Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy is a licensed profession in New York State.  The Massage Therapy degree program prepares students to take the New York State licensure exam, become certified, and enter the profession.  Students use massage techniques to promote relaxation, reduce pain, and treat a variety of medical conditions – all with a goal of wellness and healing.  Swedish’s Massage Therapy degree program students study both Western and Eastern theories and techniques.  Through combined classroom instruction and hands-on practice, our students receive a strong foundation in anatomy and physiology, massage-related pathology, neurology, and kinesiology.  Students enrolled in the Massage Therapy program master their skills in our stress reduction and therapeutic clinics and at community service externships.  Graduates are awarded an Associate in Occupational Studies degree (AOS) as authorized by the New York State Board of Regents.

Featured Books in the Library
Visualizing Muscles
Call Number: 612 COD
ISBN: 070060426X
Pub. Info: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas
Save Your Hands!
Call Number: 615.822 GRE
ISBN: 0967954916
Pub. Info: Coconut Creek, Fla. : Body of Work Books,
Medical Conditions and Massage Therapy – A Decision Tree Approach
Call Number:615.822 WAL
ISBN: 0781769221
Pub. Info: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health /Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Pearson’s Massage Therapy Exam Review
Call Number: RSRV 615.822 GAR
ISBN: 0132741903
Pub. Info:Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, c2013.
Between Heaven and Earth
Call Number: 615.321 BEI
ISBN: 9780345359438:
Pub. Info: New York : Ballantine Books, 1991.

Featured Videos in the Library
Anatomy Trains
Call Number: DVD 611 MYE Pub. Info: Anatomy Trains
Cadaver Video for A&P II
“See what you touch.  Rare visions of the human form explored through dissection.” Gill Hedley, 2005
Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
“A new vision of anatomy” Robert D. Acland, 2000  
Featured Videos Online
ATMA: Understanding Massage Techniques
ATMA: Benefits of Massage Therapy