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Largest selection of massage therapy continuing education courses.

Choose from the largest massage therapy continuing education course library on the web with 150+ home study massage CEU courses. The Institute is approved by the NCBTMB as a CE Approved Provider. Many of our CE courses are also accepted by ABMP, AMTA, and most state boards. All courses come with our 90-day 100% Money Back Guarantee. You're guaranteed to find massage therapy courses that will expand your skills, meet your needs, and pique your interests.

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You can purchase physical texts, DVDs CDs, and testing materials, or have them made available to you fully online or a combination there of. If you have a tight deadline, we offer you 24/7 access to over 100 completely online massage therapy courses. With this option, you have immediate access to your materials through our secure online course center. You take your test online when you're ready. You get your test results immediately and instantly print your certificate upon passing.

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Whether you choose to receive your materials by mail or online, you'll be able to reference your materials as often as you like and for as long as you like.

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Our knowledgeable and friendly course advisors are experts in NCBTMB, AMTA, ABMP and state board massage CEU requirements, can make course recommendations, answer any course related questions, and help you every step of the way from selecting courses to receiving your certificates. They are so well informed and responsive that we actually have massage therapists call us instead of the NCBTMB to answer questions.

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Aromatherapy complements massage for trauma.

Essential oils have proven medicinal properties and can amplify the effectiveness of massage therapy. Few medicines have the capability of positively affecting the body, mind and spirit as powerfully as essential oils. This capability makes aromatherapy a logical choice when treating the effects of trauma.

Massage, Bodywork and Baker's Cysts

Learn more about a Baker’s cyst and its symptoms, as well as how massage therapy can assist in the relief from this sometimes uncomfortable condition. Also, find out which massage techniques should be incorporated into a session when a client has a Baker’s cyst, and why it is important for bodyworkers to familiarize themselves with the signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with a deep vein thrombosis.

Creating a Safe Environment for Neurodivergent Clients

Learn what it means to be neurodivergent, how this can impact a massage therapist’s communication style with such clients, as well as any accommodations a therapist can make to ensure massage treatments feel safe and effective for neurodivergent clients.

Helping Clients Trust Your Touch

Although massage therapists are accustomed to their touch inducing relaxation, this is not an automatic response for many people. However, the trust issues prohibiting some from enjoying bodywork can be relieved by a therapist’s commitment to helping clients feel safe.

The Therapeutic Relationship in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a real and devastating cycle that is being fielded by an increasing number of healthcare professionals. Bodyworkers are often sought by people caught in this cycle. Massage therapists can provide the technique, care and support needed for PTSD healing to occur.

Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for the Massage Therapist

The number of military troops with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has increased steadily over the years. The earlier it's treated, the better the chances are for recovery. Learn how various massage therapy techniques can play an important part in the healing process of PTSD.

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Free Online Massage CE Courses

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As the largest nonprofit massage therapy association, AMTA is the most respected name in the massage therapy profession. Advance your career with these FREE massage CE courses in:

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FREE Self-Care CE

Self-care for massage therapists: body mechanics.

$0 members / $0 non-members 3 CE credits

Gain an understanding of body mechanics that will give massage therapists the tools to provide effective massage therapy while reducing the impact on their bodies.

Self-Care for Massage Therapists: Injury Prevention

$0 members / $0 non-members 2 CE credits

Get an overview of self-care best practices and how you can incorporate them into your massages to help keep you healthy now and for years to come.

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Self-Care Fitness Principles for Massage Therapists

$0 members / $0 non-members 2.5 CE credits

Uncover key concepts in physical fitness including the functions and adaptations of body systems to exercise. Topics such as body composition will also be included within the scope of massage therapy practice.

12 Self-Care Secrets

$60 members / $100 non-members 4 CE credits

Explore how to integrate mind, body and spirit into your daily routine through this 12-step program designed to make balance an integral part of your life.

FREE Business & Marketing CE

Attracting business clients: part i- start-up and retention .

Specific actions can help get massage therapy clients in the door and ensure they return. Learn unique ways to plan your marketing for a start-up clientele and for repeat business.

Attracting Business Clients: Part II-Expansion and Recovery

All businesses go through cycles. This course addresses the cycles of expansion and recovery and how to assess your business to formulate a plan to address your business building needs.

