blend of textual insights and video presentations, participants will gain a profound understanding of the complex issue of human trafficking, empowering them to recognize, prevent, and report instances of trafficking in their communities.
This course is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to become agents of change in the fight against human trafficking. By the end of the session, learners will be empowered to take proactive steps towards recognizing, preventing, and reporting instances of trafficking, ultimately contributing to the effort to eradicate this heinous crime.
Learn more about the Human Trafficking course.
For additional Florida package options visit our Florida Packages page.
Lili Xu, LMT
6/3/2025
Aliya Martin, LMT
6/3/2025
GLADYS NELSON, LMT
6/3/2025
Stephanie Appleyard, LMT
6/2/2025
Laurence Aaron, LMT, BCTMB
6/2/2025
Sharon Burch holds a Masters Degree in Nursing and has been practicing as a nurse since 1974. She is currently a Registered Nurse in the state of Arkansas. Additionally, Ms. Burch studied under many of today's leaders in massage therapy and bodywork during the 1980s, became Nationally Certified through the NCBTMB in 1993 and holds a professional membership with the AMTA.
As founder of Health Positive!, Ms. Burch has created over 60 home study nursing and massage continuing education programs, performed over 65 public, live educational presentations, has written two published books, served as a member on the NCBTMB Continuing Education committee and was a founding member of the National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists.
Sharon is an instructor on many of the Institute's programs and has authored and co-authored various ethics courses and additional titles such as Touch for the Seriously Ill, Stress Reduction Through Bodywork, Staying Well – Naturally, Cardiopulmonary Health and Illness, Chronic Pain Management, Marketing Massage in Four Easy Steps, Preventing Medical Errors, HIV Update for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers, Understanding HIV, Massage for Edema and more.
Leslie L. DeMatteo, LMT, MS, has been an active massage therapist since 1998, after graduating from the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy in Sarasota, FL. There she completed the massage therapy program along with a certificate program in Nuad-Bo-Rarn: Traditional Massage of Thailand.
Since then, she has completed continuing education in cranial-sacral fundamentals, cancer and mastectomy massage, reflexology, trigger point therapy and prenatal massage. She is also certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) and is a Professional Level member of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP).
Her work in massage therapy continuing education and teaching in a massage school ignited a passion for adult training and education, which led her to pursue her Bachelor's Degree in Adult Learning: Vocational Instruction, followed by her a Master's Degree in Adult Learning.
Ms. DeMatteo is the instructor for many of the Institute's courses including such courses as Advanced Prenatal Massage, Ethics of Diversity. Cupping Therapy: A Step-by-Step Approach, Diversity: Cultural Competence, Mastering Pregnancy Massage, and many more.
Jane Irving, LMT, BCTMB, BS, is the creator of My Learning Library specializing in massage and bodywork web-based training having published over 60 instructional massage courses. Having graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science Degree, Jane later attended the Institute of Massage Therapy in Boston from 1987-1988. She furthered her massage training under Ben Benjamin at the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, MA. From 1989-1990.
Ms. Irving is member of the American Massage Therapy Association, an approved provider for the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork as well as NCBTMB Board Certified.
Jane is the creator and instructor of Kinesio Taping Techniques for Massage Therapists, Manual Lymphatic Drainage Massage, Therapeutic Stretching, and Massage Cupping Techniques.
Original founder of the Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies, Ralph graduated from The Swedish Institute, New York in 1981. A New York State Licensed Massage Therapist, Ralph was also the associate producer and host of the Holistic Health and Wellness and Natural Wellness programs in White Plains, NY, the creator of the Loving Pregnancy Massage video and author of the Healing Energy & Touch course manual.
Ralph has also authored and co-authored additional courses with the Institute including Developing a Wellness Center, Prenatal Massage Fundamentals, Infectious Disease: HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease: Hepatitis, Medical Errors, Ethics: Therapeutic Relationships, Advanced Anatomy & Physiology, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Ethics: Practice Management.
The Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Our courses are also accepted by AMTA and ABMP.
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