Canadian RMT Magazine Spring 2016 Apr. 2016 | Page 13

How to incorporate Infant and Pediatric Massage into your Practice
Both infant and pediatric massage
therapies offer opportunities to grow
your practice while at the same time helping instill nurturing touch, respect and
care into our future.
Becoming a Certified Infant Massage
Teacher (CIMT) gives you the opportunity to provide families with information
and hands-on lessons, so parents feel
confident in providing massage for their
own child. When we teach caregivers to
use massage appropriately, we provide
them with tools and techniques to further
strengthen their connection with their
child. At the same time, parents learn
to use massage to comfort their child,
aid in their sleeping process and even to
address common childhood discomforts
as such as teething, congestion and constipation. When we give parents these
tools we encourage and support mutual
respect, communication and understanding that lasts a lifetime.
With pediatric massage therapy, safety
and knowledge is important. There is a
common misconception that child clients
are the same as adults, just smaller in
size. This is not true. There are many
developmental considerations to think
about. Whether you may wish to add
pediatric massage therapy to your existing private practice, spa, clinic or expand
into a healthcare setting, certification as a
pediatric massage therapist is important.
With pediatric massage you are using
evidence based techniques to best care
for a chil