22248VIC
Completion of this course enables qualified remedial massage therapists to practise as myotherapists in their own practice, or as members of a health clinic.
Formal training for a Myotherapist consists of a suite of qualifications which includes:
• HLT40312 Certificate IV in Massage Therapy Practice;
• HLT50307 Diploma of Remedial Massage (both available in HLT07 - Health Training Package); and the accredited course
• 22248VIC Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy.
The competencies achieved from the Certificate IV (or their equivalent) are a prerequisite to entry into the Diploma qualification. Likewise the competencies gained from the Diploma (or their equivalent) are a prerequisite to the 22248VIC Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy.
16 Approved RTOs can be found as at 29/12/2016 by clicking on the link below - :
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22316VIC
Completion of this course enables qualified Remedial Massage Therapist to practise as a Myotherapist in their own practice, or as a member of a health clinic
The vocational outcomes of the Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy are to:
• Establish and manage a myotherapy practice; including business skills and legal compliance.
• Manage health risks in a myotherapy environment; including aspects of health risk analysis, personal and premises hygiene, as well as infection prevention and control.
• Work effectively within a myotherapy framework; including working within clinic and regulation guidelines, achieving quality standards, preparing client education and health strategies, as well as ongoing performance development and working with other services/networks.
• Perform myotherapy clinical assessment; including accurately gathering and interpreting information to assess a client’s condition in order to provide myotherapy treatment.
• Plan myotherapy treatment strategy; including negotiating with the client.
• Provide myotherapy treatment according to the techniques and practices of a myotherapy framework.
• Provide myofascial dry needling treatments.
• Source and evaluate relevant research information and apply findings to own myotherapy clinical practice
• Employ communication techniques to establish, build and maintain relationships with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders.
Formal training for a Myotherapist requires the completion of a Diploma of Remedial Massage (from the HLT Training Package) and the Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy. The competencies gained from completion of the Diploma of Remedial Massage are, therefore, a requirement for entry to the Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy.
1 approved RTOs can be found as at 29/12/2016 by clicking on the link below -:
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21150 - Australian College of Fitness and Bodywork Pty Ltd
https://acfb.edu.au
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This qualification reflects the role of massage therapists who provide general health maintenance treatments. It does not reflect the role of a remedial massage therapist. Practitioners may be self-employed or work within a larger health service.
To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 80 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency.
There are 65 RTOs currently listed as at 29/12/2016
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Applications from all RTOs listed are welcome to join MAA at Accredited Therapeutic Level of Professional Membership.
PLEASE NOTE 1. : Health Funds do not accept any graduate who has obtained their Certificate by 100% Distance Learning - If 100% distance learning was your mode of choice delivery please apply for General/Health & Wellbeing membership.
PLEASE NOTE 2.: If you received your Certificate via the Recognition Pathway - assessment only referred to as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) - your Certificate IS accepted for Professional Accredited Therapeutic Membership Level.
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