A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Malpractice

Find out how you can protect yourself from legal malpractice action. This course includes actions you should take if you suspect you’ll be sued — or if it comes to pass that you are actually sued.

Growing a Thriving Practice—Systems for Success

Effective communication with your massage therapy clients can be the key to a successful massage therapy practice. Learn innovative ways to build business success through personal interactions.

Insurance Reimbursement and Massage Therapy

Explore how to work with insurers and other healthcare payors on reimbursements. Understand the entire process including steps to begin, organizations involved, and managing denials.

It's Your Business-Understanding Business Concepts

Determine ways to limit liability for your massage therapy practice through the business entity you choose, contracts and forms. Also learn how ethical behavior, negotiations and insurance can be key to the success of your massage therapy practice.

Making Your Mark-Guerilla Marketing for Massage Therapists

$0 members / $0 non-members 3.5 CE credits

Delve into a number of inexpensive marketing tools, techniques and ideas — including the Internet and social media — that will help you build a successful massage practice.

Planning for Tomorrow to Help You Today

$0 members / $0 non-members 1 CE credit

Budgeting and planning for the next fiscal year is an important aspect of any business. T his course will focus on the fundamentals of why planning is so important.

Protecting Yourself from Malpractice

Common sense methods enable you to prevent a malpractice lawsuit, protect yourself in the event of one, and ease your mind so you can provide clients with the best and safest care.

Resolving Conflict in Your Massage Office

This course discusses several different leadership styles and personality types, how each manages conflict and how to manage conflict with each type in a constructive and communicative way.

Taking Care of Your Taxes

Learn the benefits of an accounting system, including preparation of accurate income tax returns and managing information to more successfully run your massage therapy business.

Taxes for Massage Therapists

Understand how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 affect your taxes. Learn what defines a business entity, how to file, and common tax deductions for massage therapists.

Additional Online CE

AMTA Online Sports Massage CE

Take your career to the next level with our comprehensive Sports Massage CE courses. Learn new techniques and deepen your understanding of the science of sports massage.

FREE Ethics CE

Self-evaluation for an ethical practice .

Discover why self-assessment is important and necessary in maintaining ethical boundaries. This course counts towards NCBTMB’s Ethics credit requirement.

Ethics and the Power Differential

Discover how power is defined, amplified and misused in the massage therapist and client relationship and how ethical monitoring of the power differential can improve your client’s satisfaction, ease and build trust.

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From the Client's Perspective: Marketing, Policies and Ethics of your Practice

Explore the client’s view of your marketing efforts, physical location and business policies. Learn how the ethics of your policies can affect client perceptions.

Sports Massage: Ethics and Building Trust

$0 members / $0 non-members 2.5 CE credits

Delve into ethical considerations in sports massage. Learn about transference, countertransference, special confidentiality requirements and workplace challenges.

Creating Healthy Boundaries

$45 members / $75 non-members 3 CE credits

Understanding boundaries is crucial for massage therapists to create an ethical practice. Discover how increasing awareness of the boundaries between you and your clients can improve the overall therapeutic relationship.

A Holistic Model for Ethical Practice

$30 members / $50 non-members 2 CE credits

Find out how to approach ethical dilemmas in a holistic manner. Explore the benefits of integrated ethical responses and the role of self-care in your massage practice.

FREE Massage General CE

Helping military veterans with massage therapy.

Learn specific skills for providing massage therapy to military veterans and gain an understanding of the regulations for military veterans to have access to alternative therapies.

Integrating Assessments into Intake

$0 members / $0 non-members 3 CE credits

Discover how assessments can help to improve your business as well as the general health and specific functional assessments to make.

Integrative Stretching Foundations For Your Massage Practice

Find out how to incorporate stretch to design massage sessions focused on improving clients’ functional ranges of motion. Explore how mobility and range of motion can be measures of optimal health and performance.

Relief Within Reach: Massage & Stress

Learn how massage therapy can help relieve stress by understanding the signs and symptoms and the ways it affects the body. Get tips on marketing the benefits of massage to clients struggling with stress.

