Massage Therapy

Laboratory experience coincides with lecture topics. Two laboratory hours.

A continuation of Anatomy and Physiology I. Study of the respiratory, nervous, endocrine, digestive, urinary and reproductive systems. Fluid and electrolyte balance also studied. Three lecture hours. (Fall, Spring and Summer)

This course provides demonstration and practice in advanced treatment techniques and knowledge including, but not limited to, medical massage techniques, patient assessment, treatment planning and documentation, inter-professional communication and hydrotherapy application. Additional topics such as adaptation of treatment sessions for special populations and recognizing characteristics of abused and neglected patients are also explored.   (Fall semester)

During the first clinical practicum experience, students practice massage therapy in a clinical setting under the supervision of a clinical instructor. The student clinic is open to the public and provides hands-on practice in an environment similar to the workplace.

This course presents an understanding of muscle mechanics, attachments and functioning at the biological, chemical and functional levels. The orientation of joints, muscles, and surrounding structures are identified. Pathological state and processes of joints, muscles, and surrounding structures are identified. This course includes classroom instruction and laboratory hands-on learning.  

During the second clinical practicum experience, students continue supervised practice of massage therapy in an on-campus or offsite externship location. The on-campus clinic is open to the public and provides hands on practice in an environment similar to the workplace, while the clinical externships explore various massage therapy specialty locations such as, but not limited to: Palliative Care, Oncology, Wellness, Medical, Spa, and Chiropractic. (Spring semester)

An examination of the structure and function of neural tissue, the anatomy and physiology of the components of the Central Nervous System and the Peripheral Nervous System, embryology of the spinal cord and brain, nerve plexuses, spinal reflexes, and sensory and motor pathways. (Fall Semester)

Laboratory experience coincides with lecture topics. Two laboratory hours.

The College Seminar is a course designed to provide students strategies for successful learning in college and beyond. Topics in the course include: learning styles, learning and study strategies, cognitive strategies, time management, goal-setting, note-taking, test-taking strategies, overcoming test anxiety, cultural diversity, and other issues that focus on enabling students to become better achievers.

The course is one credit with a one hour laboratory. Students are requires to take this course in their first semester at Trocaire College. (Fall, Spring and Summer Semester)

*Students must receive a grade of “C” (2.0) or higher to pass this course.

The College Success is a course designed to provide students strategies for successful learning in college and beyond. It is part of the Transitional Studies curriculum. Central to the course is students’ intensive work in learning strategies and the use of the diagnostic tool, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI). Topics in the course include: learning styles, learning and study strategies, cognitive strategies, time management, goal-setting, note-taking, test-taking strategies, overcoming test anxiety, cultural diversity, and other issues that focus on enabling students to become better achievers.

This course is three credits and is open only to new Trocaire students who participate in Transitional Studies. They are required to take this course their first semester at Trocaire College. (Fall and Spring Semesters)

*Placement is based on participation in Transitional Studies
*Students must receive a grade of “C” (2.0) or higher to pass this course.

This course provides demonstration and practice in advanced treatment techniques and knowledge including, but not limited to, medical massage techniques, patient assessment, treatment planning and documentation, inter-professional communication and hydrotherapy application. Additional topics such as adaptation of treatment sessions for special populations and recognizing characteristics of abused and neglected patients are also explored.   (Fall semester)

Laboratory experience coincides with lecture topics. Two laboratory hours.

This course presents an understanding of muscle mechanics, attachments and functioning at the biological, chemical and functional levels. The orientation of joints, muscles, and surrounding structures are identified. Pathological state and processes of joints, muscles, and surrounding structures are identified. This course includes classroom instruction and laboratory hands-on learning.  

During the first clinical practicum experience, students practice massage therapy in a clinical setting under the supervision of a clinical instructor. The student clinic is open to the public and provides hands-on practice in an environment similar to the workplace.

This course is an introduction into the basic issues of philosophy: Being, God, Knowledge, Meaning, Self, Reality, Evil and Death as they are found and presented in the history of Western Philosophy. (Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters)

This course provides a detailed exploration of pathological conditions of the human body including presentation, etiology and treatment.  Additional related topics such as the inflammatory process, medical terminology, working with other health care providers and developing massage therapy treatment plans are also covered.

Modern medicine and health care have created new human ethical problems. This course will explore a number of medical ethical dilemmas, such as end-of-life decisions, defining the concept of death, ordinary versus extraordinary means of treatment, reproductive issues, informed consent, confidentiality, truth-telling, withholding treatment, and the distribution of scarce medical resources, in the light of the principles of autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. One semester of clinical experience is strongly recommended. (Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters)

During the second clinical practicum experience, students continue supervised practice of massage therapy in an on-campus or offsite externship location. The on-campus clinic is open to the public and provides hands on practice in an environment similar to the workplace, while the clinical externships explore various massage therapy specialty locations such as, but not limited to: Palliative Care, Oncology, Wellness, Medical, Spa, and Chiropractic. (Spring semester)