Self-paced Online Home Study 12 CE Orthopedic Cupping

PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE THIS NONREFUNDABLE, TIME-SENSITIVE COURSE UNLESS YOU ARE READY TO COMPLETE IT WITHIN 2-WEEKS OF PURCHASE.  This course must be completed within 14-days of purchase, before it expires and your account is subsequently deactivated. Course access time starts from the minute of purchase.  Please do not wait until the last couple of days to start or complete training, because no training extensions are available for any reason, including tech issues. 

It is recommended to take this computer based training on an updated desktop computer or laptop. This training is provided via prerecorded video, with printed handouts that can be downloaded, as well as quiz(es) plus a course survey, to meet board requirements to issue CE credit.  You can learn more about taking our self-paced home study training by watching this quick start video:

Our automated systems will send a course access link to your registered email address after purchase. You can also login to your paid training at lms.CeInstitute.com with your registered email address, and then use the "Forgot Password" link if you did not set up a password, or cannot remember it. 

This course is approved by NCBTMB, FL, SC, GA & TN boards of massage, FL Boards of Nursing & Occupational Therapy and all states that accept NCBTMB hours.  FL Board accepts this home study course as its "regular" hands-on relevant to massage technique CE credit. If you are taking this for CE credit and unsure if this course meets your CE requirements, please check with your own board to ensure you will receive the credit you need PRIOR TO registering or paying.  

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Orthopedic cupping is one of bodywork’s latest and greatest techniques where east meets west and turned into best! This course includes dozens of cupping applications.  Cupping has highly evolved since the 2021 London & 2016 Rio Olympics. Traditional meridian cupping was set aside, and orthopedic cupping massage emerged as a new distinct form of massage and bodywork, which is waht you will learn here.

Orthopedic cupping massage stretches and releases soft tissue restrictions which can create a human domino effect of better tissue metabolism that can lead to better athletic performance and other health related benefits. While stationary cups applied along meridians are still practiced today with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), orthopedic cupping follows musculoskeletal anatomy instead.

Orthopedic cupping is used for sports injuries, postural alignment issues, to increase healing and circulation as well as general overall health. We will demonstrate both spot treatments and full body sessions.  The concept of our Orthopedic Cupping class is to apply this ancient eastern medicine to western musculoskeletal issues and bodywork.  This 12 CE course is one of the most thorough, well-rounded and complete trainings an individual can receive in just 12 short hours:

• cupping types, methods and history
• explanation of the top 10 points of Orthopedic Cupping
• how to choose different types of cupping sets and equipment for different areas of the body and purposes
• review of the different types of cupping sets and equipment, plus how equipment should (and should not) be used
• almost 1 hour of cupping precautions, contraindications and endangerment sites
• review of areas that are poorer and more difficult to cup with orthopedic maneuvers
• one hour of cupping instructions with tricks of the trade
  
• how to clean cups and equipment care
• one hour instructor demonstration and student practice along of over a dozen different orthopedic cupping maneuvers that can either be used for spot treatment or as a large collection for full body treatments
• instructor demonstration of back and shoulder orthopedic cupping
• instructor demonstration and student practice along on lesser practiced areas of the feet and hips
• instructor demonstration and student practice along of cupping for shin splints and tennis elbow
• extensive review of cupping research, health benefits and goals
• review of some medical conditions that cupping will not help
• review of working with an intensity scale using VAS
• suggestions of client communications and preparing your client for a cupping session (and possible marks from the treatment)
• one hour instructor demonstration of a full body cupping massage (Swedish style)
• one hour instructor demonstration of a full body cupping myofascial decompression
• 90-minute instructor demonstration with student practice along full body cupping myofascial decompression with focus on frozen shoulder/adhesive capsulitis bodywork 
• instructor demonstration and student practice along of 5 different researched hands-on cupping protocols, including:
  • chronic low back pain
  • chronic neck and upper back pain (seated)
  • to elongate hamstrings
  • to increase hip & knee range of motion
  • to increase ankle range of motion
• instructor demonstration of how to position a pronated client's legs into a figure-4 position for orthopedic cupping
• brief instructor lecture of how to prepare for an adverse event
• brief instructor lecture of an FDA approved vacuum suction therapy and how modern-day endermologie started to temporarily improve the appearance of cellulite
• we will not cup the breasts, abdomen or face during this orthopedic training

