Full course description:

Course overview

Professional one-day practitioner training course in Warm Bamboo Massage. Originating in Asia and gaining popularity in the UK, this wonderful therapy is great to have if you like deep tissue work. It will leave your client feeling relaxed and energised and with a sense that their muscles have been stretched, warmed and elongated. Warm bamboo massage uses solid bamboo sticks of different lengths and diameters to massage the body. The sticks are gently warmed and applied to give deep and long massage strokes to break down tension and stretch tight muscles. You will learn how to effectively and safely use Warm Bamboo to perform a deep tissue massage with no wear on your hands allowing you to efficiently provide a full body massage treatment.

This course is intended for qualified massage and bodywork therapists.

Course content:

• Code of Ethics and insurance for therapists
• Therapist Safety & Good Working Practices
• Health & safety Guidelines
• Salon Hygiene, Sterilisation & Sanitisation
• GDPR/Client Confidentiality
• Consultation procedure and record-keeping
• Contraindications & Contra-actions to the treatment and aftercare advice
• An Introduction to Warm Bamboo Massage
• Benefits of Warm Bamboo Massage
• How to prepare for a Warm Bamboo Massage; equipment & products needed
• Practical Warm Bamboo Massage Techniques
• Related Anatomy & Physiology

Pre-requisites: Level 3 Massage, Aromatherapy massage or equivalent and Level 3 Anatomy & Physiology

Model Required? Yes, if taught individually. Otherwise students will work on each other.
Check ‘contraindications’ in the course manual to determine suitability for treatment for yourself or prior to choosing your model

Course Fee includes training manual, training materials, assessment and certification

Required Self-Guided (Theory) Learning: 90 hours

Practical Course Length: 1 day full course/Half day practical refresher

Assessment: Completion of guided home study and preparation of written assessment prior to the practical training day. On the practical training days, continuous formative assessment, verbal questions and performance of a Warm Bamboo Massage treatment with minimal guidance from your tutor, along with final completion of the written assessment. Refresher courses will be assessed via observation of a Warm Bamboo Massage treatment with minimal guidance from your tutor only.

Case Studies Required: None – however, practise on friends and family, following completion of practical training days, is highly recommended, prior to working on the public.

Accrediting Body: This course is fully accredited by the Centre of CPD Excellence and Professional Beauty Direct (PBD) and approved as insurable by Insync, BGi UK, Professional Beauty Direct and Westminster Insurance, however please check with your own insurer to see if they will also cover this qualification.
Qualification Attained: Natural Touch Training™ Accredited Diploma. Certificate of Attendance for Refresher course.

CPD Points: 20

Starter Kit: We do not include any kits within our training courses, however we provide all products and tools required to complete the practical training on the day, at the training centre for you to use. We took this approach following student feedback so that students are not tied into specific kits or brands of products as part of their course fee before they are trained and able to make an informed choice. Our training courses teach generic treatment techniques and processes; they are not brand-specific.

We recommend attending training where you will gain advice about different brands and suppliers to enable you to purchase products from your chosen supplier directly following your training.