About to start ITEC sports massage diploma at city lit

[lotusflower007]

Hello
Yes I know there are better courses out there than the ITEC one but for financial reasons this will have to be my first step into sports massage.

Can someone recomend which books would be best for the course? I already have Chris Jarmey's muscleencyclopedia , had that since doing the holistic. Amazon have quite a few on sports massage. I've already got tonnes of anatomy books.

I'm plan to start to advertising for case studies.

I thought the following would be good ,1bodybuilder,2 Footballer,3 Equestrianist,4 Basketball player,5 Rackets sport player

A runner if I couldn't one of the above, possibly a rubgy player. All depends on what sort of response I get.

I also had the idea of contacting various sports clubs offering my services for free as a learning experience as the massage skills I have now would be usefull to many people .
I've got my holistic diploma and I've done two advanced massage courses. Obviously Iwouldn't be doing things that I'm unsure of and I would explain that I'am a student which means I have to be cautious when it came to certain conditions or injurys.
I am insured as a massage therapist and a memberof the FHT.

Chris

 

[dr_sebby]

Hi Chris,

First of all I'd like to say that I think the City Lit courses are excellent, from my personal experience of doing the City and Guilds Teaching course there.

I did my sports massage course at another London College and our reading list included Mel Cash - Sports Massage book. The book is informative.

It sounds like you have quite a few good ideas about case studies etc.

Hope you enjoy your course.

 

[Plauncveddell]

Thanks for the information I'll have a look at Mel's book.

I travel all the way from Abingdon near Oxford to do courses at City Lit because as you say it's an excellent college and you won't find as many other courses covering as many therapy related subjects anywhere in the country.

You can do everything from Herbal Medicineto Thai massage at an affordable cost.

My local college here in Abingdon is just across the road but I'm avoiding it and in paerticular the man who teaches the sports massage course there.

Probably do the Aromatherapy closer to home as the teacher is excellent for that one.

My course starts on Wednesday evening and goes on for 30 weeks.

So will try and remain calm and why not even better try and enjoy it.

thanks
Chris

EDITED to remove weblink.

 

[Ahmed E]

Hi there

An excellent book is "Sports Injuries - Their Prevention and Treatment" by Lars Peterson and Per Renstrom. This doesn't focus on massage techniques although some are included but mainly on symptoms, tests, diagnosis and all types of treatment - it has very good illustrations and covers virtually every sports injury around.

I've also found the Mel Cash very helpful - good illustrations and guidance on massage techniques.

Good luck!

Melanie

 

[Jennifer Smith]

There are actually two ‘Mel Cash’ books on sports massage:

1) ‘Sports Massage’ by J Ylinen & M Cash (first published 1988)
2) ‘Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy’ by M Cash (first published 1996)

Both are good but the second book is more detailed (284 pages compared to 166) and includes coverage of STR, which isn’t mentioned in the 1988 book.

I agree that the Peterson & Renstrom book is good. The other book I would definitely recommend is ‘Basic Clinical Massage Therapy’ by Clay & Pounds which is superbly illustrated and shows how to treat just about every muscle you are likely to encounter.

Good luck

Alan

 

[Mr.Klaus]

I also have Basic Clinical Massage Therapy and think it's great - it shows you exactly what techniques to use on all muscle groups and superimposes the bones and muscles onto real life photos. Here's a link:

[link]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basic-Clinical-Massage-Therapy-Integrating/dp/0683306537/sr=1-1/qid=1163093281/ref=sr_1_1/026-4958721-8947660?ie=UTF8&s=books[/link]

while looking up this link i see that there's a new book coming out by the same guy in 2007. so may be worthwhile waiting for the updated one.