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Geriatric Massage

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The purpose of this group is to connect, inform and inspire one another on topics related to geriatric massage therapy.

Members: 88
Latest Activity: Aug 1, 2018

Started by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB Jun 2, 2016.

Started by maggie armour. Last reply by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB May 19, 2011.

Started by Angela Huffhines. Last reply by Angela Huffhines Sep 1, 2010.

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Comment by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB on September 9, 2009 at 7:15am: AUTUMN ROSE ELEGY
by Mevlana Jelalud-din Rumi

You’ve gone to the sacred world.
Which way is it?

You broke the cage and flew.
You heard the drum that calls you home.
You left this humiliating shelf, this disorienting desert
Where we’re given wrong directions.

What use now a crown?
You’ve become the sun!
No need for a belt; you’ve slipped out of our waist!

I have heard that near the end you were eyes looking at soul.
No looking now… You live inside the soul!

You’re the strange autumn rose that led the winter wind in by withering.
You’re rain soaking everywhere from cloud to ground.

No bother of talking.
Flowing silence and sweet sleep beside The Friend!

Comment by Ann Catlin on August 31, 2009 at 1:20pm: Hi Noreen! Our paths continue to cross and I wish you luck on finding folks for your class.

Comment by noreen zakrajsek on August 8, 2009 at 12:34pm: There is a weekend workshop coming up at the end of august for intro. to geriatric massage .plus Indian Head massage.
It Will be held in Indiana, put on by Daybreak Geriatric massage. I am thinking of attending.
If I can get at least 6-8 people interested in attending a workshop in Northern Michigan.
I have a retirement home here that would be perfect to host this. Daybreak Geriatric would come to teach the course.
Is there people out there with this interest?
Please contact me. This is a great population of people to work on.
Looking forward to your input.
Noreen

Comment by Susan G. Salvo on August 5, 2009 at 3:44am: Geriatric massage is essentially adapting massage to the elderly population. The main consideration is your client’s current health status (which includes medication use) and to adapt your massage according.

Although several workshop programs exist in geriatric massage, the most attended are offered through Day-Break, Comfort Touch, and Compassionate Touch.

In Modalities for Massage and Bodywork (publish by Elsevier), I contributed the chapter on Geriatric Massage. If you have any specific questions, I’ll try to answer them.

Comment by Darcy Neibaur on August 4, 2009 at 9:31pm: I have been involved in Geriatric care since I was 17. I know nothing of Geriatric massage and would like to learn.