March 22, Cambridge, ON – The Canadian Sports Massage Therapists Association announces its Pre and Post Event Sport Massage Course to be held at the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy on April 17 and 18, 2010.

This course is ideal for massage therapists, physiotherapists, athletic therapists and sport chiropractors who would like to improve their knowledge and skills of working with athletes in any environment.  It will provide participants with sport massage theory and practical techniques that can be utilized at sporting events, with athletic teams, or in their own clinic setting. The knowledge and practical experience that participants will gain would be of great benefit for anyone working with athletes at any level including those who will be working with athletes at any Major Games or Olympic Games.

Course Content

• Pre-event massage - theory and techniques
• Post-event massage - theory and techniques
• Inter-event massage - theory and techniques
• Event Coverage Protocol
• Anatomical and Physiological considerations
• Psychological Considerations 
• Sport Specific Approaches
• Special Circumstances and Applications of Sport Massage techniques in a  variety of situations 
• Role of a Sport Massage Therapist
• Sport Massage in Canada

Objectives of this Course

 Participants will gain:

• an appreciation for the value of Sport Massage and its similarities or differences to classical massage
• a competency in several basic massage techniques:

compressions, cross-fibre massage, jostling, effleurage and petrissage,

• a competency in the theory and techniques of pre-event, post-event and inter-event Sport Massage
• an effective protocol when covering an athletic event
• a quick and concise method of gathering useful information to make the Sport Massage session more efficient
• an understanding of the specific indications and contraindications for a variety of Sport Massage circumstances
• an understanding of the physiological and psychological effects of Sport Massage

Instructors

Carolyn Caesar ,  RMT, SMT(C) Certified Sport Massage Therapist

A 1998 graduate of Sutherland and Chan Massage College, Carolyn has been doing massage therapy for our National Rowing team since 1998.  Carolyn was selected to the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games and has covered nine World Rowing Championships and nine European Tours.  In addition to this, Carolyn has also traveled with our National Sailing Team and Bobsleigh Team.  Carolyn works full time at physiotherapy on Bay Street in Toronto, ON.  She also has a background in physiology from the University of Western Ontario, has completed her second year at the Canadian College of Osteopathy in Toronto and has recently completed her Acupuncture Certification.

Johanna Thackwray, RMT, BHK, SMT(C) Certified Sport Massage Therapist

Johanna graduated from the Canadian College of Massage & Hydrotherapy in 1993 and followed this with completing her Bachelor of Human Kinetics degree in 1999 from UBC.  Johanna was selected for the Canadian Health Care Team for the 2003 PanAm Games, for the 2005 Francophone Games and most recently for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.  Johanna has been the Massage Therapist for the Canadian Water Ski Team since 2003 and has worked with the Canadian Paralympic Swim Team (SWAD) since 2006.  She has been a Massage Therapist for several International and World Games, both single and multi-sport.  Johanna has also had the privilege of teaching sport massage to physicians and physical therapists in Iran.  Johanna works full time at Manual Concepts Physiotherapy in Guelph, Ontario

For more information on this seminar, including registration details, please visit http://www.csmta.ca/courses.html