This course is taught as a package deal, students must take both courses, pay one price, and receive two separate certificates.

Date: 7/25/25 – 7/27/25
Time: 9am – 6pm
CE Hours: 24
Price: $427

Ethics and Cancer

In this course, we will learn about special considerations in working with clients who are being treated for different forms of cancer. We will look at how research informs how we work with clients now and what myths have been dispelled with regards to Massage Therapy and cancer treatments. We will briefly discuss Lymphatic Drainage and other therapies to be employed with our clients post surgically.

After taking this course, the learner will be able to:

• Understand the concept of stages of cancer
• Be able to recognize possible cancerous lesions on the skin and know when to refer the client to a specialist
• Understand how cancer spreads or metastasizes
• Consider how to modify treatment based on medical devices client may have implanted or in place
• Understand different cancer treatments and how they affect the body

Attitudes and standards of practice when it comes to treating our clients going through various cancer treatments have changed drastically over the last several decades. Let’s learn about the most currently accepted methods to safely and effectively work with them to provide the most compassionate, informed care.

Instructor: Ann Boone

Massage for the Medically Fragile

This class will be focused on LMTs who wish to safely treat oncological patients. Other medically fragile special populations will be discussed, and the application of the techniques taught in class will be applicable to these same populations.

There will be pathophysiological and anatomical lectures concerning cancer, frailty, the elderly, and severe acute injury. We will discuss several medications we might find in these populations; and how they might change massage. We will discuss the difficult emotional and ethical issues special populations might experience. The discussions are intended to help LMTs stay within their scope of practice while holding space for these special populations.

Finally, techniques covered in class will include manual lymphatic drainage (MLD/Vodder method), gentle approaches to Swedish massage, reflexology for the immune system, and other gentle release techniques. The students will be guided on choosing which techniques to apply to particular populations; and how to bolster or position clients to increase their comfort.

In this course, we will learn about special considerations in working with clients who are being treated for different forms of cancer. We will look at how research informs how we work with clients now and what myths have been dispelled with regards to Massage Therapy and cancer treatments. We will briefly discuss Lymphatic Drainage and other therapies to be employed with our clients post surgically.

After taking this course, the learner will be able to:

• Understand the concept of stages of cancer
• Be able to recognize possible cancerous lesions on the skin and know when to refer the client to a specialist
• Understand how cancer spreads or metastasizes
• Consider how to modify treatment based on medical devices client may have implanted or in place
• Understand different cancer treatments and how they affect the body

Attitudes and standards of practice when it comes to treating our clients going through various cancer treatments have changed drastically over the last several decades. Let’s learn about the most currently accepted methods to safely and effectively work with them to provide the most compassionate, informed care.

Instructor: Jeff Zutaut

Ann Boone, LMT
Ann has been practicing massage therapy and bodywork since 1979. After many years of practice as a self-taught therapist, Ann continued her education in a more traditional setting at Lexington Healing Arts Academy, graduating in 2003. She is a board-certified (BCTMB) Massage Therapist through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)

Her advanced trainings include: Neuromuscular/Trigger Point therapies, Lymph Drainage (MLD-C), Visceral and Neural Manipulation, Craniosacral therapy, Pre/post-natal, sports massage, and Active Isolated Stretching. Ann has over 3,500 hours of experience in physical therapy settings (outpatient orthopedic, acute care, sports medicine) as well as having served as a team massage therapist to the University of Kentucky track team (co-ed) and the men’s basketball team for 11 years.

As a member of the AMTA, she has served as co-founder/co-chair of the AMTA-KY Sports massage team, a delegate to the National Convention for Kentucky, and has been Kentucky state Government Relations chair since 2018. She also is the current (2023-present) President of the National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists (NAMTPT). She has a private practice in Lexington, Kentucky, and currently teaches Kinesiology and Ethics at LHAA in the Massage Therapy Training Program.

Jeff Zutaut
Jeff graduated from the Lexington Healing Arts Academy in 2015. During his professional career as a massage therapist, Jeff has worked in a variety of employment settings. Jeff has managed his own practice, and he currently works for Massage Envy where he was the therapist of the year in 2021. Jeff brings the wealth of his experiences enthusiastically to our Career and Business class. Jeff was born and raised in southern West Virginia. Residing in Lexington now, he shares his home with his 400 house plants!