Chapter Meetings: All meetings will be held at the Soothing Arts Massage School, 12605 Emerald Coast Pkwy W. Suite 2 in Miramar Beach, on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. for meet, greet, and refreshments; 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. business meeting; 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. is the presentation. 

Below are the chapter meeting dates and other the Continuing Education Unit seminars that are available to our members.


2010 Events

January
Annual business meeting & elections - New officers and Party

30th FSMTA Sports Massage class

The FSMTA Sports Massage Class will take place in Destin at Soothing Arts. The course will be held from 10 am - 2 pm and the cost is $65. 

Also held on that day will be my 4 hour Lower body Sports Injury course from 2 pm - 6 pm. The cost of that will be $65 if taken by itself.

Members may take either class individually ($65 each) or both classes together and the cost is reduced to $120 which will give you 9 FL BOMT CEUs (nine contact hours). 

Contact: Lee Thompson
FSMTA Sports Committee Chair
850-865-8486


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February
9th Wolfgang Luckmann presents Lomi Lomi


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March
9th Richard Rossiter System


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April
13th Annie - ACE Cupping


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May
11th Cindy Ballis - Mobile Sacrowedgy


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June
8th TBA



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July
7th - 11th Convention Omni - Champions Gate Orlando


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August
10th Debbie Roberts - Shoulder Dysfunction



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September
14th TBA


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October
12th BB Gould TianDi Bamboo Movable Cuppin + (Massage Therapy Awareness Week) always during October!


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November
9th (CRT Cranial Release Technique with Dr. Doreste or other presenter)


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December
Holiday Party

 


2009 Events

January
FSMTA Chair Massage Team Training
(2 CEUs) with Lena West


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February
10th Slipstream Therapy
(2 CEUs)


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March
10th CRT/Cranial Release Technique
(2 CEUs)


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April
14th Ethics - Required
(2 CEUs)


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May
1st - 2nd Manual Lymphatic Drainage (Panama City)


2nd Intro to Sports and Sports Injury with Lee (Emerald Coast Massage School) (Fee due)


3rd Slipstream (Emerald Coast Massage School) $175


12th Medical Errors/HIV Awareness - Required
(3 CEUs)  Starts at 6:30 pm

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June
9th Color and Sound Therapy
(2 CEUs)

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July
8th - 12th FSMTA Convention - Early Bird Ends May 4th

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August
11th Reflexology - Scott Kingsbury
(2 CEUs)


15th - 16th Reflexology at Soothing Arts ($135 for 1 day / $260 for 2 days)

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September
8th  Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage
Mana Lomi Reiki & Massage
1301 Eglin Parkway, Suite D & E
Shalimar, FL
Sandy Trimble (2 CEUs) 

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October
13th  Himalayan Salt Stone Massage
Laurie Messina (2 CEUs)


25th-31st  Massage Therapy Awareness Week


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November
10th  Chapter Meeting - Communicating Effectively 
Cary Bayer (2 CEUs)


 
12th Build a $100,000 a Year Massage Business in Just 1 Hour a Day (6 hours Seminar) Save this date!!! 

This critical seminar gives LMTs the tools they need to build an annual six-figure massage business. The tools include a 15-minute inner Success Aerobics workout that turns therapists into perpetual money magnets by overcoming negative and limiting belief systems about money they learned while growing up. The class also includes Going to the Market, a daily 45-minute program of networking and communications that establishes and empowers relationships with clients, former clients and health care professionals. This training helps LMTs create quantum shifts in numbers of massages given and income-both active from treatments they give and passive from treatments given by therapist who work for them.

Sign up with early bird special for this super seminar FSMTA Members: 

Before November 5th - $99 
After November 5th - $124


Non Members: Before November 5th - $124
Non Members: After November 5th - $149


Payment must be made to reserve your space at this seminar!
Contact Stacy at fsmta_sugardunes@yahoo.com or 850-543-4919 or Clara at clarablmt@aol.com or 850 384 5894



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December
Holiday Party 
Time and Place TBA







2008 Events

January
8th Chapter Meeting - Teresa Matthews, LMT - Wellness and Self Care for LMTs
Sponsored by Hygenic Corporation. For more info check out http://www.thera-band.com


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February
12th Chapter Meeting - Stillness Moves
A system of fitness that applies many techniques from chi kung, tai chi, kundalini yoga, hatha yoga, dance and gymnastics. Attendees should wear comfortable loose cotton clothing for some of the movement practices. For more information, visit http://www.stillnessmoves.com 


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March
11th Chapter Meeting - Nature Synergy
The Nature Synergy group will be providing 2 CEU's on their "Unique Face Treatment" program. Come check out this new technique and product to make your clients and yourself look younger and improve facial skin tone.


