Course Overview:
This course instructs on injury prevention and how to recognize and treat non-acute sports-specific injuries. You will accomplish this by utilizing sports massage therapy and stretching techniques to assist with muscle recovery from the athlete’s sport.
Sports Massage techniques are used to promote an increased range of motion, flexibility, and strength training principles to achieve a specific goal.
In order to reach that goal, the massage therapist should have a good understanding of the basic anatomy and kinesiology of the body and it’s movements. Treatments for specific sports injuries will be addressed, describing the mechanism of injury and how the injury should be treated while in both the acute and chronic phases using massage.
Sports Massage supports the body's ability to perform, enhances recovery from activity, and shortens recovery time for a person who participates in an activity, whether amateur or professional. This course is eligible for 12 CEUs.
A respected health and wellness practitioner and an acclaimed entrepreneur and educator, Davonna Willis is a passionate advocate for her clients and students.
Prior to selling her book of business, during her time as a CEO and Owner of Blue Skyes Massage & Wellness Center she was committed to establishing and sustaining high-quality standards of care in the industry. When she was the leader of an award-winning practice, Davonna was widely known as someone who cares deeply about client relationships and practitioner integrity.
Davonna currently, is the Owner of 4 Nineteen Education & Training where she teaches a variety of massage curricula and also offers to consult on marketing and strategy to new business enterprises. She continues to hold the same standard of care in 4 Nineteen that she used in Blue Skyes as well.
With a MA from Columbia University’s Teachers College and a BA from Xavier University, Davonna has over 20 years of experience in the field of health and wellness. Starting in the Bronx and moving her way west, Davonna is a well-rounded business professional especially accomplished in the area of holistic physical rehabilitation therapy.
Davonna is committed to the development of her colleagues and students for them to continue on the health and recovery of their clients, athletes, and patients. She is an advocate in elevating the way massage is perceived in society so that people fully recognize the power of healing in an expert’s human touch.
