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Making connections: Foundational physics for massage therapists

How can knowledge of physics help us better understand how massage actually works at the most direct level?

 

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This e-Book provides a comprehensive foundation in physics for massage therapists. Completing the material in this e-Book will give students a better grounding and more thorough understanding of the physical universe and how it operates, as well as protecting them from falling into various widespread misconceptions and cognitive traps. This material is prerequisite knowledge for massage educational objectives, as outlined by various stakeholders in the following table.

 

Massage educational objectives addressed by this e-Book

Guidelines document Learning objective
College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia (CMTBC) Guidelines for Foundational Knowledge Objective
ITEC qualifications: International Objective
ITEC qualifications: UK Objective
Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx) Content Outline Objective
Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge (MTBoK) Objective
National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage (NCETM) Content Outline Objective
National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETMB) Content Outline Objective
National Certification for Advanced Practice (NCAP) test specifications report Objective

 

 

 

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