Licensed health care providers who complete this training should be able to claim that they practice the following cupping techniques:

1. Orthopedic Cupping
2. Air Cupping
3. Running Cupping
4. Sliding Cupping
5. Gliding Cupping
6. Moving Cupping
7. Dynamic Cupping
8. Dual Cupping
9. Cupping Massage
10. Dry Cupping
11. Stationary Cupping
12. Retained Cupping
13. Silicone Cupping
14. Plastic Cupping

We recommend using air-valve pump cups above all else. We will provide multiple instructor demonstrations using a variety of cups including plastic air pump cups, silicone bell, accordion and cone cups too.  To learn why we recommend air cups above others, you can view the 2nd half of this Orthopedic Cupping article published at Massage Magazine: https://www.massagemag.com/orthopedic-cupping-massage-127635/

This class does not use any electrical machines to perform cupping.  This is a modern up-to-date class with real hands-on cupping applications that uses individual cups to promote circulation, pain relief, increased range of motion, improved athletic performance, etc.  Orthopedic cupping massage primarily uses plastic and silicone cups which are within most practitioner's scopes of practice, when the client’s soft tissue is being manipulated and massaged with a tool which is your cup. 

Please do not attempt to take this training if you are visually impaired. Practitioners must be able to see the skin at all times during our orthopedic cupping maneuvers, to ensure this skin is intact, there are no visual contraindications that the client might not be aware of, especially on their posterior body, and that there is no skin tearing and/or bleeding with cupping application and/or maneuvers.  Practitioners can provide cupping, reduce pressure or stop maneuvers when they see contraindications or skin deterioration through a clear cup, which cannot always be felt, but should be visible to anyone who is not visually impaired.  Tearing the skin and blood exposure is an extremely rare event and is easily avoidable by sight. It is our opinion that visually impaired practitioners should not take/practice our orthopedic cupping training to avoid harm to themselves and their client(s).

This entire orthopedic cupping class solely addresses orthopedic/western musculoskeletal issues - Chinese Meridians are not addressed or covered in this class.

Please click HERE for all Chinese/Eastern classes at CE Institute LLC. 

CE Broker Course Tracking #: 20-997870

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About your Instructor:

Selena Belisle has practiced cupping for over 30 years and massage therapy for almost 40 years.  She started with sports massage in 1989 and sought formal “full body” massage therapy training in 1995 in a 1,000+ hour program at the Massage Institute of New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Selena completed her first Traditional Chinese Medicine Certification from the NE School of Acupuncture in the 1990s.   She went on to complete a 2^nd TCM Certification which included cupping, tuina and Chinese healing methods in a month-long program from the Beijing Hospital in Beijing China in 2000.  She has also travelled to Xi’an China to view the terracotta warriors, the outskirts of Beijing to walk “The Great Wall”,  as well as Shanghai China to view the Huangpu River aka “the Bund”.  Her touring of China was most importantly used to spend time amongst the Chinese people and learn more about their history, practices and culture.  She has visited many authentic Chinese temples, burial grounds, places of healing and sacred sites as part of her Chinese studies.  You can view a more complete list of Selena’s professional accolades, experience and training by clicking HERE. Selena also founded and managed one of New England’s largest alternative health care clinics in the 1990s, which included 4 acupuncturists and 4 chiropractors and over 40 massage therapists from 1996, until she sold in 2005.  It was here where she helped thousands of others with TCM care including extensive cupping massage techniques and other forms of orthopedic bodywork.

CE Institute LLC prides itself in providing the very best of instructors and educational experiences for our students.  Sign-up today and prepare yourself for an incredible 5-star learning experience. 

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Instructor Selena Belisle's newest article in Orthopedic Cupping Bodywork from Massage Magazine: