'Upgrading' from holistic to sports massage?

[Tragmaannessynja]

I'm 2 weekends into my training with Essentials for Health - I'm doing the Diploma in Holistic Massage. For the first half of the course, we study alongside the sports massage students (they're doing the combined Holistic/Sports Massage diploma). I had discounted the sports massage, as I didn't see myself treating athletes/sports people. However, at our latest study session on Sunday, some of them were telling me that once qualified, they will be able to diagnose, treat and manage certain types of injuries, and determine whether the injury is muscular, ligament, tendon etc., and that this doesnt just apply to sportspeople This 'remedial massage' aspect really appeals to me, and has made me wonder whether I ought to 'upgrade' onto the combined course!

I guess I am asking if people who have trained in sports/remedial massage tend to treat a broad range of people, rather than just sporting people?

thanks!

 

[manu4live]

Hi there, of course I don’t mind trying to answer your questions.

The 14 day sports massage course I think you are looking at is the postgrad one – i.e. for people who have already undertaken the holistic massage diploma (I don’t know if you’d qualify for that with your Aromatherapy training/qualification – did you ask?). If you have no previous massage qualifications, the sports massage course is the combined holistic/sports massage course which is run over 26 days, usually over 13 weekends. At the moment, I am studying (theory and practicals) alongside the sports massage students, then at some point we split and they take the holistic massage exams and practical assessments earlier, then go on to the sports massage element of the course – which is the 14 day course you mentioned. This is what I am hoping to change to now - the earlier exam and assessment of the holistic massage diploma, then onto the sports/remedial training.

I think you probably spoke to one of the office administrators, and I believe one of them is fairly new – but they should know what they’re talking about, so no idea what happened there. The course tutors, and Gill Tree, who I have met, so far are all very good indeed. In general, it is a by far much more professional outfit than where I trained and qualified as a Reflexologist (which was Association of Reflexologists accredited).