HLTMSG017 - Apply remedial massage clinical practice

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

• perform the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 200 hours of massage clinic work that involves:

• 40 hours of massage consultations including assessment and treatment and incorporating the following treatment techniques:

  compressions
  effleurage
  friction techniques
  gliding strokes
  petrissage
  rocking
  tapotement

• 100 hours of massage consultations of one hour duration including assessment and treatment incorporating the following treatment techniques:

  compressive techniques
  deep pressure massage
  friction techniques
  lymphatic massage
  muscle energy techniques
  myofascial techniques without skin penetration
  passive movement at joints
  stretching techniques
  thermotherapy
  trigger point techniques without skin penetration

• clients from different stages of life with varied presentations
• monitoring and evaluating remedial massage treatments provided to at least three different clients with at least three treatments per client.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

• Commonwealth and State or Territory legal and ethical considerations for client assessment and treatment:

• children in the workplace
• codes of conduct
• discrimination:

  age
  disability
  racial and cultural
  gender

• duty of care
• informed consent
• mandatory reporting
• therapist and client boundaries
• privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
• records management
• work role boundaries:

  working within scope of practice
  presenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitioner

• work health and safety

• client information required prior to assessment:

• case history:

  physical health
  mental and emotional health

• client expectations:

  methods to clarify client expectations
  managing expectations

• organisational protocols for preparing a client for treatment:

• draping
• disrobing
• modesty and privacy
• table positioning
• bolstering and comfort

• organisational protocols for preparation of treatment area:

• equipment hygiene
• table height
• bolstering
• room temperature
• position of electrical cords
• lighting
• client privacy provisions

• preparation of self for providing treatment:

• personal protective equipment (PPE)
• hydration
• personal hygiene
• personal presentation:

  hair
  nails
  jewellery
  professional attire
  footwear

• expectations of treatment and outcomes for different conditions and client groups, and factors that impact these:

• client history
• contraindications
• client role in achieving outcomes
• interactions with other treatments
• client general health
• health literacy of client
• presenting condition

• cautions and contraindications for treatment and possible indications for referral
• referral options for therapists:

• allied health service and other health modalities
• medical practitioner
• support service
• types and availability of further medical testing

• methods of monitoring treatment progress:

• reassessment
• client feedback

• processes for recommendations for continuation and variation of treatment:

• communication with client
• documenting on client record

• sources of research and evidence that support massage practice
• requirements of reports and documentation prepared by massage therapists:

• client record
• assessment report
• treatment plan
• insurance documentation
• statements of attendance

• professional development requirements for remedial massage therapists.