top of page

Massage therapy improvement workshops

Introduction to suction cups

Cupping therapy

Cupping therapy is a type of alternative therapy that originated in China. It's about placing them on the skin to create suction. Sucking can facilitate recovery from the blood flow.

Cupping increases blood circulation where they are placed. It can relieve muscle tension, which can improve general blood circulation.

Introduction to Cupping: (15h)

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Teachers: Julie Leroux (traditional suction cups) and Catherine Gagnon (plastic and silicone suction cups)

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Prerequisites: be a massage therapist, physiotherapist, orthotherapist, osteopath or any other manual therapy

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Objectives: Discover its ancient Asian tools. In this introduction, we will see how to use the different types of suction cups (silicone, plastic with pump, and glass).

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Next class: November 7 and 8, 2020

Articular Mobilization Workshops

The aim of these workshops is to allow the student to better understand the notion of joint restriction, to be able to identify an area of ​​joint hypomobility and then to mobilize in a specific way in order to obtain a gain in mobility.

The mobilization work is slow and aims to "move" a hypomobile joint area without the aim of correcting the alignment of the spine or other pathologies.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

The workshops are divided into 9 body segments: (8h each workshop)

1- The foot and ankle

2- the knee

3- The hip (coxofemoral)

4- The lumbar spine (and pelvis)

5- The thoracic spine

6- The cervical spine

7- The grip and the hand

8- The elbow

9- The shoulder (the shoulder girdle)

Teachers: Julie Leroux and Catherine Gagnon

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Prerequisites: be a massage therapist, physiotherapist, orthotherapist, osteopath or any other manual therapy

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Price: $ 175

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Next Course:

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

  • Joint Mobilizations: Hand and wrist (8h)

  • Joint Mobilizations: The foot and ankle (8h)

  • Joint Mobilizations: Elbow

  • Joint Mobilizations: Shoulder (shoulder girdle)  

  • Joint Mobilizations: The knee

  • Joint Mobilizations: The hip (coxofemoral)

  • Joint Mobilizations: Lumbar spine (and pelvis)

  • Joint Mobilizations: Thoracic spine July 29, 2020

  • Joint Mobilizations: Cervical spine August 5, 2020

  • Joint Mobilizations: Hand and wrist September 29, 2020

  • Joint Mobilizations: Elbow October 6, 2020

  • Joint Mobilizations: Shoulder (shoulder girdle) October 27, 2020

bottom of page