In this Online Gua Sha Massage Course, Mike Everson, Manual Osteopath, Registered Massage Therapist and Yoga Teacher will guide you through how to deliver Gua Sha Massage for some extremely common pain patterns every manual therapist will see.
In this Online Gua Sha Massage Course, Mike Everson, Manual Osteopath, Registered Massage Therapist and Yoga Teacher will guide you through how to deliver Gua Sha Massage for some extremely common pain patterns every manual therapist will see.
Gua Sha Massage Therapy is traditionally a modality used by practitioners of Chinese medicine. It is used to clear blockages of ‘Qi’ in specific energy pathways of the body. Gua Sha is becoming more mainstream and extremely popular in the past few years, the tools and practices have been included in many types of healing treatments. This course will be dealing with the practical applications of Gua Sha and how to integrate Gua Sha into a massage treatment.
We’re primarily promoting the flow of 'Qi' through the body. We’re helping to ensure a better blood supply and proper nerve conduction so that everything is moving through your body as it should. In doing Gua Sha, the hope is that any symptoms someone is experiencing will subside and calm. That’s the overall goal.
You can study and complete this entire course in the comfort of your own home with lifetime access to the videos in case you need to go back, review and re-inspire yourself.
In this massage course you are going to learn how to:
> How to treat the most common painful conditions
> Learn what Gua Sha is
> How to release pain with Gua Sha techniques
> Explore the theory and origin Gua Sha
The numerous benefits of Gua Sha include: it may resolve spasms and pain, promote normal circulation to the muscles, tissues and organs, and has an immediate effect on coughing and wheezing. Research has shown that Gua Sha causes a four-fold increase in microcirculation of surface tissue (Nielsen et a. 2007) and can reduce inflammation and stimulate the immune system with heme-oxygenase 1 (Braun et al. 2011; Chan et al.2011). The heme-degrading enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has cytoprotective, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. Moreover, HO-1 is reportedly involved in suppressing destructive immune responses associated with inflammation and autoimmune diseases.
Enroll now. Grow your knowledge base and practice today.
*This course is accredited for (2CEUs) with the NCBTMB
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