advanced certificates
BCMT created five, leading-edge, premier Advanced Certificate Programs for massage therapists, bodyworkers, and other health-care practitioners.
- Canine Massage: 100 hours
- Orthopedic and Sports Massage: 150 hours
- Prenatal, Labor, Postpartum Massage: 125 hours
- The Art of Zen: 100 hours
- Spa Elements: 100 hours
Course Descriptions
The Canine Massage Certificate Program offers practitioners the credibility and confidence to work with veterinarians and animal hospitals and to incorporate canine massage into their private practices. Complementary and alternative therapies that encourage the dog's own healing process are becoming increasingly desired and well received by owners and animal health care professionals. This program responds to the diverse medical needs of athletic, working, geriatric, injured, and rehabilitating dogs.
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Orthopedic & Sports Massage: 150 hours
The Orthopedic & Sports Massage Certificate Program offers comprehensive training and theory, including hands-on practice - setting the professional standard for training massage therapists in this rapidly growing field. BCMT's innovative team-teaching approach involves a unique combination of specific hands-on instruction, interactive lecture, Kinesthetic Anatomy in Clay (TM), and guided practical experience. Each instructor is nationally recognized in his or her discipline.
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Prenatal, Labor, Postpartum Massage Therapy: 125 hours
The Prenatal, Labor, Postpartum Massage Therapy Certificate Program offers the most comprehensive training in the theory and hands-on practice of touch therapies for childbearing women, and sets the highest standard for training massage therapists and other perinatal health care professionals.
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The study of Zen Shiatsu will add inspiration and versatility to your professional practice and heighten your marketingability. It is a style of bodywork that expands perceptual boundaries and develops sensitivy to the energet expression of the world around us.
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The Spa Elements Certificate Program offers education in popular spa body treatments and spa equipment. The comprehensive knowledge and skills gained through experiential hands-on exchange and lecture prepare the massage therapist seeking employment in the growing spa industry or the self-employed massage therapist wishing to enhance a private practice with spa services.
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Additional Continuing Education Courses:
These courses, designed for massage therapists, bodyworkers, and healthcare professionals, will keep you current with trends, satisfy your curiosity, and engage you in new areas of exploration. Nationally-recognized instructors join our faculty to teach these progressive and popular courses.
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For more information, or to register for an continuing education course, please contact our Contiuing Education Coordinator at 303.530.2100, 800.442.5131, or continuinged@bcmt.org.
