Anatomy and physiology group

Its increasingly more important for massage therapist's to revise and keep up to speed their A+P knowledge.

Is A&P Important For Students To Know?

An argument right now, going on with the BOK discussion is that, " Students don't need to take these classes to do massage."

What do you think? Is it important for students to learn this information?
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    Mike Hinkle

    Read this and more at http://www.massageprofessionals.com/group/bodyofknowledge/forum/top...

    You will be surprised! Now they say licensing is only because of prostitution!
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    Gloria Coppola

    Absolutely, if for no other reason than to learn how we as individuals function in this amazing and incredible human machine. After teaching A&P for several semesters I became even more amazed about our body on so many different levels.
    Yes, we need to learn it, as a matter of fact we should probably learn more of it.

    Now, I'm not saying one can't perform massage just because they don't know it. And I do know many are extremely intuitive, which I also encourage in students...however, why wouldn't you want to know about this miracle?

    It's ridiculous to ask this question? If we are considered the fastest growing health field - would we ask if doctors and nurses really need a&p? For real, are they really arguing about this! OMG!

    Most clients are more educated about their bodies than many therapists out there. We better know how to respond and answer their questions.
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    Mike Hinkle

    Hello Henry,

    This is really is the underlying and persistent problem. Standards must be set.

    Henry Hardnock said:
    this is a very important subject, so excuse me for adding in again. I was at an advanced class on using muscle energy techniques to adjust a single rotated vertebra or a group of side bent or "C " curved vertebra and the instructor was talking about certain muscles that he balances in his protocal when a student said "please slow down I do not know all of these muscle you are talking about."

    She said the shcool she went to taught very little on muscles. I had another student who had gone through 600 hours in another state and was in school to get accepted into Texas requirements. She elected to attend the entire shcool session. (at that time it was 300 hrs) when she took her bones test she didnt do well.

    I talked with her and she said "we didnt study bones very much, we did more hands on work than anything." I wonder sometimes how students pass the state board tests based on some of the things i have heard about other schools. I also think it is up to the student to take responsibility to study on their own in cases such as the above mentioned.