Talking to Your Clients about Skin Cancer

This course describes how skin cancer occurs, how to recognize it in your clients and how to talk to them about it. It also includes details on how to educate your clients about skin cancer detection and prevention.

FREE CE for Massage Educators

Essential elements of career services panel.

Hear from representatives from various school sizes on the essential elements to include in your career services program. Whether you have a thriving career services department or are taking your first steps - gain valuable information to jumpstart your program.

Building Blocks: Basics of Effective Teaching

Gain an overview of adult learning foundational and theoretical principles and theories. Lessons include what is known about how adults learn and ways that these theories and ideas can be applied in the classroom.

Admissions, Retention, and Student Support: Optimizing Limited Resources in Your School

Explore the challenges administrators face, and find out how to incorporate strategies and tools to empower staff in their roles while achieving deliverables with limited personnel.

Assessing Skills and Abilities through Oral and Practical Exams

$0 members / $0 non-members 4 CE credits

The learning objectives of this course explain how to align student assessments with the knowledge, skills and abilities they are expected to grasp from a course.

Best Practices for Keeping Your Course Content Fresh and Current

Refresh your teaching materials with ease in this fast-paced course. Develop strategies on keeping course content current and engaging.

Beyond the Textbook: Active Learning for Long-Term Retention

Delve into how to use creative lesson planning to help students retain information long term. Explore engaging activities that aid different learning styles and strategies to preserve classroom knowledge for a lifetime.

Creating an Environment for Learning

Review information on key elements for creating an environment for learning with an emphasis on the role communication and classroom management has on learning.

Key Elements of Effective Course Planning

Lessons include laying the groundwork for successful course planning, developing learning objectives, writing a syllabus and lesson plans, learning assessments and the importance of reflection to bring it all together.

Nuts and Bolts: Basic Elements of Instructional Design

Learn how to design an effective and exciting class. The first part introduces the standard instructional design model called the ADDIE model. It also includes a working knowledge of relevant learning theories.

Teacher's Toolkit for Achieving Learning Outcomes in a Changing Environment

Explore tools and methods that you can implement in your teaching to improve learner engagement and success. Find out how to upgrade your teaching approaches with online learning concepts and technology.

Teaching Pathology that is Research-Informed

Learn the tools needed to incorporate research literacy into your school’s curriculum. Explore how to teach students how to separate research-based fact from fiction when creating session plans for clients with pathologies.

The Ethics of Information

Take a look at what constitutes research and how can we let go of the hueristics that hold us back from gathering the right data to give to the public.

Three Research-Based Power Concepts for Helping Students Learn

Explore how creating powerful learning experiences that complement your current strategy will lead to improved student outcomes. Finish this course with research-based strategies designed for you to implement immediately.

Thriving in the Age of COVID-19 Panel

Discover key strategies for making modifications to the classroom to enhance student performance including curriculum design, best practices for accommodating different learning styles, and marketing techniques.

Trends in the Massage Profession Panel

Listen to representatives from various schools on how the current trends and research findings in the massage profession may affect massage schools moving forward.

Turn Your Passion for Teaching into Student Success

Explore how to use your passion for teaching to help students retain the skills they need to be successful. Discover new strategies for inspiring students with your knowledge and expertise.

Understanding Competencies

What are competencies, how they are created and how they can be used in the classroom? This course explores how they can be used in the classroom and why they are critical to the success of our students.

AMTA Online Fascial Therapy CE

Explore the science of fascia, contraindications and techniques with AMTA's suite of Fascial Therapy courses.

FREE Research CE

Imtrc: addressing the opioid epidemic with massage therapy.

As the United States struggles with an epidemic of opioid use and its devastating effects on lives, society and the economy, it's important to consider the role massage therapy can play in pain management.

IMTRC: Anxiety Disorders and Massage Therapy

Delve into research on the acute effects of Swedish massage therapy (SMT) as a monotherapy for the treatment of subjects with generalized anxiety disorder.

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IMTRC: Arthritis and Massage Therapy

Explore research on the effects of massage therapy as a stand-alone treatment for pain and functional outcomes for those with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.

IMTRC: Breast Cancer and Massage Therapy

Learn how myofascial massage is a promising treatment to address chronic pain and mobility limitations following breast cancer surgery.

