Gua Sha Assisted Massage (IASTM)

Name: Gua Sha Assisted Massage (IASTM)
Start: 2024-06-29T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-06-29T12:00:00-05:00
Location: 1110 E Agency St, Burlington, IA 52601-4304, United States

Schedule

Sat Jun 29 2024 at 08:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1110 E Agency St, Burlington, IA 52601-4304, United States | Burlington, IA

Gua Sha Assisted Massage brings the tradition of Gua Sha into the massage session. Join me to learn how to immediately increase your effectiveness while decreasing your effort in every session. Gua means to scrape and Sha is the redness or rash that is created. In the massage session the redness does occur but typically with minimal to no bruising. So, don't let Google images concern you, rarely are clients bruised when the tool is applied as an adjunct to massage therapy. Rather, what you will find is how much your effectiveness is increased. Therapists and their clients are delighted with the simplicity of adding this valuable tool immediately into their practice and improving outcomes. Clients have nicknamed the tool the, "magic eraser" because of how quickly the affect of adhesions are reduced.
In this course you will learn the historical use and application of Gua Sha and how that relates to it's application in a massage therapy session. You will understand how to correctly hold the tool using minimal effort and good body mechanics while employing the tool within a session. Students will identify the massage techniques used in the application of Gua Sha. Students will understand how to incorporate Gua Sha safely and effectively into any massage session. In addition, by the end of the workshop students will know ways to utilize Gua Sha in self-care.