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Core Elements Training Core Elements Training was founded by Dawn Morse who has a Masters Degree in Sports and Health Sciences, is a qualified teacher and Sports Therapist. Dawn has extensive teaching experience with teaching roles include being the programme leader for the University of Bath Sports Therapy Degree and a Associate Lecturer for the Open University in Sports Science. Dawn has had many articles published and has assisted with several research projects. Dawn and other qualified tutors at Core Elements Training offer a range of independently accredited Sports Massage and Sports Therapy qualifications and CPD short courses including: Dry Cupping, Dy Needling, Electrotherapy, Joint Mobilisations and Clinical Yoga. All courses are available as face to face delivery at the #Swindon Training Centre and wider venues in the #U.K. and abroad. A selection of courses are also available via Live Online delivery or fully Online. To find out more please visit our website.
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards FSMTB
Videos by FSMTB on MBLEx and the Massage Therapy profession.
Massage Sloth For massage therapists and students who want effective (and easy!) techniques and strategies for dealing with pain. While the main focus is on myofascial release, you'll also see trigger point therapy, structural integration, and good old Swedish.
Medical Centric
Our channel offers helpful medical information and advice on a variety of topics, ranging from medical treatments and procedures to healthy lifestyle tips. We cover everything from nutrition to disease prevention and management.
Message Exam
MBLEx exam: Guidelines for Professional Practice Test Question Answers
National Holistic Institute (NHI)
National Holistic Institute (NHI) is a Nationally Accredited College of Massage Therapy. National Holistic Institute has been "Helping People Have Work They Love!" since 1979
The Professional Massage Academy The Professional Massage Academy Online is a revolutionary massage therapy program that combines an online massage therapy school with in-person training. This allows students the flexibility to learn at their own pace. The program is western based in theory and application; however, the program does give introductory theory and applications of eastern modalities and skills.
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Anatomy and Pathology for Bodyworkers This program takes users on a journey through the skeletal, circulatory, lymphatic, nervous and muscular systems. With hundreds of images and animations, the program covers the following conditions: fractures, osteoporosis, spondylosis, shin splints, postural deviations, hypertension, varicose veins, diabetes mellitus, heart attack, hematoma, swollen glands, fever, edema, lymphangitis, chronic fatigue, Hodgkin’s, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, peripheral neuropathy, encephalitis, spinal cord injuries, stroke, headaches, strain, trigger points, fibromyalgia, muscle cramps, frozen shoulder, subacromial fibrositis, adhesive capsulitis, supraspinatus tendonitis. It also covers the location of over thirty bones, the name, action and location of over fifty muscles and defines over twenty specific body system structures. (1:14:53)
Muscles
Muscles enable movement, but did you know they have other important functions as well? The muscles are crucial for protecting bones and providing warmth. Learn all about the functions of muscles in this program. (16:42 min.)
The Skeletal and Muscular Systems This program deconstructs the human skeletal and muscular systems, two interdependent assemblies that endow the body with structure and movement. Beginning with an introductory overview, the video identifies the body’s bones by dividing the skeleton into its axial and appendicular components, analyzes bone composition, describes the process of bone repair, and categorizes bone and joint types. The program then shifts focus to the skeletal muscular system—a detailed study of muscle cells, fibers, bundles, and connective tissue. The ATP-fueled process of muscle contraction is addressed as well. A viewable/printable instructor’s guide is available online. A Films for the Humanities & Sciences Production. A part of the series The Human Body: How It Works. (22 minutes)

