Please note that most of our courses require that you are a licensed health
care provider. If you have questions about your eligibility to attend
a massage therapy course, please contact the school at (727) 541-5200
or email ce.tampa@cortiva.com 
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Attention Florida Massage Therapists!
There are new requirements for you to renew your license by the deadline
of August 31, 2009. Continue reading to learn what is required this renewal
period... Renew your Florida Massage Therapy License before August 31,
2009 by attending the following:
- 24 total hours of CEUs from Florida Board of Massage Therapy approved
CEU Providers. *If you are completing your first renewal, you must complete
1 hour of continuing education for each month of licensure.
- At least 12 of these hours must be relevant to and focus on massage
therapy techniques and must be taken in-class.
- 2 hours must be an approved course in Medical Errors.
- 2 hours must be an approved course in Professional Ethics.
- 2 hours must be an approved course in Florida Laws and Rules.
- You must also take a refresher course in HIV/AIDS. This course does not
count toward the 24 hour requirement.
- New licensees are not required to complete the 2 hours Ethics and the
2 Hour Florida Law requirement.
- All courses must be Florida Board of Massage Therapy Approved and must
be completed by August 31, 2009.
Read about our CEU COURSES and REGISTER online today for one of these
great seminars. Online registration is convenient and hassle-free. Call
us for a listing of all our courses between now and August 31st, 2009!
727.541.5200
Orthopedic Assessments of Ankle and Foot with
Steve Jurch
Register Now
Friday, June 26, 2009 / 6:00pm - 8:00pm / 2 hours / $25
Orthopedic assessments are a useful tool for gathering information about
a client to guide a therapist in their treatment. This course examines
orthopedic conditions of the ankle and foot and teaches various orthopedic
assessments used to gather information about those pathologies. This is
a one day 2 hour CE course that combines a dynamic classroom experience
with hands-on sessions. The course will discuss the pathophysiology of
several orthopedic conditions including Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome,
Achilles Tendonitis, Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, and Plantar Fasciitis. For
each condition, the background, key treatment plan components, and orthopedic
assessment techniques will be taught to increase your confidence in addressing
these conditions and will bring immediate results to your practice.
Prerequisites: Participants must have completed
an accredited massage therapy program and have a comfortable working knowledge
of anatomy and physiology.
Please bring: sheet set and towels; writing
utensil, and wear appropriate clothing.
Instructor: Steve Jurch, MA, ATC, LMT -
Steve has over 15 years of experience as a massage therapist and athletic
trainer and holds a Bachelor's degree in nutrition and fitness from Florida
State University and a Master's degree in sports medicine from Murray
State University. He received his massage therapy training at Suncoast
School of Massage Therapy where he specialized in sports massage. Throughout
his career, Steve has had the opportunity to work in some exciting and
challenging settings. He was an athletic training intern with the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers NFL Team and also performed the massage therapy for the
team. He acted as the massage therapist for the Tampa Bay Rowdies Professional
Soccer Team and was involved in Arena Football, Jai-Ali, Professional
Ballet, and college athletics. He has spent the last ten years in Charleston,
SC where he helped to shape the massage therapy industry there. During
his time there, he was in private practice, traveled extensively with
US National Soccer Teams, served as the director of the Massage Therapy
Program at Trident Technical College for eight years as well as being
an adjunct faculty member in the Physical and Occupational Therapy programs
at the Medical University of South Carolina. Hoping to pass on the information
he has gained through his endeavors, Steve has published a textbook on
clinical massage therapy with McGraw-Hill. Most recently, Steve has relocated
to St. Petersburg, joining the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour as the Director
of Massage Therapy, working with the players as well as coordinating the
massage therapy for the entire tour. Through all of his efforts, Steve
hopes to continuously enrich the profession of massage therapy.
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Cervical Headache with Kirsten Snellenburg &
Terri Carvey
Register Now
Saturday, June 27, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 8 hours / $195
Cervical headache is an 8-hour CEU seminar, over a one day covering cervical
headache pathology, assessments and manual therapy techniques. This course
consists of a review of anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry specific
to cervical headaches seen in the clinical setting. Pathologies are discussed
in terms of history, signs, symptoms, and contradictions. Lab follows
with Assessments; including range of motion, muscle testing and special
tests for the condition. Treatments are specific to headaches of the neck
and include Myofascial Release, Decongestive Massage, Friction Massage,
ROM and Muscle Energy Technique. The seminar for cervical headache covered
in both the lecture and lab include:
- Description of cervical headaches
- Review of anatomy of the neck
- Assessment & Treatment protocols
This seminar is approximately 2 hours of classroom lecture and six hours
of practical lab time. Therapists are asked to bring linens, lotion and
pen/pencil for the class. Participants work in groups of two or three
on each other. Students complete on intake and affirm they have no contraindications,
which would prevent them from participating.
