How to complete your Hot Stone Massage home study course harmony house holistic therapy treatment centre and training academy www.harmony-house.org
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2 Table of Contents Course Registration...3 Course Documents...3 Course Work...3 Correspondence...3 The Hot Stone Massage Practical Routine...4 How to complete your case studies...5 Perform a consultation...5 Prepare a treatment plan...5 Perform a hot stone massage treatment...5 Finally...6
3 Congratulations, you are now ready to start your home study course, and here s how! Course Registration Please complete the Course Registration Form document using Adobe Reader 9 and return it to Harmony House by email to support@harmony-house.org This allows us to ensure your details are correct, so that we can mail you your certificate upon completion of your course If you do not have Adobe Reader 9 you can download using the following link Download Adobe Reader 9 Course Documents Please ensure you have downloaded and saved all the documents detailed in your email. Course Work To complete your course work, open the relevant course notes and workbook pdf s in Adobe Acrobat Reader, and fill in the answers in the workbook and save the workbook pdf where you will be able to find it! Once you have fully completed a workbook, send an email to support@harmony-house.org with the workbook attached. We will then assess the workbook, and provide you with feedback. If any re-work is required, we will indicate the question numbers that need to be revisited and the relevant section of the course notes to look at. This process we will use until the all answers in the workbook are correct. Correspondence Please ensure that you include your course registration number in any emails.
4 The Hot Stone Massage Practical Routine The hot stone massage routine is described in three formats, all of which will help you to learn the routine. A written description (see Hot Stone Massage Course Notes) Read the description of each technique. Make short notes so that you can perform the techniques in the order that they are described when performing the massage. Videos embedded in the Hot Stone Massage Course Notes Watch the videos to see how the massage techniques are performed. Then practice the techniques on client until you feel comfortable with them. An audio mp3 file (see HotStonesaudiodescription.mp3) The MP3 audio file describes in words a hot stone massage, and acts as a verbal list describing the order in whichyou perform each technique, and helps with the timing of the massage. The audio file could be played out loud or, loaded on an mp3 player, which you could use earphones to listen to help you perform the massage. To play the video s you will need to open the pdf in Adobe Acrobat reader 9 or above. Following is a link to download Adobe Acrobat reader 9 Adobe Reader Download
5 How to complete your case studies You will need to complete three case study clients, this will consist of doing a treatments on three people, 3 treatments in all. For each case study, print off a consultation pack. Perform a consultation Perform a consultation for each client, as described in the Hot Stone Massage Course Notes. This is to determine whether the client has any contra-indications to treatment, and thus whether it is safe to proceed with the treatment. If the client does have contra-indications to treatment. Then ask for a doctor s permission if the contra-indications are major. Or modify the treatment accordingly if it is a minor contra-indication. Prepare a treatment plan Prepare a treatment plan for the course of four treatments. Do use the information that you gleaned from the consultation to determine the client s problem areas and desired solution, and work together to agree the plan. Perform a hot stone massage treatment Set up the treatment area as described in the Hot Stone Massage Course Notes. Inform the client how to prepare for the treatment as described in the Hot Stone Massage Course Notes. Remember how important hygiene is and inform the client you are going to wash your hands. Telling them lets them know you are a professional therapist and take hygiene seriously. Perform a massage treatment as described in the Hot Stone Massage Course Notes. When you finish, again tell the client you are going to wash you hands and get them a glass of water.
6 Once the client is dressed:- Assess how the treatment has gone by asking how they feel. Explain the possible contra-actions of having a hot stone massage treatment. Give the After Care advice. All of which is described in the Hot Stone Massage Course Notes. Give the client the follow up to treatment form and ask them to fill it in and bring to back when they have their next treatment. Then using all the information you have captured above fill in the Hot Stone Massage Case Study PDF using Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 Once you have completed a Case Study, send an email to support@harmony-house.org with the Case Study attached. We will then assess the Case Study, and proved you with feedback. Finally Once all your workbooks and Case Studies have been completed and satisfactorily assessed, we will send you your Harmony House Diploma. You can then obtain your therapist insurance and begin your new career!