Chinese Medicine Produced in San Francisco, a city rich in Chinese culture, this program explores the ancient healing techniques of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM. Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow, a registered nurse and one of the foremost experts in TCM, guides students through the philosophy and methods behind various TCM techniques—such as acupuncture, qi gong, and herbal remedies. Viewers will visit a lab that processes medicinal herbs and gain insight into the TCM concept of chi, while learning about the ways in which chi can become blocked and the special approaches needed to remove blockages. Physical demonstrations of acupuncture, qi gong, and other procedures are included in the program. (25 minutes)
Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has come of age, its use and benefits well documented and accepted. However, while terms of TCM are familiar to most people, the principles, diagnoses, and treatments are still a mystery even for those who swear by TCM as a form of treatment or health preservation. How do Chinese physicians know what’s wrong with you just by looking at your tongue? How do they differentiate illnesses and prescribe the right herbal remedy or medication to suit your condition? Do you know that they size you up the minute you walk into the room and have a pretty good idea of your constitution by the time you sit down? This series explores in depth the profound concepts and principles of TCM in order to aid understanding of TCM as a form of treatment and well-being. Comprehensive and laced with anecdotes and fascinating stories of how certain ideas and forces are incorporated into TCM, this series will leave you amazed by its origin and the depth of thinking and its applications.
The Health Culture: Traditional Chinese Medicine in the 21st Century
The People’s Medicine Apart from acupuncture and ginseng, most people are woefully ignorant about Eastern medicine. In fact, Chinese medicine is based on a tradition dating back as much as 2,000 years. This long-standing tradition includes herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, exercise, and therapy through diet. Thought of as alternative medicine in Western countries, this type of treatment is common throughout East Asia, accounting for an estimated 40 percent of all Chinese health care. During the 1950s, China’s government began to enlarge the Chinese medical tradition with modern scientific concepts. Filmed in southwest China, this film takes stock of the many and varied weapons in the average Chinese doctor’s arsenal against illness. A BBC Production. (50 minutes) A BBC Production.

A History of Applied Kinesiology and Touch for Health
This series provides a background of the development of the Touch for Health system.
History of Massage Therapy
This video the history of massage therapy in the United States, featuring interviews with massage therapy experts. It discusses the development and importance of massage as a tool for healing. (34:03 min.)
History of Physical Therapy
This program traces the theoretical foundations of physical therapy as a field. The video discusses the ways in which physical education, advances in medicine, the polio epidemic, and the World Wars influenced the growth of physical therapy. It also discusses applications of physical therapy.
Massage: Age-Old Tradition, Worldwide Phenomenon Age-old tradition or worldwide fashion, massages are a bubble of well-being where one can seclude oneself for a brief moment of time from the whirlwind of the society that we live in today. Stress can cause an increase in tension throughout the body that can lead to anxiety, and massage helps to release this stress and improve balance in the body and mind. As a result, it allows for a more balanced perspective in stressful situations. Whether it be massage on the job to stressed employees or taught to school children or practiced by mothers on their infants, the film travels around the world to look at how massage is practiced today. In northern Thailand blind masseurs are the new stars of this discipline, sought-after for their unique touch due to their blindness. Massage, a fascinating tradition and yet incredibly modern, has become popular the world over. (52 min.)

Alternative Medicine: An Overview Alternative, or complementary, health systems are gradually being integrated into American culture and can now be found in many American physicians’ offices. This program from The Doctor Is In provides an overview of Chinese and Indian medicine, homeopathy, herbalism, naturopathy, and massage. It also examines osteopathy and chiropractic as practices recognized by traditional doctors. The program observes patients who are using one or more of these therapies in their health care, and speaks with several experts including Andrew Weil, a Harvard-trained physician and author of numerous books on integrative health; Dr. Christiane Northrup, an obstetrician/gynecologist and proponent of alternative medicine; Dr. Fredi Kronenberg, director of an alternative medical center at Columbia University; and Nancy Lonsdorf, a physician who practices both Western and the Indian system of Ayurveda in her practice. A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Production. (29 minutes)
Cancer: The Integrative Perspective
This documentary explores holistic and integrative cancer treatments to support patients' strength and quality of life. It demonstrates how to combine conventional tools with evidence-based natural therapies and argues that using both approaches provides medical staff an enhanced tookit to fight the disease. (1:43:56)
Functional Medicine: New Answers to Good Health
Doctors who practice functional medicine focus on holistic, integrative, and nutrition-based treatments rather than drugs. This program features a case study of a woman who turned to a doctor practicing functional medicine when her regular doctor could not find any causes for her symptoms.(1:27 min.)
Green Economy, The: Green Medicine
Words like Naturopath and other less traditional terms to describe the healing process once were shunned by modern medicine and the general public. Today they are much more common and accepted. Procedures like acupuncture are prescribed by doctors routinely nowadays. (20:59 min.)
Home Birth and Alternative Medicine: Two Baby on Board Case Studies Will the use of alternative birthing and pregnancy therapies one day become the norm? No one can say for sure, but more and more young mothers are attracted to birthing methods that avoid medication and traditional allopathic procedures. This program focuses on a couple who are about to have their fifth child and third home birth. Their desire is to have a water birth and the mother plans to use the hypnobirthing technique during labor. Also profiled is a pregnant woman who doesn’t want any medication during labor and is now exploring the benefits of alternative therapies to assist in pain relief. Viewers accompany her as she attends an acupuncture session and prenatal yoga instruction to find out if these options are suitable for her. (24 minutes)