IMTRC: Health & Wellness: The Role of Integrative Therapies

Discover how massage therapy plays an integrated approach to care for chronic musculoskeletal pain. Learn about NCCIH’s efforts to increase patient access to integrative therapies.

IMTRC: Hospital-Based Massage Therapy: Improving the Quality of Life for Patients

Examine how massage therapy can help with quality of life challenges for hospitalized patients affected by chronic and serious illness, including improving the inpatient environment and relieving stress.

IMTRC: Low Back Pain and Massage

Hear how the Kentucky Pain Research and Outcomes Study evaluated massage therapy’s impact on pain, disability, and health-related quality of life for patients with chronic low back pain.

IMTRC: Massage Therapy for Breast Cancer Patients

Discover how oncology massage helped reduce clinically significant pain in breast cancer patients, in addition to, stress in patients undergoing reconstructive surgery.

IMTRC: The Latest Science on Muscles and Massage

Examine the latest research on massage therapy as an effective method for decreasing muscle atrophy and helping people recover from muscle disuse.

Reading a Research Article

To stay current in the massage therapy profession, research literacy is essential. Learn to read, evaluate and critique research, and to adapt these skills to write your own article.

Research a nd Massage Therapy

Find out how to evaluate and incorporate research results into your massage therapy practice. By analyzing and participating in current research, you can help broaden the acceptance of the profession.

Research on and Treatment of Diabetes

Review diabetes research that focuses on new approaches and the science behind them. Get tips on ways to connect and communicate with health care workers who have patients with diabetes.

Whole Person Health and Massage Therapy

Hear from leaders in integrative healthcare as they discuss the latest research and what it means for the future of massage therapy. Find out how these approaches can create new opportunities for massage therapists.

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AMTA is one of the few providers that seeks pre-approval from state licensing boards on all CE courses offered. We go the extra mile to help you meet your state licensing needs.

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Continuing education requirements vary for massage therapy licensing. Check with your regulatory board to confirm your specific continuing education needs.

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12 Self-Care Secrets—Twelve Steps to Integrate Body, Mind and Spirit

$60 members / $100 non-members Purchase

A Holistic Model for Ethical Practice

$30 members / $50 non-members Purchase

A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Malpractice

$0 members / $0 non-members Purchase

Accommodating Clients with Diabetes

$45 members / $75 non-members Purchase

Admissions, Retention, and Student Support: Optimizing Limited Resources in Your School

An Evidence Based Guide to Treatment of Fibromyalgia for Massage Therapists

Assessing Skills and Abilities through Oral and Practical Exams

Attracting Business Clients: Part I- Start-up and Retention

Attracting Business Clients: Part II-Expansion and Recovery

Avoiding Burnout for Massage Therapists

Best Practices for Keeping Your Course Content Fresh and Current

Beyond the Textbook: Active Learning for Long-Term Retention

Building Blocks: Basics of Effective Teaching

Cancer and Massage Therapy Part I: Essential Contraindications

$37 members / $62 non-members Purchase

Cancer and Massage Therapy Part II: Treatments

Cancer and Massage Therapy Part III: Advanced Session Planning

Cardiovascular Health and Massage Therapy

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Proactive, Non-Surgical Approach

Chronic Pain: Relief with Massage Therapy

Craniosacral Therapy...What is it Really?

Creating an Environment for Learning

Creating an Inclusive Massage Therapy Practice for Clients with Disabilities and Impairments

Creating Healthy Boundaries

Cupping Therapy and Your Massage Practice

Cupping with Movement

Dealing with Ethical Gray Areas in Massage Therapy

Dementia and Massage Therapy

Essential Elements of Career Services Panel

Ethical Decision-Making

$15 members / $25 non-members Purchase

Ethical Dilemmas Fully Exposed

Ethics and the Power Differential

Ethics for Massage Therapists: A Comprehensive Overview

Face and Head Massage Techniques for Your Practice

Fascial Therapy: Benefits and Contraindications for Massage Clients

Fascial Therapy: Techniques for Massage Therapists

Fascial Therapy: The Science of Fascia

Fibromyalgia and Massage Therapy

From the Client's Perspective: Marketing, Policies and Ethics of Your Practice

Grow Your Practice: Teach Wellness Classes

Growing a Thriving Practice—Systems for Success

Headaches: Relief with Massage Therapy

Healthy Hands: How to Properly Take Care of Forearms, Wrists and Hands

Helping Clients Manage Migraines

Helping Military Veterans with Massage Therapy

IMTRC: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic with Massage Therapy

