AMTA Michigan – Spring Expo, 2011

Featuring: Bamboo Fusion! and Oncology / Hospital Massage

**Register early as space is very limited for this event.**

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Questions, please call the Chapter Office at: 734-255-6561

When: April 15, 16, & 17 (Join us Friday & Saturday OR Saturday & Sunday OR all 3 days)

Where: Kensington Court Hotel, 610 Hilton Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

• Room Reservations CALL: 734-761-7800 or 800-344-7829
• Room Rates: $95.00 per night for standard, non-smoking room.

Continuing Education At The Spring Expo

Thank you for your interest in the American Massage Therapy Association- Michigan Chapter’s Continuing Education Spring Expo, 2011. We look forward to working with you in extending your knowledge, experience, and expertise.

One clock hour equals 1 CEU. NCBTMB requires 50 hours of continuing education, including 2 hours of professional ethics during a four-year certification period. AMTA accepts all continuing education completed and approved by NCBTMB, and requires 12 hours of continuing education per year.

Cost of Workshop including meals: AMTA Members = $ 225.00 NON-AMTA Members = $ 295.00

You Can Attend Either:

• Bamboo Massage on Friday / Saturday
• Oncology Massage, Marketing and Ethics on Saturday / Sunday

Bamboo Massage

“Hall Of Fame” inductee (World Massage Festival 2009) Nathalie Cecilia, creator and master of Bamboo Massage Therapy, was born in Nimes, South France. Many of Nathalie’s clients were asking for deep tissue treatment. She soon began to experience pain and fatigue in her hands and wrists. When she started using bamboo to assist her with deep tissue work, she noticed that her pain subsided and her clients loved it. She developed an innovative way to give bamboo massage on the table (Bamboo-Fusion) and in the chair, meanwhile creating her own bamboo set to give the massage. Her goal today is to help therapists provide deep massage without pain. This technique aids in avoiding repetitive injuries, such as carpal tunnel, and reduces the stress on thumbs, wrists and hands.

Oncology Massage, Marketing and Ethics

Michigan’s very own, Karen Armstrong, NCTM, is highly regarded in the Midwest as the Supervisor of Clinical Massage and the program director of the Oncology/Hospital Massage School at Beaumont Hospitals. Karen supervises more than 30 clinical massage therapists, the largest number of hospital-based therapists in North America, and she has initiated several clinical massage research protocols.  Her therapists treat patients in many outpatient locations, as well as, in the hospital.  In 2010, these therapists treated over 6,500 outpatients. Karen is an active member of the ABMP and Society for Oncology Massage.  In addition, Karen has extensive experience in neuromuscular massage and knowledge of many complementary medicine modalities.  Karen is currently Chairperson of the Michigan Board of Massage Therapy.