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Sarasota/Manatee Chapter Meeting
Monday, September 19, 2022, 6:10 AM - 9:00 PM EDT
Category: Chapter Meetings
Sarasota/Manatee Chapter Meeting - September 19, 2022
An Introduction to Neuromuscular Therapy with Joe Lubow and Sonia Ragan (2 CEs)
FL CE Provider # 50-13196 | FL Course # 20-914096 | Relevant to Massage Therapy Techniques

LIVE Meeting - Sarasota School of Massage Therapy, 5899 Whitfield Avenue, #300, Sarasota, FL 34243
**Please bring a set of sheets for hands-on demonstration.**
Doors open at 6:10 | Chapter Business Meeting begins at 6:30pm | CE presentation starts at 7:00pm
No cost for FSMTA members | $30 for non FSMTA members

An Introduction to Neuromuscular Therapy

About the presenters:
Joe Lubow, LMT is the current owner and director of Sarasota School of Massage, teaches Anatomy & Physiology, Fascial Bodywork and Postural Analysis. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University and has practiced massage therapy since 1987. Joe, a leader in massage therapy education, has assisted the instruction of gross anatomy dissection seminars for massage therapists at the University of South Florida of Medicine for 28 years and was instrumental in their creation in 1993. Joe served on the Examination Committee of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) from 2008 until 2014 and chaired the committee from 2010 to 2014. He is also active with the national association of massage educators, the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education (AFMTE), serving on its Leadership Development Committee since the organization was founded in 2010. He has practiced Swedish Massage since 1988, Neuromuscular Therapy since 1992 and Structural Integration since 2006. He has been passionate about massage and massage therapy education since first becoming a massage therapist in 1988.
Sonia Ragan, LMT is co-owner of Ballroom City Dance Studio in Sarasota, FL where she teaches amateur and professional ballroom dancers. Sonia has been teaching and competing for 26 years. Her career led her to become a United States 9-dance finalist, adjudicator, and invigilator for the Dance Council of America. Sonia graduated from the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy in 2015 and has a massage therapy practice treating people with complicated pain syndromes with Neuromuscular Therapy and Sacred Thai Bodywork. She has been teaching Anatomy & Physiology at the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy since 2017. Sonia was mentored by the late Jim Cain from 2015 to 2020 and it is her goal to continue educating people on the Jim Cain method of Neuromuscular Therapy and Myofascial Release.
"Our main goal as massage therapists is mindfulness." -- Jim Cain

For more information, please contact the Sarasota/Manatee Chapter President at [email protected]