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Orthopedic Massage Certification Program (Boston)


Tom Karis
Thursdays, Fall 2025 & Spring 2026
Burlington, MA 


COURSE DESCRIPTION
Serious bodywork for serious practitioners

This 100-hour intensive training is designed to advance the massage therapist’s skill-set and knowledge base to a level appropriate for treatment of orthopedic conditions. This OMT Certification Program will provide the massage therapist with tools to recognize and effectively treat orthopedic injury and chronic pain syndromes while remaining well within their scope of practice.

  • Increase efficiency and efficacy of your bodywork
  • Gain skills in recognizing pain patterning and compensatory responses
  • Learn etiology, presentation, and treatment of over 50 orthopedic conditions
  • Enhance and refine palpation skills
  • Enhance communication skills
  • Improve anatomical knowledge and understanding
  • Learn over 150 effective techniques to balance soft tissue and specifically address injury

Part 1 is a prerequisite for Part 2. 

This is a certification program; to achieve certification, participants must pass a written exam at the end of each part.


CE CREDITS
50 CE per part (100 total)


COST
Part One: $900
Part Two: $900 
$1600 if paid in full for both upon initial registration


DATES & TIMES
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2025/2026 Course Offering:
Thursdays, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 
 
Part 1 - Fall 2025
Sept 4, 18
Oct 2, 16, 30
Nov 13
Exam: Nov 20

Part 2 - Spring 2026
Feb 12, 26
Mar 12, 26
April 9, 23
Exam: April 30

REGISTER
Register Here.
Space is limited to 8 students per course.
For more information contact Tom Karis [email protected] or 781-266-7940




Thank you for your interest in The Bodywork Education Project. 
We look forward to bringing you a first rate educational experience. 
Please feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.
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