HLTMSG014 - Provide remedial massage treatments

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:

• prepare for and manage at least four remedial massage treatments on different people according to treatment plan that involves:

• applying treatment techniques in positions according to client needs
• using the following remedial massage 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

• provide post-treatment advice.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

• remedial massage techniques and how to apply them:

• 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

• remedial massage treatment techniques to address the following conditions:

• sciatic pain
• non-specific low back pain
• arthritis:

  osteoarthritis
  rheumatoid

• headache:

  tension
  cervicogenic
  migraine

• plantar fasciopathy
• tendinopathy
• impingement syndrome
• bursitis
• whiplash including cervical acceleration and deceleration injury
• temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction
• repetitive strain injury
• medial and lateral epicondylalgia
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• postural-related pain
• radiculopathy
• neuralgia

• endangerment and cautionary sites including where they are and how to use palpatory skills in these areas according to scope of practice:

• anterior triangle of the neck
• brachial plexus
• femoral triangle
• cubital fossa
• axilla
• medial epicondyle
• lateral epicondyle
• sternal notch and anterior throat
• abdominal region
• twelfth rib
• sciatic nerve
• popliteal fossa

• potential responses during treatment and how to respond:

• discomfort and pain
• allergic reaction
• emotional reaction
• feedback including verbal, tactile and visual
• muscle spasm
• flatulence
• autonomic reaction including sexual arousal
• body temperature change

• different sources of pain and how they present with various pathologies:

• joint
• muscle
• nerve

• potential responses following treatment and appropriate client advice to provide:

• blood pressure
• autonomic nervous system response

• Commonwealth and State or Territory legal and ethical considerations for client 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 health and safety
• work role boundaries:

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

• 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

• organisational protocols for preparation of self for providing treatment:

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

  hair
  nails
  jewellery
  professional attire
  footwear

• types of information and practical techniques that can be provided to clients for their use following treatment
• documentation requirements:

• accurate
• comprehensive
• legible
• in English
• using industry terminology and standard abbreviations.