Can anyone recommend a massage therapy school that has an at home program? Equissage or brandenburg are schools i have seen, reviews?
Bancroft in worcester, MA has a program that combines on line with hands on.
I did equi touch in Colorado. It was just the beginning course and the pre study was extensive. I learned a ton and it actually made me a better rider. A true understanding of the equine anatomy.
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Bancroft in worcester, MA has a program that combines on line with hands on.[/QUOTE]
Did you take the course? Or just know of it?
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I guest lectured a couple times and knew one of the instructors. (She has since relocated to colorado.)
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Would you say it is way more in depth and worth the money, compared to the short course? I don’t want to waste my time with a long course if just in the end it sucks too.
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Would you say it is way more in depth and worth the money, compared to the short course? I don’t want to waste my time with a long course if just in the end it sucks too.[/QUOTE]
I think it is a decent curriculum with competent instructors.
The animal program at Bancroft is one of the stronger ones in the US. It is among the handful that I listed on one of your other posts on this topic, OP. It was established with a great deal of input from one of Jack Meagher’s three acknowledged apprentices (who has since established his own school in SC).
Be aware, though much of the class (the “book learning” bits and your independent case studies and externships with experienced practitioners, for instance) can be done remotely, you will have to travel there (or possibly to other locations) for hands-on work. You simply cannot become a competent professsional therapist without developing your observation and kinesthetic skills under the immediate eye of a good instructor.
Believe me, if it’s a choice between a weeklong or less course and a proper massage education, comparable to what is required for human therapists, there is no contest. The longer courses are the way to go. I say this having done both.
I agree with coloredhorse.
And I would not engage the services of an online or classroom only “educated” equine massage therapist any more then I would one for myself. Stop and think who will hire you and what they will expect, that wouldn’t be a short course with no hands on.