Please bring: Sheets, towels, lotion, appropriate
massage attire, writing utensil.
Instructors: Kirsten Snellenburg, DPT,
LMT & Terri Carvey, MA, LMT - Kirsten is a graduate of Eckerd College,
the Humanities Center (1994), and has her Master's Degree in Physical
Therapy from Nova University. She has currently completed her Doctorate
in physical therapy and maintains a private practice. Kirsten also sponsors
several seminars for postgraduate training: Sports Massage, Ultrasound
for the Massage Therapist, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Assessment and
Treatment for the Avid Golfer. She is a former Olympic athlete, Olympic
coach, and is a contributing author for a book on sports therapy. Kirsten
has been a teacher with Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities
Center School of Massage) since 1998.
Terri Carvey, MS, LMT Terri hails from Michigan where she received her
BA from Alma College in 1985 and her MS in Exercise Physiology from Michigan
State University in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, Terri served as Supervisor
of the MSU Sports School. She subsequently moved to Florida and graduated
from The Humanities Center School of Massage in 1991. She currently has
a private practice in Tampa, specializing in sports massage and rehabilitative
techniques. She has received numerous postgraduate trainings in neuromuscular
therapies, myofascial techniques, rehabilitation techniques, sports massage
and visceral manipulation. Terri is currently the lead instructor in the
therapeutic modalities at Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities
Center School of Massage) where she has been an instructor since 1994.
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Shiatsu Massage for Neck and Shoulder Pain: Table
or Futon with Bettye Jo Wray-Fears
Class is Full
Saturday, July 11, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 8 hours / $175
Learn how to work with general neck and shoulder conditions with an eastern
bodywork focus to offer stabilizing and pain reducing techniques in your
western massage or new therapeutic additions to work through clothing.
The class will offer an introductory overview of the energy anatomy of
the meridians, acupressure points and reflex zones that affect the musculoskeletal
system of the upper body. Various palpation, assessment and balancing
techniques of the energetic structure will be demonstrated, reviewed and
practiced. Please wear comfortable clothing that allows for stretching
and movement, and bring sheets and towels; no oils or lotion necessary.
Please bring: Linens, writing utensils,
loose-fitting, comfortable clothes, no jeans.
Instructor: Bettye Jo Wray-Fears, MA, LMT
- Bettye Jo Wray Fears was certified as a shiatsu therapist in Germany
in 1983, and has been practicing massage therapy and instructing in the
United States for the last 20 years. She is currently the director of
the Shiatsu Massage Institute, a continuing education program that offers
over 225 hours of CE credits in shiatsu and eastern medicine focused classes.
Her continued development includes massage therapy training at the Humanities
Center School of Massage in 1988 and licensure in the state of Florida
(MA9418), a certification in a Traditional Chinese Five Element training
with the Traditional Acupuncture Institute in Maryland from 1989-1991,
an international shiatsu instructor certification with the Gemeinschaft
fur Shiatsu im Deutschland in 1995, and an MA degree in Mental Health
Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy in 2007. Her on-going work
with the Shiatsu Institute in Germany led to further training and involvement
in a children's play therapy program called Spiel-Raume and the co-authorship
of a book published in Germany called Spiel-Raume: Die Funf Elemente im
Leben fur Kindern, (Room to Play, the Five Elements in the Lives of Children).
She continues to teach locally and in Germany, and has a private practice
in Tampa specializing in mind-body psychotherapy, child development, play
therapy, individual, child, parent, and couples counseling, and integrative
shiatsu therapy.
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Sports Injury: Shoulder and Upper Extremity with
Kirsten Snellenburg and Terri Carvey
Register Now
Saturday, July 18, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 8 hours / $195
Shoulder & Upper Extremity is a 8-hour CE seminar, over a one-day
period covering pathologies, assessment and performance massage. The Shoulder
& Upper Extremity seminar consists of a review of anatomy, physiology,
and biochemistry specific to the orthopedic condition seen in clinical
settings. Pathologies are discussed in terms of history, signs, symptoms,
and contradictions. Lab follows with Assessments; including active/passive
range of motion, muscle testing and special tests for different conditions.
