Hand & Stone Launches Public Learning Management System for Massage Therapy - American Spa

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Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa recently launched its public Learning Management System (LMS), a platform that manages educational lectures, training programs, and learning and development courses. This initiative offers free select courses for continued education requirements for all licensed massage therapists, not just those employed by the brand. “We are excited to offer this resource to the broader massage community,” says Nathan Nordstrom, senior director of training and industry relations at Hand & Stone. “Our goal is to provide high-quality educational opportunities that support professional development for all licensed massage therapists, regardless of their affiliation with Hand & Stone. By making these courses available for free, we hope to create an environment of continuous learning and improvement in the industry. This is an introduction to the comprehensive learning available to Hand & Stone employees nationwide.”

Hand & Stone’s public LMS freeces.tortal.net, currently features a range of continuing education courses worth one credit each, including:

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  Adapting Techniques: Working Within Your Limitations
  
  
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  What Comes Next: Paths to Advancing Your Career
  
  
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  Client-Based: Prejudicial Judgement
  
  
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  Good, Better, Best in Massage Therapy: How to Work Smarter and Not Harder
  
  
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  Hot Stone Essentials
  
  
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  Work Environments: How Different Can They Be?
  
  
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  Work Settings in the Industry of Massage
  

All licensed massage therapists are eligible for 12 continuing education hours with completed new-hire training. Hand & Stone also offers several series of live quarterly webinars and a secondary learning system for employees to enhance professional development and knowledge of Hand and Stone’s protocols and processes. This leads to advanced professional development opportunities, including the exclusive Elite MT program, which is a prerequisite to being a corporate trainer at Hand & Stone.