adequate testing, anyone?

[percival]

So this diploma in Anatomy & Physiology I'll be taking?

I've just now checked the syllabus, and I've discovered that questions on the muscular system only count for 10% of the overall mark. (Pass mark is 60%). Equal importance is accorded to the endocrine system and the nervous system, each weighing in at 10%. The all-important respiratory system (increased oxygen intake through massage, anyone?) only counts for 6% of the overall mark, same as the digestive system, which is not only massively complex, but also at the root of many clients' problems, my own included (wise words about protein intake, awelkin: I do have far too few)).

It just ... weirds me out that apparently, you can become a MT without knowing your muscles well. We're not even supposed to learn origin and insertion of each muscle, i.e. where the muscle is attached at both ends.

Ok, I've already decided that I'm more or less going to skip the endocrine system. I've revised it several times, but there's no way I'm spending precious time I took off work learning all those hormones off by heart. I've focussed on the muscles like a madwoman, and it's finally all coming together. Another system I'm going to play by the ear is the urinary system. The reproductive system - well, I'll just rely on the extensive reading done in the past few years.

Onwards and upwards, as they say ...

Comments

[awelkin.livejournal.com]

I do know a thing or two (but only a thing or two) about nutrition. :)

Catherine

[cerise-noir.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in massage therapy but not in necessarily being certified, do you have any books to recommend. I'm tired of hearing that "i've got the touch" from both men and women when i put my hands on their bodies. I must admit i do think often about muscle definition of my 'bodies'... heheee friends that can't sleep etc. I know various techniques and i can usually feel when there's something wrong in the muscles, but i'm interested in going just a little bit further... :D

Any advise?

[perceval.livejournal.com]

What I would recommend is the K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, stupid) guide to massage by Claire Maxwell-Hudson (available in the UK). that was the most useful book I know.

if you want to know more about the muscles and how they work (a necessary prerequisite IMHO), there's this wonderful site:
http://www.getbodysmart.com

you could also IM me (percivalsq on AOL IM) or ask brightfame for my e-mail addy.

all the best,

perceval