Treatments are specific to pathologies and include Myofascial Release,
Decongestive Massage, Friction Massage, Muscle Energy Technique and Proprioceptive
Neuromuscular Facilitation. Given enough time, class ends with case studies,
which are to be evaluated by participants, who then develop treatment
protocols. The Shoulder & Upper Extremity Conditions covered in both
the lecture and lab include:
- Rotator Cuff Strain
- Impingement Syndrome
- Pectoralis Minor Syndrome
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Elbow Strain/Sprain
- Wrist Sprain
- Tennis Elbow and Golfers Elbow
This seminar is approximately two hours of classroom lecture and six hours
of practical lab time. Therapists are asked to bring linens, lotion and
pen/pencil for the class. Participants work in groups of two or three
on each other. Students complete on intake and affirm they have no contradications,
which would prevent them from participating.
Please bring: Sheets, towels, lotion, appropriate
massage attire, writing utensil.
Instructors: Kirsten Snellenburg, DPT,
LMT & Terri Carvey, MS, LMT - Kirsten is a graduate of Eckerd College,
the Humanities Center (1994), and has her Master's Degree in Physical
Therapy from Nova University. She has currently completed her Doctorate
in physical therapy and maintains a private practice. Kirsten also sponsors
several seminars for postgraduate training: Sports Massage, Ultrasound
for the Massage Therapist, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Assessment and
Treatment for the Avid Golfer. She is a former Olympic athlete, Olympic
coach, and is a contributing author for a book on sports therapy. Kirsten
has been a teacher with Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities
Center School of Massage) since 1998.
Terri hails from Michigan where she received her BA from Alma College
in 1985 and her MS in Exercise Physiology from Michigan State University
in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, Terri served as Supervisor of the MSU Sports
School. She subsequently moved to Florida and graduated from The Humanities
Center School of Massage in 1991. She currently has a private practice
in Tampa, specializing in sports massage and rehabilitative techniques.
She has received numerous postgraduate trainings in neuromuscular therapies,
myofascial techniques, rehabilitation techniques, sports massage and visceral
manipulation. Terri is currently the lead instructor in the therapeutic
modalities at Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities Center
School of Massage) where she has been an instructor since 1994.
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Flexibility I with Jeff McConnell
Class is Full
Saturday - Sunday, July 25 - 26, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:30pm / 14 hours / $195
This course is designed to teach the L.M.T. how to safely stretch the
muscles of the shoulders, hips, and knees using an active isolated movement.
This method of stretching uses reciprocal innervation/inhibition of the
appropriate muscles while isolating the movement to a single joint and
single plane of movement. The participants will learn how to safely assist
their clients in performing these stretches, thereby augmenting whatever
bodywork that the L.M.T. may already be providing. Knowing how to lengthen
muscle and fascial tissue that has shortened enables one to assist the
client into a more balanced and erect posture, thus reducing the stress
on the postural muscles. Not only can this form of stretching be used
to treat various musculo-skeletal problems, it can also be used as a preventative
tool to help avoid injuries and as a means to enhance an athletes' performance.
Please bring: Sheets, towels, lotion, appropriate
massage attire, writing utensil.
Instructor: Jeff McConnell, AP, LMT - In
the summer of 1988, Jeff's health career began when he graduated from
the Suncoast School of Massage Therapy in Tampa, Florida. He was fortunate
to land a job at the Aaron Mattes Rehabilitation Center in Sarasota. The
training and experience that he received working there led to a teaching
position back at Suncoast, where he has taught his students how to correctly
apply Aaron's unique form of stretching. For the next sixteen years or
so he continued to teach at Suncoast II (new name), practiced massage
at his clinic in St. Pete, and after becoming a continuing education provider
for the State of Florida in 1996, he taught seminars in flexibility training,
sports massage, and Reiki. Jeff ended up attending the East West College
of Natural Medicine in Sarasota. In December of 2005, he graduated with
a Masters Degree in Oriental Medicine and a Bachelor Degree in Health
Sciences. In January of 2006, he traveled to Bejing, China for advanced
training in Traditional Chinese Medicine at China's top army hospital.
Jeff McConnell is a Board Certified, licensed acupuncture physician. At
his clinic he offers a variety of modalities from both East and West.