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A career in Massage Therapy can be tough on the body - use these 5 quick stretches before work and/or in between clients to keep your body loose and moving. Want more? We have a complete Functional Stretching Self-Care routine for Massage Therapists in our TruPro Think Tank. (9:19 min.)

Michele Mack, a licensed massage therapist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, explains the differences between therapeutic massage and full-body relaxation massages. In therapeutic massage within a medical setting, the goal is to focus on where you’re experiencing pain, treating that area and figuring out what’s causing the discomfort. (.56 min.)

BBC World Service CrowdScience - Massage has been used for thousands of years to soothe our aches and pains and help us relax. But which techniques are backed up by evidence? (34:21 min.)

Emory University - Dr. Mark Hyman Rapaport - Full Story -- http://bit.ly/SugnxC -- A new study shows there are sustained, cumulative beneficial effects of repeated massage therapy. The effects persist for several days to a week, and differ depending on the frequency of sessions. Study shows frequent massage sessions boost biological benefits http://news.emory.edu/stories/2012/08... Psychiatry Clinical Trials at Emory http://www.psychiatry.emory.edu/resea... Bio: Mark Hyman Rapaport, MD http://www.psychiatry.emory.edu/facul.. (3:20 min.)

With the popularity of massage globally, numerous misconceptions have evolved concerning the practice of massage about what it can and cannot do. This video illustrates the most common myths and facts you might find yourself guilty of... (2:03 min.)

San Francisco School of Massage and Bodywork shares some facts about a career in massage therapy. (1:30 min.)

In this video we look at the differences between Swedish massage and deep tissue massage. We cover the different strokes of Swedish massage and deep tissue massage and their purposes. The benefits of each Swedish massage and the benefits of deep tissue massage. As well as the side effects of Swedish massage and the side effects of deep tissue massage. Download our reference sheet at: getmassagetable.com/swedish-massage-vs-deep-tissue-massage (8:49 min.)

Many massage facilities offer a combination of various techniques customized to your needs. But when comparing types of massage with physical therapy, how do you know which type will best addresses your symptoms? And when should you seek further help? This video the four most popular types of massage compared to physical therapy, and which one might be best for you. (4:59 min.)

Massage is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet or a device. The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain. In European countries, a person professionally trained to give massages is traditionally known as a masseur (male) or masseuse (female). In the United States, these individuals are often referred to as massage therapists, because they must be certified and licensed as "licensed massage therapists". In professional settings, clients are treated while lying on a massage table, sitting in a massage chair or lying on a mat on the floor. There are many different modalities in the massage industry, including (but not limited to): deep tissue, manual lymphatic drainage, medical, sports, structural integration, Swedish, Thai and trigger point. (4:25 min.)

