Saturday, April 17, 2010

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Today, becoming a professional massage therapist may be as little as 300 class hours* away. (Curriculum requirements vary from state to state.) Depending on the state in which you reside and the particular field of bodywork you are pursuing, massage therapy education courses typically include basic studies in Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, sports massage, pathology, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology and range of motion. In addition, some massage therapy education courses supplement training with general business management classes.

While many schools and colleges offer physical therapy continuing education, did you know that there a number of alternative and complementary medicine schools that provide supplementary training in the healing arts as well? For example, physical therapists who are seeking new ways and holistic approaches to physical therapy treatments are pleasantly surprised that some learning institutes offer Tai Chi, Qigong and massage modalities as an alternative to mainstream medicine therapies.

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I have to laugh when I think of the times I watched the television program, "Flash Gordon," as he putted through outer space in his make-believe space ship, talking on his make-believe wireless radio, and dressed in his make-believe space suit. Well, I'm not laughing anymore. Today we have shuttled astronauts into outer space, have men living in a Space Station, have space suites that take your temperature and gauge your heart rate, and wireless communication devices that send pictures to Planet Earth. Far fetched from reality? Not anymore.

Take just a quick look at the effects of the past half-century's attempted educational reforms and it's clear the American public school system has been in decline for the last 50 years, says author and retired educator Renato Nicolai. In his eye-opening new book, "The Nightmare That Is Public Education: An Exposé of What Really Happens in Public Schools," Dr. Nicolai gives his assessment of public education, based on 38 years of experience as a teacher and school administrator. "The public education system is rooted in the false notion that all teachers are qualified educators who can be trusted to make good decisions, follow school district rules and regulations, work together in a spirit of collegiality, promote the welfare of students as a priority, and generally, do what is just, moral and professional," Nicolai says. "This description is simply not true."