Integrating Percussion Tools/RTR, Massage and Stretching for Pain Relief

Home Study 2CE Credit Program

Explore how to easily hold and maneuver percussion tools to provide immediate pain relief. This course also demonstrates:

  • Combining the percussion tool with massage and compression to release multiple areas at once
  • How to reposition clients and add advanced mobilization and stretching to percussion approaches
  • Pain Relief Protocols that systematically and progressively blend percussion, massage, and stretching, with special emphasis on relieving neck, shoulder, low back and hip discomfort
  • How to work smarter, not harder so the percussion tool becomes an extension of therapists’ hands, without experiencing the wear-and-tear of massaging

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Here’s a Snapshot of Integrating Percussion Tools/RTR, Massage and Stretching for Pain Relief

All of our massage CE courses are NCBTMB approved (Provider #330232) and can be used to fulfill NCBTMB, AMTA and ABMP as well as most state massage therapy continuing education requirements.

Cost per student is $20

Therapists save their hands and clients experience reduced aches and pains when percussion is added to bodywork.

Additionally blending advanced mobilization and stretching with the massage and percussion tool generates even greater neurological and myofascial release. Discover practical ways to assist clients out of pain while giving your own tools (hands, fingers, wrists, and thumbs) a break.

Class Organization

The majority of this course is devoted to hands-on demonstration from Heath and Nicole’s upbeat and lively classes, presented in small digestible vignettes.

  • A downloadable instructional manual is also provided so you can follow along with the video lessons.
  • After you complete viewing the course content, you can pass the 10-question, multiple-choice quiz to receive your personalized certificate of completion, worth 2CEs (continuing education credits for massage therapists).
  • Following the class, you will also have access to this Home Study course for any future review.

Course Topics

  • Benefits and physiological impacts of percussion
  • Indications and Contraindications of percussion
  • Follow along with us and practice combining percussion, massage, and stretching
  • Systematic and progressively intense therapeutic interventions provided in multiple Percussion Pain Relief Protocols

Home Study Tuition Includes

  • Strong emphasis on hands-on demonstration and practice with video instruction
  • 2 State- and Nationally approved-CEs (NY and FL LMTS must notify us to manually input there completed CEs)
  • Certificate of Completion
  • Lifetime access to review this Home Study course
Heath and Nicole Reed

Heath and Nicole Reed

  • Heath and Nicole Reed are co-founders of Living Metta (Living “Loving Kindness”), a continuing education company for more than 20 years. They are Licensed Massage Therapists, and Certified Body Intelligence Coaches, and
  • Educating Massage Envy therapists for 17+ years. They were the original national LMT CE Trainers for LMTs in 2008, have taught several courses for Therapists of the Year CEs at ME National Franchisee Conference, and most recently inaugurated MEF’s live webinar program that began in February 2023.
  • Created 100+ NCBTMB approved courses, and have taught at many schools, spas, resorts and conferences around the country and internationally. .
  • Track record of high quality training for therapists at numerous 5-Diamond resorts including Four Seasons, The Mandarin Oriental, the Peninsula, The Sanctuary, The Wynn, The Encore, JW Marriot, Red Mountain, Sensei and many more.
  • Presenters at numerous national conferences including the AMTA Annual Conferences, ABMP CE Summits, ISpa Conferences, World Massage Conferences and special speakers at the ABMP School Forum.Columnists for the Savvy Self Care column in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, authors of Table Thai Yoga Massage books, and creators of 100s of Home Study Courses, Webinars, and online subscription communities.

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