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April
April 6-8th FSMTA Quarterly meeting and Legislative Awareness Days in Tallahassee. 


8th Matt Michaud, LMT: Business 101 - They Didn't Teach Me That In School 
Business 101 for massage therapists is a great course and you can receive 2 CEU's. It is impossible to take all the knowledge that a small business owner learns over the course of ten years and condense it into a 2 hour workshop. Yet is amazing to study and learn what other small business owners have in common with people inside the massage industry. Doctors, dentists and even massage therapists are highly skilled in health care, but not as savvy in business operations. Learning about business development is fun as long as we stay open to laughing at our mistakes, understanding them, and working to grow. It is fun to learn about business when it is taught in a specific workshop just for massage.. For more information visit www.mattlmt.com


19th FSMTA Basic Sports Massage Team training
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Grace Tabernacle Church, Fort Walton Beach, FL. 4 CEUs. Contact Lee Thompson, LMT. 850- 865-8486 or lmtlee66@yahoo.com


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May
10th Gulf Coast Triathlon, Panama City Beach, FL


13th Mark Bigelow, LMT: The Muscular Contribution to Bulging and Herniated Discs

This special two hour presentation will help you recognize the difference between a disc problem and a simple muscular problem. The symptoms are obvious if you know what to look for. Various displays are used so that you can understand the hydraulic movement of disc material, how it is displaced, how it becomes damaged, and also how to recentralize disc material when a protrusion has occurred by using the very same forces in reverse that originally caused the problem. This information will dramatically change the quality of life for any who suffer from occasional or on-going cervical or lumbar disc problems. Self-help techniques and client protocols will be discussed and demonstrated.

Lifting and movement patterns will be analyzed, plus the reasons to avoid stretching and many McKenzie exercises that are incorrectly prescribed for those with disc herniations.

For more information visit www.bigelowseminars.com


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June
10th Nathalie Cecilia, LMT/Karen Lay, LMT: Intro to Bamboo-Fusion Therapy - An innovating way to provide deep tissue full body massage on the table while reducing stress on the hands using warm bamboo tools. For more info visit www.bamboo-fusion.com


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July
2nd-6th FSMTA Convention, Boca Raton, FL 

NO Chapter Meeting


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August
1st-3rd 2008 World Massage Festival
Edgewater Beach & Golf Resort, Panama City Beach, FL 

For more information, visit www.worldmassagefestival.com


11th Reflexology 
Scott Kingsbury (2CEUs) Chapter Meeting


15th-16th Reflexology
Reflexology at Soothing Arts ($135 for 1 day, $260 for 2 days). 


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September
9th Lymphatic Drainage


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October
14th Chapter Meeting and Intro to Sports Injury
(Lee Thompson) at Grace Tabernacle Church, FWB - 2 CEUs


18th Become a member of the FSMTA Sports Massage Team by taking the required Basic Sports Massage Team Training.

Date: Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 from 10am - 2pm

Location: Emerald Coast Massage School

Cost of Course: $65,  PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (
4 CEUs)


Learning Objectives:

1. Personal Conduct at an event 6. Performing an 8-10 min. Post-event massage routine

2. Team Policies and Procedures 7. How to interact with athletes

3. Team Operations and Roles 8. Recognition of Thermal Conditions

4. Prep for & Conducting a 9. Recognition of Injuries and cramps

sporting event 10. Contraindications for massage

5. Performing a 4-5 min. pre-event massage routine


Contact Lee Thompson, LMT, PO Box 320, Shalimar, FL 32579
850-865-8486,  lmtlee66@yahoo.com


Oct 19th - Oct 25th Massage Therapy Awareness Week 



25th - 26th MLD Training in Pensacola
Baptist Hospital (Heritage Room) 1000 Moreno Street, Oct 25-26 from 9-4:30; Foundations of MLD 101, 13 CEUs, provider: MLD Institute: Elisa DiFalco. www.mldinstitute.com 954-709-0042


31st - 
Nov 1st
Florida Iron Man 2008 in Panama City 


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November
3rd Chapter Meeting & Kinesio Taping
(Pete Pfannerstill) at Emerald Coast Massage School - 2 CEUs 

(*Note Day/Location Change) Welcome to Emerald Coast and Gulf Coast Chapters who will be visiting with us this meeting.


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December
TBA Holiday Party - Details Coming Soon


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