This video gives you an overview of the MBLEx Body Systems exam section. MBLEx Study Guide: https://www.mometrix.com/studyguides/... MBLEx Flashcards: https://www.flashcardsecrets.com/mblex/ For free MBLEx exam practice questions, go to: https://www.mometrix.com/academy/mble... More MBLEx Resources: https://www.mometrix.com/academy/mble... (1:52:01)

Ready to take the MBLEx? This video will provide helpful tips and tools you can use to achieve a positive user experience when taking the MBLEx. (4;34 min.)

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Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight In this series of candid video interviews with professionals across multiple industries, viewers get a no-nonsense account from working professionals on topics such as: keys to success in the field, education and certification requirements, general workplace atmosphere, a typical day on the job, industry-specific challenges, what the future holds, advice for breaking into the profession, and more. A valuable collection of videos that allow students and job seekers the ability to essentially go on “informational interviews” across a wide array of industries and professions.
Creating All-Around Wellness True wellness involves not only physical health, but mental, emotional, spiritual, social, and environmental well-being, too. An engaging blend of interviews and on-screen text and graphics, this stimulating eight-part series puts it all together. 8-part series, 29 minutes each.
Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has come of age, its use and benefits well documented and accepted. However, while terms of TCM are familiar to most people, the principles, diagnoses, and treatments are still a mystery even for those who swear by TCM as a form of treatment or health preservation. How do Chinese physicians know what’s wrong with you just by looking at your tongue? How do they differentiate illnesses and prescribe the right herbal remedy or medication to suit your condition? Do you know that they size you up the minute you walk into the room and have a pretty good idea of your constitution by the time you sit down? This series explores in depth the profound concepts and principles of TCM in order to aid understanding of TCM as a form of treatment and well-being. Comprehensive and laced with anecdotes and fascinating stories of how certain ideas and forces are incorporated into TCM, this series will leave you amazed by its origin and the depth of thinking and its applications.
Healing and the Mind In this series, Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists, and patients – people who are taking a new look at the meaning of sickness and health. In a five-part series of provocative interviews, he discusses their search for answers to perplexing questions: How do emotions translate into chemicals in our bodies? How do thoughts and feelings influence health? How can we collaborate with our bodies to encourage healing?
The Healing Arts From acupuncture to herbal treatments to mind-body techniques and religious faith, this classic nine-part series from the BBC explores the world of alternative and non-Western medicine. Each episode takes viewers inside a particular discipline—and often to a foreign country—in which a wholly unconventional approach to healing has been developed and applied. Experts in the United States, Great Britain, China, and India demonstrate and discuss their methods. Numerous case studies are featured. A BBC Production. Portions with English subtitles, 9-part series, 50 minutes each.
Meridian Allied Health Series Health care is among the fastest-growing areas of employment in America—and while the opportunities are great, there is also plenty of job competition. This three-part series provides much-needed information for high school and vocational college students interested in assistant-level medical careers. It features an overview of the healthcare field and detailed guidance concerning three specific jobs: medical assistant, health information management technician, and physical therapy assistant. Each episode covers what a particular job requires, who it would likely appeal to, and what it offers regarding salary, long-term career prospects, and personal rewards. Viewable/printable instructor guides containing additional material—including student activities, discussion questions, vocabulary terms, and fast facts—are available online. Correlates to national and state board certification standards. A Meridian Production. 3-part series, 20-24 minutes each.
Plant Wars: A Global View of Natural Medicine The future of the pharmaceutical industry seems firmly entrenched in molecular research—but herbalism and other natural healing methods may influence drug production and medical procedures in the years to come. This three-part series investigates the increasing importance of traditional, non-Western approaches to treating and curing diseases—and shows how, in some cases, indigenous cultures and drug manufacturers are at odds regarding the procurement of medicinal plant resources. 3-part series, 52 minutes each.
Understanding Personal Health This two-part series provides multilevel perspectives—individual, community, national, global—on personal health to help young adults see how they fit into the big picture. In addition, practical examples of how viewers can improve their own personal health are included throughout, along with commentary by health care professionals. Though filmed in Australia, the information in these programs has global relevance. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online. 2-part series, 18–26 minutes each.