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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ki24JVkgU&t=3s Program Director Mike Hovi gives some tips to Massage Therapists beginning their clinical massage program. The SOMA Institute offers 11 month and 15 month Clinical Massage Therapy programs designed to accommodate busy schedules. The 11 month program students attend class 2 full days a week while the 15 month month students attend class all…
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The Benefits of Career Services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUt4ndpHvg Join Keeton Phillips as he details some of the many services the Soma Institute's Career Services can offer current students and alumni alike. In addition, the Soma Institute's employment page list curated listings to help current students and graduates alike in their job search.
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4 Myths About Pain, Pain Receptors and Pain Relief
[caption id="attachment_5690" align="alignnone" width="300"] Pain should not be ignored[/caption] If you’ve been alive for any amount of time (and if you’re reading this, you have been), you’ve felt physical pain at some point in your life. The sensations we know as pain are the results of nerves sending signals to our brains in response to…
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Kinesiology Tape: What It Is, How It Works and Why Use Is Growing
You may have noticed college and professional athletes wearing tape, often bright in color, on their arms, legs and other extremities. That’s no ordinary medical tape they’re wearing. It is kinesiology tape, also referred to as kinesio tape, and it’s a light, elastic tape used for pain relief and other health benefits proponents believe…
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7 Self-Care Strategies for Massage Therapists
One for All and All for One from the AMTA Like other health care providers, massage therapists are often guilty of burning the candle at both ends. Between packed schedules, caring for clients and an overzealous desire to build a stronger career, sometimes even the smallest reprieve is mistaken as slacking off. In fact, Jim…
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