Continuing Education

Upgrade Your Massage Skills with Continuing Education

Our CE programs at Health Enrichment Center meet the Continuing Education requirements for the state of Michigan. You can take advantage of our affordably priced Continuing Education opportunities in Massage Therapy Training, where you will get to work with world-renowned author Sandy Fritz and other qualified Massage Therapy staff members!

Enhance and Refine Your Massage Techniques

Along with staying current in the field, continuing education is required by the State of Michigan to practice. Additionally, should you seek to become a “Board Certified LMT” through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB), additional CE credits are also required. The following CE offerings are designed to be convenient and meet the requirements needed for either maintaining your Massage Therapy License to practice in Michigan and/or your NCBTMB –Nationally Board-Certified status.

State of Michigan License Renewal Continuing Education (CE) Requirement:

• During the 2 years preceding the application for renewal, successful completion of 18 continuing education contact hours that are approved by the board.
  
• Minimum of 1 hour of continuing education earned in pain and symptom management.
• Minimum of 2 hours of continuing education earned in professional ethics and boundaries.
  

NCBTMB Board Certification renewal Continuing Education Requirement

• Once earned - you must achieve a minimum 24 CEs - every 2 years.
• including 3 CE hours in Ethics
• pass a national criminal background check.

ONLY IN PERSON INSTRUCTION AT HEC WILL BE ACCEPTED BY NCBTMB

CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHEDULE 2025

REMOTE OPTION- VIA ZOOM

Classes are from 5 pm – 9 pm

Ethics AND Pain & Symptom Management

Cost - $100

¨      4 CE hours

¨      Monday – March 3, 2025

 IN PERSON CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

 Classes are from 9 am – 5 pm with an hour for lunch.

Massage Excellence

Course Descriptions: Massage Excellence CE series for 2025 will focus on efficient and effective therapeutic massage application, assessment, interventions and adaptation to achieve therapeutic outcomes. The focus will be on body regions. 

April 7, 2025

Head, Neck and Torso

7 CE hours

Cost - $ 200

Provider Name: Sandy & Luke Fritz

June 2, 2025

Lower Limbs

7 CE hours

Cost - $ 200

Provider Name: Sandy & Luke Fritz

August 4, 2025

Upper Limbs

7 CE hours

Cost - $ 200

Provider Name: Sandy & Luke Fritz

October 6, 2025

Therapeutic Taping Techniques /Kinesio taping

7 CE hours

Cost - $ 200

Provider Name: Luke Fritz

Students will describe aspects of safety, sanitation, and contraindications related to therapeutic taping. Students will demonstrate the safe application of therapeutic taping. Students will demonstrate the integration of therapeutic taping into the massage session. Students will demonstrate the application of therapeutic taping related to 3 key outcomes (pain management, connective tissue / scar tissue pliability, fluid movement). Students will demonstrate the application of therapeutic taping which does NOT restrict mobility / range of motion.