Among these are acupuncture, massage therapy, assisted stretching, Shiatsu,
Reiki, and Chinese cupping.
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Flexibility I with Jeff McConnell
Class is Full
Saturday - Sunday, August 1 - 2, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:30pm / 14 hours / $195
This course is designed to teach the L.M.T. how to safely stretch the
muscles of the shoulders, hips, and knees using an active isolated movement.
This method of stretching uses reciprocal innervation/inhibition of the
appropriate muscles while isolating the movement to a single joint and
single plane of movement. The participants will learn how to safely assist
their clients in performing these stretches, thereby augmenting whatever
bodywork that the L.M.T. may already be providing. Knowing how to lengthen
muscle and fascial tissue that has shortened enables one to assist the
client into a more balanced and erect posture, thus reducing the stress
on the postural muscles. Not only can this form of stretching be used
to treat various musculo-skeletal problems, it can also be used as a preventative
tool to help avoid injuries and as a means to enhance an athletes' performance.
Please bring: Sheets, towels, lotion, appropriate
massage attire, writing utensil.
Instructor: Jeff McConnell, AP, LMT - In
the summer of 1988, Jeff's health career began when he graduated from
the Suncoast School of Massage Therapy in Tampa, Florida. He was fortunate
to land a job at the Aaron Mattes Rehabilitation Center in Sarasota. The
training and experience that he received working there led to a teaching
position back at Suncoast, where he has taught his students how to correctly
apply Aaron's unique form of stretching. For the next sixteen years or
so he continued to teach at Suncoast II (new name), practiced massage
at his clinic in St. Pete, and after becoming a continuing education provider
for the State of Florida in 1996, he taught seminars in flexibility training,
sports massage, and Reiki. Jeff ended up attending the East West College
of Natural Medicine in Sarasota. In December of 2005, he graduated with
a Masters Degree in Oriental Medicine and a Bachelor Degree in Health
Sciences. In January of 2006, he traveled to Bejing, China for advanced
training in Traditional Chinese Medicine at China's top army hospital.
Jeff McConnell is a Board Certified, licensed acupuncture physician. At
his clinic he offers a variety of modalities from both East and West.
Among these are acupuncture, massage therapy, assisted stretching, Shiatsu,
Reiki, and Chinese cupping.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Kirsten Snellenburg
and Terri Carvey
Register Now
Saturday, August 8, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 8 hours / $195
This is an 8-hour CEU seminar, over one day covering the conditions of
Carpal tunnel Syndrome, Pronator Teres Syndrome, and Epicondylitis pathologies.
This course consists of a review of anatomy, and physiology specific to
muscles, joints and commons conditions seen in clinical settings. Basic
pathologies and injuries are discussed in terms of history, signs, symptoms,
and contradictions. Lab assessment will include the basics of active/passive
range of motion, and how to apply muscle testing for the elbow, forearm,
and wrist as well as special orthopedic tests. Manual applications will
include decongestive massage techniques, myofascial release techniques,
neuromuscular and drag techniques. This seminar is both lecture and practical
lab time application of techniques. Therapists are asked to bring linens,
lotion and pen/pencil for the class. Participants work in groups of two
or three on each other. Students complete on intake and affirm they have
no contraindications, which would prevent them from participating.
Please bring: Sheets, towels, lotion, appropriate
massage attire, writing utensil.
Instructors: Kirsten Snellenburg, DPT,
LMT & Terri Carvey, MS, LMT - Kirsten is a graduate of Eckerd College,
the Humanities Center (1994), and has her Master's Degree in Physical
Therapy from Nova University. She has currently completed her Doctorate
in physical therapy and maintains a private practice. Kirsten also sponsors
several seminars for postgraduate training: Sports Massage, Ultrasound
for the Massage Therapist, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Assessment and
Treatment for the Avid Golfer. She is a former Olympic athlete, Olympic
coach, and is a contributing author for a book on sports therapy. Kirsten
has been a teacher with Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities
Center School of Massage) since 1998.
Terri hails from Michigan where she received her BA from Alma College
in 1985 and her MS in Exercise Physiology from Michigan State University
in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, Terri served as Supervisor of the MSU Sports
School. She subsequently moved to Florida and graduated from The Humanities
Center School of Massage in 1991. She currently has a private practice
in Tampa, specializing in sports massage and rehabilitative techniques.
