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We feel lomi lomi massage is a hands-on cultural healing art. Lomi is NOT a highly technical, anatomical or scientific practice.  Here's an example of a healing art:

Anyone can play (or bang) keys on a piano.  The Lomi Lomi massage that we teach as this school is similar to making music.  We're going to bring Hawaiian principles to a Hawaiian style massage, to perform and create beautiful peaceful healing session.  There is no digging or physical pain applied to this ethereal therapy.

To learn more, please register for training at: https://ceinstitute.com/collections/lomi-lomi

Here's a hands-on instructor demonstration of how we practice lomi massage at CE Institute LLC: 

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We teach orthopedic cupping massage at CE Institute LLC. This newer westernized modality has emerged as a new, distinct form of bodywork. Massage therapists have increasingly purchased and intuitively used cups in their respective practices over the several years. What transpired was a bodywork evolution, with orthopedic cupping massage emerging as a new form of bodywork.

To learn more, please register for training at: https://ceinstitute.com/collections/eastern

It is critical to sanitize your massage cups between every client.  Here is a visual hands-on instructor demonstration of how to sanitize cups used in orthopedic cupping massage, as offered at our school:

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The practice of Ayurvedic massage can be classified with a client into one of three main doshas, or constitutions, also known as: vata, pitta and kapha. Each dosha determines a client’s Ayurvedic treatment, which could include abhyanga, shirodhara, marma massage and more.

To learn more, please register for training at: https://ceinstitute.com/collections/ayurvedic

Some of our students would like to see what ayurvedic massage (also known as abhyanga massage) would look like prior to registering for class.  In this brief instructor demonstration, Desi Collazo will show what one of the abhyanga techniques looks like with hands-on practice:

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Orthopedic cupping massage stretches and releases soft tissue adhesions and restrictions, which can create a human domino effect of better tissue metabolism and greater range of motion that can lead to better athletic performance and other health-related benefits. This includes superficial and myofascial release as well.

In this hands-on instructor demonstration of orthopedic cupping massage on the upper trapezius, you will view how a curved cup is used from the popular Kangzhu cupping sets. Curved cups allow for greater and longer suction on curved areas of the body, and are a tremendous asset and tool when performing moving cupping massage maneuvers and techniques.

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Curved cups are FABULOUS when working on curvy areas of the body such as forearms extensors, shin splint areas, upper trapezius and more, as shown here in the demonstrational video:  

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Would you like to achieve more pressure in your massage and bodywork applications without much physical effort?  Perhaps you would like to lean a little longer into a massage stretch?  The choice is yours. And when you make that choice to use your elbows, you should be choosing whether you will use a dull or pointy elbow. 

A pointy elbow is usually applied with your elbow flexed to around 150 degrees, so that your knuckles are facing back towards your head. When you flex your elbow to 150 degrees, you will create a sharp point with your elbow’s olecranon process. We call this a pointy elbow, and sometimes we call it sharpening your tool, because you can use your pointy elbow for massage application. Pointy elbows are also commonly applied in trigger point therapy.

A dull elbow is usually applied with the elbow flexed at around a 90-degree angle. Dull elbows are popular in deeper myofascial techniques. They are also good for general muscle tension relief for for working larger bodily areas, such as the glutes or thoracolumbar fascia, without causing the discomfort a pointy elbow might achieve because it is dull.

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To read this article at Massage Magazine, please click HERE

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Plastic surgeons often refers patients for post-surgical manual lymphatic drainage to relieve pain and swelling, or they may prescribe deep tissue massage for new muscular contracture over an implant or filler, or more.

Even with a doctor’s written prescription and direction, shifting or migration of fillers and implants could happen or be blamed on the therapist's manual therapy, and shifting could have already occurred, hence the referral.

It's important for massage therapists to remember that working over fillers or implants is contraindicated.  Shifting and migration could occur with the manual therapy, and it is not worth the risk to try to achieve the benefit, especially given the lack of certainty with both.  Therapists, clients and doctors cannot always control shifting and migration issues within the human body. This is one of many reasons why working over foreign materials implanted in the body is a massage and bodywork contraindication.

Migration and shifting are terms used to describe when a foreign material has moved away from its original placement site. This can also be called displacement.

Migration is the term commonly referenced when a foreign material has migrated to places such as the client’s bloodstream. Shifting is the term commonly referenced when a foreign material has shifted away from its original placement site, such as instances with physical force, capsular contraction or aging.

Migration and shifting issues of foreign materials within the body can cause physical disfigurement, swelling, pain, obstruction of circulation and even death in some cases.

Shifting of foreign materials can also occur over time and for other various reasons. Skin thickness, gravity, muscular contractures and more could all cause undesirable shifting issues.

