Building a strong treatment foundation means long-term clinical success

There's nothing worse than having a patient come to you for help and you're completely stuck and overwhelmed on how to do that.

Our MG Foundations course will set you on the right track for treating sensitive areas like breasts, chests and abdomens with professionalism and empathy, blending the "art & science" of massage therapy into our unique "MG approach" to breast care. 

What are you going to learn in the MG Foundations course?

Top outcome:

After this course you will be able to safely offer therapeutic breast massage for healthy breasts with evidence-informed massage therapy.

Overview:

Here we start you off right as you open your practice to supporting women's and transgender health, oncology massage and surgical support. 

You believe in starting at the beginning so you can learn all you are able to better your massage therapy practice, improve hand-skills and clinical confidence, as well as know you are treating within your scope professionally and ethically. 

We combine evidence-informed techniques and anatomy with ethical human-centric care for a holistic treatment style we call the "MG approach" to therapeutic breast care.

Please note: These courses are mainly live taught, but do have a portion of web-based content for self-paced learning. We encourage you to look at it prior to course start so you can hit the ground running.

Course Contents:

THEORY:

The Science:

• Anatomy for breasts & chests 
• Precautions and contraindications for therapeutic breast massage
• Stages of healing from breast surgery
• Treatment techniques for each stage of breast surgery healing

The Art:

• Language for treating sensitive areas such as breasts, chests and abdomens
• Informed consent and why this is a crucial step in the therapeutic process
• Assessments and charting for therapeutic breast massage
• Professional boundaries and how to operate ethically whilst treating sensitive areas
• The unique "MG approach" to whole-person breast care

PRACTICAL HANDS-ON:

You will be required to work on a practice body during your Foundations course so you can cultivate confident hands.  

If you are doing an in-person course, you will practice with a fellow course participant.  If you are doing virtual learning, we encourage you to find a practice body to come to your house at a pre-arranged time so you can treat them.

Day 1:

• The power of intention to create a safe healing space
• Mindfully starting and ending each treatment (intro/outro) for enhanced patient connection and trust
• Circulatory techniques suitable for therapeutic breast massage

Day 2:

• Nervous system techniques for parasympathetic dominance
• Myofascial release for arms, chests and shoulders
• Assisted stretching for chests, neck and shoulders

*Please note: MG Foundations is a prerequisite for our Level 1: 18 Types of Breast Surgery course.