About Dr. Mally
Dr. James Mally is a massage teacher, educational content producer, and creator of MassageLibrary.com. He has been doing massage professionally since 1976 and teaching massage classes since 1979. His initial training was a 1000-hour massage program at Lindsey Hopkins School in Miami. He later attended Bastyr University in Seattle where he graduated as a Naturopathic Doctor in 1984.
In 1990 he founded Healing Arts Institute, a California state-approved massage therapy school. He owned and directed the school until 2011, and graduated over 3000 massage therapists during that time.
He produced his first massage video, Deep Tissue Massage, in 1996. The video employed a 3-D computer skeleton and is believed to be the first massage video to use 3-D computer graphics. He went on to produce other videos (now DVDs) and workbooks on Sports Massage, Swedish Massage, Side Lying Massage, and Massage Cupping. These DVDs and workbooks are being used in massage schools worldwide. His Side Lying Massage DVD has been translated into Japanese and is very popular in Japan.
Dr. Mally sold his massage school in 2011 so he could have more time to see massage clients and to develop, practice, and refine massage techniques. He operates a teaching practice where he works with massage therapists and their problem clients, sharing assessment techniques and strategies to help the clients. Selling the school also allowed Dr. Mally to travel more to teach his workshops internationally, do more DVD production, and to develop an online massage library at www.massagelibrary.com.
Dr. Mally was inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Deep Tissue Massage – Lower Body – Roanoke, VA
March 5, 2019@9:00 am-March 6, 2019@6:00 pm
$300.00Deep tissue massage is one of the most in-demand modalities.
When proper techniques and body mechanics aren’t used, giving a deep tissue massage can be rough on the therapist.
Work Smarter – Not Harder
This comprehensive workshop covers many techniques for working deeper and more effectively with clients. With each technique, we’ll focus on proper body mechanics to ease the strain of applying extra pressure. Students are often surprised to find that doing deep tissue massage can be easier than Swedish massage, because of the use of leverage and body mechanics.
Explore Treatment Options for Common Conditions
You’ll learn specialized techniques to treat a variety of conditions, including:
Lower Body:
• Low back pain
• Sciatic pain
• Menstrual cramps
• Leg Length imbalances
• Knee Pain
• Plantar Fasciitis
Optimize Learning with a How-To Guide
How many times have you taken a class and forgot part of it after you left? We want these skills to stick! You’ll receive a workbook with photos and details of the techniques. The workbook will help with learning the concepts in class, and it also makes it easier to review the techniques afterward.
($300 + $20 materials)
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