Open Clinic - $25/hr + tax

Massage Therapy provided by our students in our open clinic setting.

Please bring the exact amount as we do not distribute change during clinic. ACHAI accepts checks or cash for Open Clinic. Open Clinic is designed for our students to practice a sequence after they have reached 250 hours of hands on training. Please be advised that they are practicing a sequence and not providing a treatment. Open clinic is held in our Lab - you will be on a massage table next to someone else divided by a curtain. Participants are to wear there undergarments at all times. Open Clinic is limited to 4 individuals per session. You must schedule an appointment in advance through the admissions office as we get full very quickly. To schedule an Open Clinic session call (609) 625-7500.

Open Clinic is now being offered on Tuesdays & Fridays.

We have 5 Sessions: 9:30am, 11:00am, 2:00pm, 6:15pm, 7:30pm

What to bring to Open Clinic:

1) Yourself. 2) 1 set of sheets (flat & fitted any size), 1 Bath Towel & 1 Wash cloth.

MASSAGE THERAPY EFFECTS

Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL

Massage therapy is older than recorded time, and rubbing was the primary form of medicine until the pharmaceutical revolution of the 1940s. ...Massage therapy has recently received empirical support for facilitating growth, reducing pain, increasing alertness, diminishing depression, and enhancing immune function. In this article studies are reviewed that document these effects, and models are proposed for potential underlying mechanisms.

PMID: 9872050 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]