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 develop an online massage library at www.massagelibrary.com.

Dr. Mally is approved by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Provider # 451329-10

Dr. Mally was inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame in 2018.

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Trigger Point Therapy and Counterstrain – Spencer, Iowa

Master the Art of Painless Trigger Point Release!

Are you tired of treatments that hurt as much as the injury? If you have experienced trigger point work, you know how intense and painful the sessions can be. Fortunately, there is a better way.

Join us to discover how Strain-Counterstrain (Positional Release) works synergistically with trigger point therapy to make your treatments painless and significantly more effective. By mastering these positioning principles, you can break the pain-spasm cycle and facilitate rapid recovery for any part of the body.

In this workshop, you will learn:

– Expert Identification: Quickly find different types of trigger points.
– Pain Pattern Mapping: Master commonly referred pain patterns to target the root cause.
– The “No-Pain” Protocol: Learn precise client positioning to eliminate discomfort during treatment.
– Enhanced Body Mechanics: Protect your own longevity with techniques that make this work easier for you.

Trigger points are a leading cause of musculoskeletal pain. This workshop gives you the tools to help your clients become truly pain-free.

Registration Includes:

– Extensive technical notes to support your practice long after the class ends.
– Hands-on training in a professional environment.

What to Bring: Please wear athletic attire to fully participate in the hands-on demonstrations.

Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your practice and provide the relief your clients have been searching for!

($200 plus $10 materials fee)

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For information and registration, please visit https://ce.iowalakes.edu/ce_program/massage-therapy-classes/