While temporary fillers such as Juvéderm and Restylane are considered safer than a permanent filler, there is still concern that shifting or migration could occur with any foreign material, regardless if the foreign material is considered temporary, permanent, synthetic, or living tissue including fat.

MTs Cannot Reliably Control Foreign Material Shifting

Sometimes, massage or bodywork will be prescribed by a physician in an attempt to purposely influence foreign material shifting. The problem is, a practitioner cannot always control where the foreign material will shift to with their hands-on work, and sometimes shifting can result in an undesirable placement.

What is important to remember is the client’s wish to change their physical appearance is met by having a foreign material placed at a specific site in their body. That physical appearance can be drastically changed or undesirable when the foreign material shifts away from its intended placement site.

Permanent Silicone Injectables

Silicone injectables are an example of fillers used that are not approved by the FDA because they are permanent and remain within the body. The FDA warns, “It can move throughout the body and cause serious health consequences, including death. In fact, when injected into areas with many blood vessels, such as the buttocks (butt), silicone can travel through those vessels to other parts of the body and block blood vessels in the lungs, heart, or brain. This can cause a stroke or even death.”

The FDA’s warning of foreign material migration is a huge concern for massage practice. Massage should not be applied over foreign materials; it is simply ill-advised.

It should be noted that whole and intact silicone implants used for cosmetic procedures such as breast augmentation would not apply to this referenced FDA migration warning. While silicone implants have their own worrisome concerns such as they can shift away from their original placement site with incorrect placement or when they are too large for the area and more, this FDA warning is about silicone injectables.

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Please click HERE if you would like to read our article on Massage Magazine's website.

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Establishing consistent opening rituals could prove to be beneficial, especially in group practice. Spending one minute or more with anything that feels familiar at the start of any session could feel comforting when an old client quickly reconnects with familiar touch.  Many clients could instantly relax when they recognize what they are feeling and receiving.

In this article, we focused mostly on opening rituals, and added in a few common closing rituals as well. We provided sample and common rituals for the following massage therapy and soft tissue bodywork applications: 

• Abhyanga & Ayurvedic Massage
• Aromatherapy Massage
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Chair Massage
• Cupping Massage
• Deep Tissue Massage
• Geriatric Massage
• Hot Stone Massage
• Ice Massage
• Lomi Lomi Massage
• Manual Lymphatic Drainage
• Myofascial Release
• Neuromuscular Therapy
• Oncology Massage 
• Post-Surgical Bodywork
• Prenatal Massage
• Reflexology
• Reiki
• Sports Event Massage
• Swedish Massage
• Thai Massage
• Trigger Point Therapy

Here is a list of common closing rituals that can be commonly practiced amongst all modalities: 

• Thank the client for their time.
• Express wishful thoughts silently or aloud for the client.
• Apply a hold with static placement of their hands on the client’s body.
• Ask the client to take some deep breaths.
• Perform body brushing techniques.
• Use a towel to remove massage medium from the client’s skin.
• Assist a client off the treatment table with select services or customers.
• Turn up any dim lighting so the client has greater visibility and acclimation back to reality.

Of course, no one has to follow these lists and practitioners can make up their own opening and closing practices as well!  What's most important is allowing your client to feel comfortable and instantly relax in your work area.

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You can read this article in full at Massage Magazine by clicking HERE.

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Evidence-based massage practice applies a hands-on researched protocol to a client. The objective is to simulate hands-on applications with methods and protocols found to be beneficial in research or provide therapeutic outcomes, similar to what was achieved in the research study.

Sometimes a researched protocol which show what is not appropriate in massage therapy or bodywork practice.  Studies often exclude subjects with various disqualifications which create various parameters for the student.  Sometimes these exclusions are born from massage contraindications which are important to follow.  from participating due to various constraints or contraindications. This is why the entire study must be read and considered prior to real-time application or practice for evidence-based massage therapy practice.

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To view our evidence-based massage article in full, published @MassageMag, please click HERE!

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Sweet Sessions™ are great bodywork appointments that might be an option for clients who are contraindicated for regular massage, such as those who have significant cardiovascular disease, a lack of skin integrity, prenatal eclampsia, diabetic neuropathy or infectious and contagious disease. Sweet Sessions are a great option to provide an alternative type of bodywork when circulatory massage in no longer indicated.

It is difficult to deny service to a client who is ill or not feeling well, perhaps causing their own contraindication.  Providing Sweet Sessions may help massage therapists preserve rather cancel some of their appointments for their most vulnerable clients.

You can read our article about Sweet Sessions™ in full @MassageMag by clicking HERE!

To learn more about a Sweet Session™, please register for training at https://ceinstitute.com/

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