Transcript title

Pathology for Massage Therapy

Credits

4

Grading mode

Standard letter grades

Total contact hours

40

Lecture hours

40

Recommended preparation

BI 105 or BI 231.

Course Description

Covers effects of massage therapy on body systems, including indications and contraindications to massage. Reviews medical terminology and basic mechanisms of disease process.

Course learning outcomes

1. Use basic medical terminology to communicate accurately and effectively with clients and other professionals.
2. Explain and use standard precautions as they pertain to massage therapy settings.
3. Demonstrate a verbal and written client health history intake.
4. Apply critical thinking to make safe, effective, evidence-informed clinical decisions for clients with diseases or conditions.
5. Gather accurate, relevant, and timely information regarding the situation.
6. Connect pathologic processes to relevant signs and symptoms and identify when a situation requires a referral to another healthcare provider.
7. Predict appropriate accommodations and construct session plans to offer safe massage therapy to help clients meet their goals.

Content outline

1. Syllabus overview
2. Discussion of contagions and how to prevent communicability
3. Hands-on hygiene, sanitization and disinfection as required by state and national standards
4. Review dermis physiology
5. Discussion of integumentary diseases
6. Practice identification, professional inquiry and assessment for integumentary contraindications
7. Discuss musculoskeletal physiology
8. Midterm Exam
9. Discuss nervous system physiology
10. Discuss circulatory, respiratory, immune and lymphatic system physiology
11. Review for final exam

Required materials

Textbook required.