Access to Education Scholarship

BIOTONE and Whitney Lowe present the Access to Education Scholarship for massage therapists with a strong commitment, but limited access, to Continuing Education. Selected therapists will receive a scholarship to OMERI's e-Learning Program which provides the most comprehensive training in orthopedic massage available. Professionals are able to improve their practice, skills and careers with this innovative program.

Each program integrates anatomy, kinesiology and clinical science in rehabilitation practice to help you develop essential skills for recognizing and treating numerous soft-tissue pathologies. Innovative case studies give you real-life methods to apply to your clinical practice.

Courses are 6-weeks in duration and provide 40 CE hours.

Orthopedic Massage 1: This course covers evaluation and treatment of disorders of the back, neck and pelvis. We explore conditions such as thoracic outlet syndrome, spinal nerve compression pathologies, piriformis syndrome, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, low back pain, whiplash, and many more.

Orthopedic Massage 2: This course explores evaluation and treatment of conditions such as plantar fasciitis, tarsal tunnel syndrome, patellofemoral pain, tendinosis, shin splints, muscle strains, and many more. Numerous problems throughout the body result from lower extremity disorders because these are our limbs of locomotion. Very few courses address lower extremity issues in this detail and this course will be a great asset to your practice.

Orthopedic Massage 3: Focused on upper extremity disorders, this course will address evaluation and treatment of conditions such as shoulder impingement syndrome, frozen shoulder, rotator cuff tears, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome and numerous other upper extremity nerve entrapment syndromes, and many more. The repetitive nature of many occupations has led to the epidemic of upper extremity disorders and this course provides valuable tools to help you address these complaints with your clients.

There are two required texts for this course:

Orthopedic Massage: Theory & Techniques (OMTT), ISBN: 0723432260

Orthopedic Assessment in Massage Therapy (OAMT), ISBN: 0966119630

These books are available directly from OMERI's web store or through Amazon.com

For additional course information, please visit OMERI's online courses

To be eligible you must have a current LMT license and demonstrate limited access to education programs - geographical, financial, or otherwise.

Winners will be selected based upon essay-style answers to the below questions. Please review answers before submitting. Twelve finalists are chosen by BIOTONE staff and the six scholarship winners are chosen by Whitney Lowe.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: August 20th, 2010

Selected recipients of the scholarship will be notified by August 25th.

Classes begin September 1st.

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What course are you most interested in?
Why is Continuing Education important to you both professionally & personally? (250 words maximum)
What interests you about the OMERI e-Learning program? (250 words maximum)
What are your particular challenge(s) in gaining access to Continuing Education? (250 words maximum)
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