Louisiana Massage Therapy

Continuing Education Requirements

Massage therapy license requirements vary from state to state, and the laws are constantly changing. It's our current understanding that, in Louisiana, 12 massage therapy continuing education credits are required every year for professional license renewal.

The Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies (parent company of Health Positive!) is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education for Louisiana (# LAP0056) and there are specific courses that have been approved. The approved courses include (click on any course below for more detail):

 

Chronic Pain Management (5 hours) Marketing Massage in Four Easy Steps (3 hours)
Ethics: From the Dalai Lama (6 hours) Massage for Hospitalized and Medically Frail Clients (15 hours)
Ethics: Health Professionalism (4 hours) Oncology Massage: Fact vs. Myth (10 hours)
Ethics: Legal & Ethical Issues (6 hours) Orthopedic Massage (13 hours)
Ethics: Medical Settings (6 hours) Psychology of the Body (12 hours)
Ethics: NCBTMB Standard V (2 hours) Stress Reduction Through Bodywork (4 hours)
Ethics: Professional Boundaries (6 hours) Thai Yoga Massage (12 hours)
Ethics: Professional Conduct (3 hours) Tibetan Massage and Relaxation (14 hours)
Ethics: Roles & Boundaries (2 hours) Touch for the Seriously Ill (14 hours)
Ethics: Therapeutic Environment (3 hours) Trigger Point Therapy (10 hours)
Ethics Refresher (1 hour) Understanding Fibromyalgia (12 hours)
Experiential Ethics (6 hours) Understanding Sports Massage (12 hours)
Fascia: The Endless Web (13 hours)  

Click here to visit the Institute's site for additional courses approved by the Louisiana Board of Massage.

If you would like to verify this information, or have further questions regarding your massage therapy continuing education requirements, we suggest contacting the Louisiana Board of Massage directly. The telephone number for the Louisiana Board is 225-771-4090 or visit their website at http://www.lsbmt.org.

Remember, the Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies is approved by the NCBTMB as a continuing education Approved Provider (#049478-00) and Health Positive! is a division of the Institute. All of our continuing education programs can be used for your National Certification renewal.

You may also use our credits for other organizations you belong to such as the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) or Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP).

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Massage Therapy by U.S. State - Continuing Education Requirements

ALL of our courses are accepted for CE credit by: NCBTMB (Approved Provider #049478-00), AMTA, ABMP

NCBTMB Approved Provider #049478-00

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