SOMI Certification for Medical Massage Practitioner

How did I get to completing the SOMI certification for Medical Massage Practitioner? That is a good question. I grew up with a strong interest and ability in math and science and financing. I spent 20 years in a successful career in the construction industry in management accounting and finance. When I had the opportunity to retire early 11 years ago, I took some time to travel with my husband. Then settled home and found some good causes to spend my time on. One of those causes was Hospice. I went through the Hospice training and started to volunteer. As that amazing work continued I found that adding massage therapy to my work offered hands-on comfort and pain management. I went back to school and became state licensed and achieved NBCTMB certified. My initial education was an 18 month – 990-hour Massage therapy program that included in-depth anatomy and physiology studies. From that experience, Therapeutic massage education became a passion of mine that I continued to expand annually. I have studied anatomy and physiology, bodywork, massage for cancer patients, Lymph Drainage, Deep Tissue, Swedish massage, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy, Sports Massage, Hot Stone, Energy Healing Level 1, and Chair Massage. Things were great I was enjoying this second career just fine. Then I found a SOMI seminar in Inverness, Florida. By the end of the first day of the Medical Massage seminar I felt like a whole new area of massage that included a strong science backing ope