California Massage Therapy Training

California Massage Therapy Training and Certification

California Healing Arts College is approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE), to offer the following programs:

Massage Therapist - Technician CN100
Massage Therapist - Practitioner CN150
Massage Therapist - Professional CN300
Massage Therapist - Advanced Professional CN500
Massage Therapist - Master CN650
Massage Therapist - Advanced Master CN1000

Presently, California Healing Arts College offers the following two Massage Therapy Training and Certification programs.
  recognized by its accrediting agency, the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT):

Massage Therapist - Master CN650
Massage Therapist - Practitioner CN150 

California Healing Arts College is able to offer Federal Financial Assistance to students who qualify, for the following one academic year, 48 week, 720 hour, two semester credit hour program:

Massage Therapist - Master CN650

MASSAGE THERAPY TRAINING - MASTER CN650

The 720 clock hour (33 Semester Credit) Massage Therapy - Master course provides additional training in Deep Tissue Therapy, Sports, Oscillation, Shiatsu, massage theory, and practical experience far beyond the basic Practitioner level, and thoroughly prepares the student for work in any clinical massage environment. This level of massage therapy training is designed to prepare the student for most individual city and county licensing requirements in California, and for an experienced level of employment in chiropractic and medical clinics, and health clubs and beauty salons. Students are eligible to apply for the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Exam (NCBTMB) in Massage Therapy upon completion of this course. This massage therapy training and certification program is limited to 24 students respectively in day and evening sections and is most often completed in 48 weeks, divided equally between 2 semesters. Most students build up their private clientele within a two-year period.

 

Sequence and course hours for Massage Therapist CN650 are as follows:

Subject Clock hours
First Semester
24 Weeks (360 Clock Hours) 16.5 Credits
MT - PRACTITIONER CN150 150
DEEP TISSUE 100
OSCILLATION 50
CLINICAL STUDIES ORIENTATION 10
CLINICAL STUDIES PROGRAM 50
Second Semester
24 Weeks (360 Clock Hours) 16.8 Credits
CLINICAL STUDIES PROGRAM 90
BUSINESS ETHICS & PRACTICE II 12
SHIATSU 100
SPORTS MASSAGE 50
ADVANCED ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY 75
PATHOLOGY 21
KINESIOLOGY 8
HYDROTHERAPY 4
TOTAL CLOCK HOURS 720

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MASSAGE THERAPIST - PRACTITIONER CN150 (Part of CN650)

The 150 clock hour Massage Therapist - Practitioner course provides a thorough introduction to Massage Therapy through learning basic anatomy and physiology of the human body, and by application and learning of Swedish and other forms of massage. These other forms include Reflexology, In-Office massage, Introductory Deep-Tissue massage, Introductory Sports Massage and Oscillation therapy. This level of training is designed exclusively for International Students, who wish to explore the school before entry into the professional CN650 program described above. Enrollment is limited to 8 students per class, and the program is completed in just eight weeks.

Sequence and course hours for Massage Therapist – Practitioner CN150 are as follows:

Subject Clock hours
MASSAGE HISTORY & THEORY 5
HYGIENE 1
IN-OFFICE MASSAGE 8
FOOT REFLEXOLOGY 8
ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY 37
SWEDISH MASSAGE 60
ESSENTIAL OILS 4
BASIC NUTRITION 4
OSCILLATION 4
DEEP TISSUE THERAPY 4
BUSINESS ETHICS AND PRACTICE 3
CPR & FIRST AID 8
SPORTS MASSAGE 4
TOTAL CLOCK HOURS 150

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