IMTRC: Anxiety Disorders and Massage Therapy

IMTRC: Arthritis and Massage Therapy

IMTRC: Breast Cancer and Massage Therapy

IMTRC: Health & Wellness: The Role of Integrative Therapies

IMTRC: Hospital-Based Massage Therapy: Improving the Quality of Life for Patients

IMTRC: Low Back Pain and Massage

IMTRC: Massage Therapy for Breast Cancer Patients

IMTRC: The Latest Science on Muscles and Massage

Insurance Reimbursement and Massage Therapy

Integrating Assessments into Intake

Integrative Stretching Foundations For Your Massage Practice

Introduction to Pediatric Oncology Massage

It's Your Business-Understanding Business Concepts

Joint Replacements: The Patient’s Surgical Journey

Key Elements of Effective Course Planning

Lower Back Pain and the Role of Massage Therapy

Lymphatic System and Massage

Making Your Mark-Guerilla Marketing for Massage Therapists

Massage and Medications—When is Therapy Dangerous?

$52 members / $87 non-members Purchase

Massage and Skin Conditions

Massage for Active Seniors

Massage Ramifications of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spinal Cord

Massage Therapy for Clients with Diabetes

Massage Therapy for Depressed Clients

Massage Therapy for Osteoarthritis

Massage Therapy for Post-Operative Pain

Mastering Massage Strategies for Pain Management

Meeting the Needs of Elder Clients

Military Veterans and Massage Therapy

MS: Fighting Back with Massage

Nuts and Bolts: Basic Elements of Instructional Design

Orthopedic Massage Techniques for the Lower Body

Orthopedic Procedures and Post-Surgical Precautions for the Hip and Knee

Pathology and Massage Therapy

Planning for Tomorrow to Help You Today

Plantar Fasciitis and the Benefits of Massage

Pregnancy and Massage

Pregnancy and Massage: Advanced Practice

Protecting Yourself from Malpractice

Reading a Research Article

Receptor Techniques for Painful Necks

Reflexology and Massage Therapy

Relief Within Reach: Massage & Stress

Relieving Sciatica

Research and Massage Therapy

Research on and Treatment of Diabetes

Resolving Conflict in Your Massage Office

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Techniques for Massage Therapists

Scar Tissue and Massage

Self-Care Fitness Principles for Massage Therapists

Self-Care for Massage Therapists: Body Mechanics

Self-Care for Massage Therapists: Injury Prevention

Self-Care Strategies for Preventing Burnout

Self-Evaluation for an Ethical Practice

Sports Massage 1: Starting Your Career

Sports Massage 2: Ethics and Building Trust

Sports Massage 3: The Science of Athletics

Sports Massage 4: Injury + Recovery

$75 members / $125 non-members Purchase

Sports Massage 5: Event Protocols

Sports Massage 6: Athlete Care and Conditions

Sports Massage Therapy: An Insider’s View

Starting Your Massage Private Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide to Success

Stone Massage for Head and Neck Pain

Taking Care of Your Taxes

Talking to Your Clients about Skin Cancer

Taxes for Massage Therapists

Teacher's Toolkit for Achieving Learning Outcomes in a Changing Environment

Teaching Pathology that is Research-Informed

Tech Neck Relief: Massage Therapy and Stretching Techniques

Thai Massage: Foundations and Basic Principles

The Ethics of Information

Three Research-Based Power Concepts for Helping Students Learn

Thriving in the Age of COVID-19 Panel

TMJ: Relief with Massage Therapy

Traditional Kinesiology: the Dynamics of Human Movement

Trends In the Massage Professional Panel

Turn Your Passion for Teaching Into Student Success

Understanding Competencies

Upper Body: Addressing Shoulder and Neck Pain with Massage Therapy

Whole Person Health and Massage Therapy

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