Our training programs are designed to give you the information you need to tailor your skills, enhance your career, and provide you with the Continuing Education Units (CEUs) required to help keep your licensing current in your state or community. DayBreak pioneered the tailoring of a massage sequence to meet the needs of the aging population. DayBreak was also the first to offer curriculum approved by and registered with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB).
Workshop Schedules
Level 1 and Level 2 workshops are held on weekends to accommodate those who work during the week. However, since the addition of our Zoom class format, we are working to make the session times more convenient to those in time zones different from Pacific Time since our instruction is given live, over a Zoom connection on the internet with hands-on sessions with volunteers intact.
SESSIONS TIMES (Pacific Time Zone)
FRIDAY: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm (3.00 hours)
SATURDAY: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (7.75 hours, plus breaks)
SUNDAY: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (7.25 hours, plus breaks)
SESSIONS TIMES (Pacific Time Zone)
FRIDAY: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm (3.00 hours)
SATURDAY: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (7.75 hours, plus breaks)
SUNDAY: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (7.25 hours, plus breaks)
Level 1 – Geriatric Massage ($500)
This 2-1/2 day weekend workshop is the basis of our training program in Geriatric Massage. It offers 18 CE hours for massage therapists and qualifies for the Level 1 Certificate in Geriatric Massage. By helping participants to gain insight into meaningful work with the elderly, the therapist who likes to work with seniors is put on the path to a massage career that is emotionally satisfying without being physically draining.
This workshop features these topics:
- Physiological, psychological & sociological aspects of aging
- Client assessment, cautions & contraindications, psychological aspects of contact with the elderly and proper medical intake & assessment of the older client
- Modification of standard massage techniques and the development of methods to suit each client’s special needs
- Development of clinical reasoning in the hands-on modification of techniques
- Practical hands-on work with older people who volunteer to be a part of our training sessions
- Establishing a Geriatric Massage practice, including marketing to senior facilities, referral sources, and finding active seniors in the community at large
Level 2 – Advanced Geriatric Massage ($500)
This 2-1/2 day weekend workshop is the next level in our training program in Geriatric Massage. It offers 18 CE hours for massage therapists and qualifies for the Level 2 Certificate in Geriatric Massage. This Advanced Level examines specific illnesses and degenerative conditions which require even further alterations and awareness of physical limitations, medication ramifications, and massage techniques specific to each condition.
Prerequisite: Must have attended the Level 1 Geriatric Massage Workshop within the last (2) years.
This workshop features these topics:
After the workshop, you will be able to:
Prerequisite: Must have attended the Level 1 Geriatric Massage Workshop within the last (2) years.
This workshop features these topics:
- Review of medical terminology and symptoms of the most prevalent age-related health issues and how to select approaches to the diverse afflictions of these degenerative conditions
- Cautions in the positioning of challenged clients in hospital beds, standard beds, wheelchairs, and geriatric chairs
- Specific approaches to massaging people challenged with stroke, diabetes, Parkinson’s, dementia/Alzheimer, arthritis, and those who may be wheelchair- or bed-bound
- Practical hands-on work with older people who volunteer to be a part of our training sessions
- In-depth information on the most common age-related health problems and how to work specifically with each, as well as cautions and contraindications
After the workshop, you will be able to:
- Choose proper techniques for working under the direction of a prescribing physician, but without the need for direct supervision
- Determine how to appropriately work with clients who have various degrees of age-related health concerns, chronic degenerative conditions, and mobility problems
- Be familiar with working in an assisted-living facility, nursing home, and dementia community
