Meet your goals as a Registered Massage Therapist. Building on a history of solid health programming, Langara is the first public post-secondary institution in BC to offer training in this field. Our two year Diploma in Registered Massage Therapy is unparalleled in depth and approach.
Please find a video of our Langara campus:. Our RMT instructors have been described as "the best in the province", and most have been with Langara since the inception of the Program.
You will be taught by instructors who are excellent role models, and passionate about preparing students as to be excellent RMTs. They choose to teach at Langara because they know it takes excellent preparation to begin a career as an RMT - a comprehensive instructional program.
Throughout the week program, you will have ample opportunities to practice your skills in a supervised Student Clinic. Working closely with clinic supervisors, you will build on new competencies, interact with clients, and develop complete treatment approaches. As a graduate from the Registered Massage Therapy program, you will have acquired the specific competencies outlined in the Inter-jurisdictional Practice Competencies and Performance Indicators for Massage Therapy at Entry-to-Practice.
Upon completion of the Registered Massage Therapy program, the student will have met the educational requirements to apply for, and sit, the College of Massage Therapy of BC registration examinations. For more information on the requirements for registration, please visit www. Get massage therapy treatment for student rates at the Burnaby campus. As part of their training, students provide services under the supervision of a trained, experienced, and registered massage therapist.
Book your appointment today. Massage Therapy Courses The Registered Massage Therapy program at Vancouver Career College provides massage therapy courses to prepare you in treating a variety of conditions, injuries, and to increase the overall health and wellness of your patients.
Graduate with a Multitude of Experience Throughout the week program, you will have ample opportunities to practice your skills in a supervised Student Clinic. Student Massage Clinic Get massage therapy treatment for student rates at the Burnaby campus.
Please note the following: Before the massage begins, clients will be asked to complete a variety of assessments in order to help our students in the learning process. Massages are 60 minutes long and include your assessment. You may only book one appointment per day. First- and second-year students are available. Not all students in the first year have been trained in minute massages. This program is 88 weeks in length.
Pathology is the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development and consequences. The massage therapist will have clients who are ill, and who seek treatment in massage therapy to alleviate the symptoms of illness.
As a result, it is important for the RMT to understand the origin, nature and course of disease. In this course, instruction will focus on six areas of study: systemic disorders, pathologies of the cardio and circulatory systems, pathology of the nervous system, pathology of the muscular system, pathology of the respiratory system, and pathology of the reproductive system.
Drawing from neuroanatomy and previous treatment related courses, pathology of the peripheral nervous system is studied. Expanding on the information mastered in Consolidated Treatment Techniques, pathologies of the upper extremity are studied. Specific pathologies involving the shoulder girdle, elbow, wrist and hand are explored, including ideology, presentation, specific assessment markers, hands-on treatment, appropriate remedial planning and home care.
It is scheduled for two classes each week for the week term. The foundations of assessing and treatment planning for orthopathology in the cervical and thoracic spines will be set in this course before specific pathology is highlighted and expanded upon. The spinal column is the foundations for the central nervous system as well as the pillar of the body.
Great care must be taken when identifying, assessing and treating pathology in this region. Specific and detailed involved anatomy will be highlighted as well as contra-indications or precautions to treatment. Some of the pathologies studied will be: whiplash, nerve root impingement, disc herniation and rib subluxation. In this course, instruction will focus on three areas of study: human growth and development over the lifespan, the gastro-intestinal system and the endocrine system.
These three areas of study are linked. Food ingestion and waste excretion are necessary for life and growth. The endocrine system is comprised of hormones and the system coordinates metabolism, respiration, excretion, movement, reproduction and sensory perception. The endocrine system guides human growth and development through the life-span.
The special needs of competitive athletes will be explored in this course. Pre and post event massage will be learned as well as variables for different sports needs. Running gait analysis and taping will also be covered. Some of the sports included will be running, cycling, swimming, weight lifting and track. Drawing on anatomy, physiology and pathology learned in previous semesters, students will be able to recognize and safely treat the above systems when in a pathological state as they affect the entire body.
Geriatric concerns are also covered in this course. Each student will perform shifts in the supervised Student Clinic or Outreach once per week. This semester the focus shifts from the Supervision staff helping create treatment approaches and goals, to the Intern Therapist identifying dysfunction and developing a complete approach.
Outreach opportunities will focus on specific patient populations. Drawing from neuroanatomy and previous treatment related courses, pathology of the Central Nervous System is studied. Safe patient transfers will also be included to protect both patient and therapist. Some of the specific pathologies studied are Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic spinal cord injury with resultant paralysis, stroke and hemiplegia. Utilizing the strategies and skills gained in the previous course, orthopathology of the lower extremity is examined.
Disease of the muscle, bone and joints found in the hip, knee, ankle and foot are studied. As in the other course identification, specific assessment, treatment and homecare are explored. Some of the specific pathologies studied are osteoarthritis, hamstring strain, patellar tracking, cruciate instability, ankle sprains and plantar fasciitis.
Utilizing skill sets attained in Orthopedic Treatment — Upper Spinal from the previous semester, the exploration of pathology in the spinal column continues. The focus of this course will be the lumbar, sacral and coccygeal segments. As in previous courses, skills in correct identification of pathology, specific assessment markers, treatment techniques and home care will be attained.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the foundations of research and studies that form the basis for professional practice. The term, research literacy, refers to the capacity to identify a challenge and to determine the resources required to guide professional practice in order to address the challenge. In the course of gaining an appreciation for research literacy, students are guided in their understanding of, and distinctions between, good and poor method.
Students have the opportunity to discuss research methods and findings, and to understand how the methodology and findings have contributed to the development of the massage therapy profession. Similarly, continuing research has contributed to the evolution of some techniques; and changes in other techniques. Another major focus of this course is the philosophy of evidence-based practice.
The purpose of the course is to build a body of knowledge of the bones and muscles of the lower body. Students are taught the names of the bone structures as well as the features of each bone. Of particular importance are the landmarks, a term used to describe how the bone is identifiable amongst others within the musculoskeletal system. This course includes the musculature of the lower body, the origin of the muscle tissue, its insertion into the musculoskeletal composition, and the range of action that the muscle can undertake.
Muscles respond to messages carried by the nervous system; therefore the student will study the nervous innervation of muscle in the lower body. The course includes instruction in the muscular actions, kinesiology, of the lower body — both primary and accessory actions.
This course runs in conjunction with Musculoskeletal Anatomy Lower Body. This course will start where Musculoskeletal Anatomy Upper Body left off. Once the concepts of bony and soft tissue anatomy are communicated in the other portion of this course, actual hands-on palpation is employed to identify anatomy.
Utilizing plastic skeletal models and each other, students will be guided through safe identification through palpation of the anatomy of the lower body. The students palpatory skills will be fine tuned as well. The course provides an introduction to neurology. This is a foundational course within the RMT program because all of our conscious awareness of the external environment, and all of our motor activity to cope with the external environment, operate through the Peripheral Nervous System PNS.
The Peripheral Nervous System is large and has many divisions that need to be understood by the registered massage therapist. The layout of the PNS includes the sensory and somatic division as well as the nerves and neurons that transmit information to and from the brain.
The course extends the student's understanding to the somatic and the autonomic nervous systems. RMTS treat the muscular, nervous and circulatory systems to improve patient health.
For an overview of the profession including education requirements, salaries, etc. BC graduates of the massage therapy program are individuals who have attend a 2-year rigorous education program.
Core curriculum of the educational program includes comprehensive studies in health sciences such as anatomy, physiology, pathology, kinesiology and neuro-anatomy.
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