Less-than-1-year Certificate in Swedish Massage Therapy at Alexandria School of Scientific Therapeutics |
Alexandria School of Scientific Therapeutics
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Alexandria School of Scientific Therapeutics is a Private for-profit, 2-year Not applicable with 75 students in Alexandria, IN.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate, Associate degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Mission:
To provide a high quality education for those wishing to learn massage therapy and, thereby, relieve pain and improve the quality of life for all who attend the school or come in contact with its graduates. To enlighten all people to their ability to care for themselves. |
Alexandria School of Scientific Therapeutics
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Swedish Massage Therapy
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The undergraduate program at the Alexandria School consists of a single course of 42 weeks which meets Tuesday and
Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Each day consists of a 1st session break, lunch/supper break and 2nd session break.
Included within our required program is Basic Life Support/CPR.
Students who are currently certified as a First Responder, EMT, or
practicing Nurse; please see our Transfer of Credit Policy.
At the completion of the school year students will have received 672 clock
hours of instruction. A clock hour is defined as 50 minutes of instruction.
Prerequisites for the course are that students graduate from high
school/GED, have a sincere interest in the massage therapy field, and
meet all requirements for admission to the school.
The course includes the following:
• A minimum of 200 hours of anatomy and physiology, including
special instruction on musculo- skeletal anatomy.
• A minimum of 250 hours of training in massage therapy
technique and practice, which includes training in how to give a
complete, full-body Swedish Massage. Seated Massage Class
• A minimum of 100 hours of law and ethics, business, massage history, benefits and contraindication of massage.
• A minimum of 100 hours of training in specific therapeutic modalities and nutrition, including an introduction to
oriental massage techniques.
• 32 hours of Basic Life Support/CPR training.
Objectives for the undergraduate course are as follows:
• To teach the benefits and contraindications of Swedish Massage Therapy.
• To teach the history of Swedish Massage Therapy.
• To teach basic Anatomy and Physiology with supplemental lessons in Musculoskeletal Anatomy.
• To teach students the physiological effects of massage.
• To give students information that will allow them to communicate effectively with other health-care professionals.
• To teach students how to give an effective, full-body, Swedish Massage.
• To give students information on establishing their own businesses.
• To familiarize students with ethical concerns and client-therapist boundaries.
• To teach techniques for assessing clients.
• To teach techniques for properly draping clients to ensure their modesty.
• It is our desire to introduce our students to a wide variety of Modalities, including Hydrotherapy & Hot Rock
Massage (8 hours), Sports-Massage (16 hours), Seated Massage (16 hours), Aromatherapy (16 hours), Infant &
Newborn Massage (16 hours), Geriatric Massage (4 hours), Pre-Natal Massage (4 hours), Manual Lymph Drainage
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(8 hours), Active Isolated Stretching (16 hours), Iridology (16 hours), CranioSacral/Sacral Techniques (8 hours),
Herbology (16 hours), Polarity Techniques (16 hours), Nutrition (woven in with all classes as applicable), & Oriental
Medicine (woven in with various segments, as applicable). This is a total of 160 hours and gives us more than the
amount claimed for specific Therapeutic Modalities, Nutrition & Oriental Massage Techniques.
• To teach therapists to care for themselves through proper body mechanics, appropriate attitude, and balanced
nutrition.
• Courses are administered in a lecture setting with an
Instructor: student ratio of 1:40, and in a practical
work area with an Instructor: student ratio of 1:15.
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