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What
Is Massage Therapy?
Massage Therapy is a hands-on manipulation
of the soft tissues of the body including muscles, connective
tissue, tendons, ligaments and joints.
Massage alleviates the soft tissue discomforts associated with
everyday and occupational stresses, muscular over-use and many
chronic pain syndromes. It can also greatly reduce the development
of painful muscular patterning, if employed early enough after
accidents involving trauma and injury.
What
is the Education of an R.M.T.?
Provincially controlled, the education, examination and regulation
of massage therapists are qualified by the College of Massage
Therapists of Ontario.
Students complete 2,200 hours of intensive studies in anatomy,
physiology, pathology, kinesiology, hydrotherapy, remedial exercises
and clinical studies, including extensive practical instruction,
at a government approved vocational school of massage therapy.
Graduation is a prerequisite to taking provincial examinations;
successful candidates then become licensed and registered under
the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) enacted December 21,
1993. All current massage therapists (RMT's), are members of this
College.
The title of : Massage Therapist, Registered Massage Therapist,
M.T. or
R.M.T. may only lawfully be used by a Massage Therapist. These
titles
are trademarked.
Who
is Christopher Edgar R.M.T.?
My clinic's objective is that "therapist" is not only
a "person skilled in the corrective treatment of disease or
other disorders". (Sauders Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine,
Nursing, and Allied Health, 4th Edition) I believe "Therapist"
is a teacher . As a Registered Massage Therapist, I believe the
most important affect is the increased body awareness . The feeling
of relaxation and rejuvenation that is felt after a massage is short
lived, however, the knowledge of your body has increased, the potential
for greater healing with increased circulation has been felt and
with that knowledge, I believe there are remedies. I choose to teach
people how to maintain that relaxed feeling, how to create that
feeling again at home or at work and ways to prevent reoccurrences
of pain and dysfunction. That learning process varies greatly with
each person and I respect that everybody is on their own "path
of health". However, I believe in prevention and responsibility
for your own well being.
What
has Christopher Edgar R.M.T. studied with his continuing education?
• Introduction to Reflexology
• Creating Clarity in Bodywork (exploration of the healing
combination of medicine and touch and establishing, bountries,
sexuality, sensuality, power differentials, transference and counter
transference )
• TMJ Dysfunction: Inner Mouth Treatments
• Violence Against Women: Prevention of Family Violence Seminar
• Massage With Survivors of Abuse: International Conference
On Exploitation By Health Professionals
• Introductory Cranial Sacral Therapy
• Functional Myofascial Release I, II, III: Advanced Techniques
Seminars by Barry Jenings BA, R.M.T.
• Assistant Instructor of Myofascial Release with Barry Jenings
Current
Studies:
REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Treatments)
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