The Benefits of Distance Learning for Bodyworkers

As a practicing bodyworker you are required to complete CEU  requirements. They are an important aspect of your profession. There is a place in bodywork continuing education for both distance learning and hands on workshops.

As a Manual Therapy educator I have always presented both types of education in my Myoskeletal Therapy Training.  Don’t get me wrong, nothing replaces a workshop for the capacity to actually feel and see first hand the techniques that you learn. We have some of the finest teachers in the profession out there, accessible in many areas of the country. Do not ignore this vital aspect of your education. Each has the same importance in fully understanding and learning manual therapy.

There are some advantages to Home Study, and some valuable courses for manual therapists out there that make it very easy to maintain your CE certification and education while making it a convenient experience.

When you consider a choice between workshops and home study courses for your CEUs, you may consider these benefits when this type of program to your continuing education.

• Expense: If you live far from a convenient workshop, you may have to consider the time and expense of travel and the high gas or airline prices.  Often, not only do you have to pay for transportation, but also lodging and food. With a course that you can do from your home that is not a concern. Our courses also offer fast multiple choice online testing.

• Learn at your own pace.  The live classes may not be scheduled at a convenient time for your busy life.  Home study programs can be taken at your own speed in the comfort of your home, anytime.

• Build your bodywork library:  I personally have a huge library of Massage Therapy education DVDs and textbooks, which I refer to often.  Each time I watch them I pick up a new system or idea from those leaders.  Even when you conclude a course, you will always have those references for your future knowledge.


"Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques is a visual learner’s delight with over three hundred vibrant 3-D anatomy illustrations, human dissection graphics, and photos of Dalton performing each technique. Structurally oriented pain management can be clumsy and time consuming when performed in a typical setting with client draped. Dalton demystifies structural massage bodywork leaving the practitioner with a simple, step-by-step formula for correcting head, neck, visceral, and chronic back pain problems."
Aaron Mattes, MS, LMT Author, Active Isolated Stretching

There are unique and equally important rewards to both types of certification education. I would recommend that you take advantage of both. Each has its place in your ongoing training.

Currently there are two top selling NCBTMB approved home study courses for massage therapists from the Freedom from Pain Institute.  These detailed courses offer pain management techniques for finding and fixing chronic postural pain problems through advanced deep-tissue, joint-stretching and postural therapeutic routines that will elevate your clients to a new level of health. Upon completion you will be awarded a beautiful Certified Myoskeletal Therapist Diploma.

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