She has received numerous postgraduate trainings in neuromuscular therapies,
myofascial techniques, rehabilitation techniques, sports massage and visceral
manipulation. Terri is currently the lead instructor in the therapeutic
modalities at Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities Center
School of Massage) where she has been an instructor since 1994.
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Bamboo Fusion with Nathalie Cecilia
Register Now
Saturday - Sunday, August 15 - 16, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 16 hours /
$449 $399!
Bamboo-Fusion™... is an innovative way to provide Swedish or deep
tissue full body massage on the table while reducing the stress on your
hands. You will learn a new way to effleurage and petrissage with "warmed"
bamboo/rattan tools that are different shapes and sizes.
By introducing a new tool, you will increase the amount of clients you
can apply deep tissue to, give longer sessions without fatigue, and it
will also save your thumbs and wrists from repetitive use injuries.
Bamboo-Fusion is a new exciting and fun way to deliver an exotic luxury
treatment your clients will love! *Bamboo tools and DVD, a $150.00 value,
are included!
Please bring: Bolster or pillow, sheet
set, and face cradle cover.
Instructor: Nathalie Cecilia, LMT - Born
in Nimes, a Roman city located in Provence (South France), Nathalie Cecilia
is your Bamboo Massage Therapy instructor. With a master's degree in Philosophy
and Languages from the Universitee Des Lettres De Montpellier, she began
her career as a teacher and a translator.
Traveling from the age of 16 around Europe--and later around the world--she
pursued her passion for discovering new horizons, and crossed the Atlantic
in order to explore the United States and experience life here. It was
here that she decided to change her career.
Keeping her goal to help people in mind, she attended the Sarasota School
of Massage Therapy. Three months following her graduation in 2004, she
opened Two Touch Company--a Thai studio and massage therapy office in
Sarasota, Florida. Many of Nathalie's clients were asking for deep tissue
treatment. She soon began to experience pain and fatigue in her hands
and wrists. When she started using bamboo to assist her with deep tissue
work, she noticed that her pain subsided and her clients loved it.
She developed an innovative way to give bamboo massage on the table (Bamboo-Fusion)
and in the chair, meanwhile creating her own bamboo set to give the massage.
Her goal today is to help therapists provide deep massage without hurting
themselves. This technique aids in avoiding repetitive injuries, such
as carpal tunnel, and reduces the stress on thumbs, wrists and hands.
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Sports Injury: Neck and Back with Kirsten Snellenburg
and Terri Carvey
Register Now
Saturday, August 22, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 8 hours / $195
Neck & Back is an 8-hour CE seminar, over a one-day period covering
pathologies, assessment and performance massage. The Neck & Back seminar
consists of a review of anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry specific
to the orthopedic condition seen in clinical settings. Pathologies are
discussed in terms of history, signs, symptoms, and contradictions. Lab
follows with Assessments; including active/passive range of motion, muscle
testing and special tests for different conditions. Treatments are specific
to pathologies and include Myofascial Release, Decongestive Massage, Friction
Massage, Muscle Energy Technique and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation.
Given enough time class ends with case studies, which are to be evaluated
by participants who then develop treatment protocols.
Please bring: Sheets, towels, lotion, appropriate
massage attire, writing utensil.
Instructors: Kirsten Snellenburg, DPT,
LMT & Terri Carvey, MS, LMT - Kirsten is a graduate of Eckerd College,
the Humanities Center (1994), and has her Master's Degree in Physical
Therapy from Nova University. She has currently completed her Doctorate
in physical therapy and maintains a private practice. Kirsten also sponsors
several seminars for postgraduate training: Sports Massage, Ultrasound
for the Massage Therapist, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Assessment and
Treatment for the Avid Golfer. She is a former Olympic athlete, Olympic
coach, and is a contributing author for a book on sports therapy. Kirsten
has been a teacher with Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities
Center School of Massage) since 1998.
Terri hails from Michigan where she received her BA from Alma College
in 1985 and her MS in Exercise Physiology from Michigan State University
in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, Terri served as Supervisor of the MSU Sports
School. She subsequently moved to Florida and graduated from The Humanities
Center School of Massage in 1991. She currently has a private practice
in Tampa, specializing in sports massage and rehabilitative techniques.
She has received numerous postgraduate trainings in neuromuscular therapies,
myofascial techniques, rehabilitation techniques, sports massage and visceral
manipulation. Terri is currently the lead instructor in the therapeutic
modalities at Cortiva Institute – Florida (formerly Humanities Center
School of Massage) where she has been an instructor since 1994.
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