Class Date: TBA
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
This course must be taken once all previous technique courses have been taken. Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
We offer day classes, night classes, multiple start dates, and an accelerated program to help you begin your new career faster! When you build your schedule, you can choose from:
We are incredibly proud of the Massage Institute of North Texas faculty. Each faculty member brings unique insight and experience to your training, and they pour their hearts and souls into your education. The goal of every faculty and staff member is to give you all the skills necessary to pass your board exam and help you flourish in your career.
Once you join Massage Institute of North Texas, you will always be our student! As a graduate of our programs, you are always welcome to return and repeat any course you have already taken for FREE! We want to help you keep your knowledge and skills up to date to continue to achieve your full potential.
In addition to our Professional Program, Massage Institute of North Texas also offers a Mastery Program. The Mastery Program provides you with additional clinical hours to fine-tune your skills, gain additional exposure with seasoned licensed therapists, and have more one-on-one instructor time during your internship.
We are thrilled to have you join Massage Institute of North Texas! We are more than just a massage school — we provide a solid foundation in the art, practice, and principle of massage therapy. We genuinely believe in the healing power of our profession, and our education programs reflect that passion.
Here is how you can start:
Massage Institute of North Texas offers 3 education programs: Professional Massage Therapy Program, Mastery Massage Therapy Program and Neuromuscular Therapy Certification Program:
Professional Massage Therapy Program
Mastery Massage Therapy Program
Neuromuscular Therapy Certification Program
The Professional Program, Mastery Program, and Neuromuscular Therapy Certification Program will prepare you for your board exam and offer additional advanced modalities. The tuition price does not include the $100 application fee, $25 permit fee, or the $650 supply fee. Supplies covered by the supply fee include:
*There Is An Additional $200 Supply Fee For The Neuromuscular Therapy Certification Program Textbook. Students are also responsible for the cost of: Black Scrubs (School Dress Code) Additional Linens Exam Fees Licensing Fees
Students are also responsible for the cost of:
Your education is an investment, but Massage Institute of North Texas wants to make financing your education as simple as possible. As such, we offer the following payment options for our students:
We also work with the following organizations. Please speak with our Admissions Office on the assistance and certification process:
Massage Institute of North Texas is approved to train veterans and other eligible persons under the provisions of Title 38, United States Code Montgomery GI Bill. Eligible students may use the Post 9/11 GI Bill for non-college degree (NCD) programs. Benefits pay up to 100% level including actual net in-state tuition cost and fees at public NCD institutions like Massage Institute of North Texas.
45 Hours
From advertising practices to maintaining tax documents, this dynamic and insightful course will equip you to build a massage practice you can be proud of and enjoy. In addition, we will discuss industry ethics, the scope of practice for massage therapy, and laws pertaining to all businesses.
20 Hours
Students will learn to use hydrotherapy safely and effectively through demonstrations and hands-on practice. Types of hydrotherapy to be discussed include whirlpool, hot and cold packs, steam, body wraps, body scrubs, HydroFacials, and the various types of showers.
75 Hours
We utilize animated videos, exercises, and class projects to help students better comprehend the structure and function of the human body. Our textbooks are specifically designed for massage therapy students and correspond with full-color, animated presentations used in class.
40 Hours
Pathology is the study of human disease and the effects of disease on the human body. This information is vital to the massage therapist because there are conditions where massage would require caution or may not be recommended. It is also critical to recognize potential pathologies and inform clients of their risks.
50 Hours
Understanding the structure and function of the human body with an emphasis on the muscular and skeletal systems is of utmost importance for skilled massage therapists.
50 Hours For Professional, 120 Hours For Mastery And Neuromuscular Therapy Certification Programs
Your clinical internship will be the most rewarding part of your massage therapy education. You will complete the internship in our facility, providing massage and spa services to our established clientele.
200 Hours
This course teaches the art of massage therapy. We begin with basic Swedish Massage strokes and gradually work students into providing a wonderful, relaxing massage. This subject aims to impart the science and art of massage therapy to every student to provide a relaxing massage, taking into account that every client is an individual and has individual needs for their massage. Once the student is confident in their Swedish skills, we introduce several other vital techniques such as deep tissue trigger point therapy, chair massage, and sports massage.
Instructor: Dr. Rick Robinette, PhD, MPH, MBA
Class Date: 12-2-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
This workshop will provide the participants with the expertise to adequately comprehend the rationale for the application of visceral massage therapy as an approach to effectively perform various techniques that contribute to pain reduction
and functional improvement with internal organs.
Participants will be able to:
Instructor: Kathleen Lesh Smith LMT, MTI, CNMT
Class Date: 12-10-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Learn how to properly assess, treat, and help minimize the pain associated with this condition for your clients:
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Instructor: Dr. Rick Robinette, PhD, MPH, MBA
Class Date: 9-23-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
One of the most common problems that clients experience is pain located around the head, face or jaw regions.
Muscle tension - whether from trauma, postural overload or repetitive movements is frequently one of the key contributing factors to headache.
These techniques can help ease both the muscular and connective tissue components which are contributing to these painful headache problems.
Instructor: Maria-Dolores Trujillo
Class Date: 2-11-24
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $175
The Art of Aromatherapy and Aromatherapy as a Healing Art are combined in one class of 6 hours.Students will be taken step by step through valuable information, and education, providing them with knowledge,skills and to know how to select the appropriate combination of active ingredients (essential oils/citrus essences) to help themselves and/or their clients to increase vitality, improve concentration, circulation, relieve stress, and/or to enhance faster healing from injury or illness, as well as for specific ailments or areas of the body, as well as daily prevention with knowledge on botanical medicinal aromatherapy.
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Instructor: Dr. Rick Robinette, PhD, MPH, MBA
Class Date: 11-11-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Feet take on the weight of the world, and - for most people - not much feels better than a good massage that's focused just on them.
Both general and specific work are usually appreciated, and not much gets more detailed than foot reflexology, where key locations for related organs and structures can be effectively targeted.
Come learn how to optimize foot massage by blending in reflexology!
Instructor: Kathleen Lesh Smith LMT, MTI, CNMT
Class Date: 11-19-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Learn how to treat and alleviate the pain associated with the following conditions for your clients:
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Instructor: Dr. Rick Robinette, PhD, MPH, MBA
Class Date: 10-14-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Trauma - whether from soft tissue injury or surgery - leaves its mark in the connective tissues... too frequently resulting in limitation, discomfort, and more.
Instructor: Kathleen Lesh Smith, LMT, MTI, CNMT
Class Date: 10-22-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Learn how to treat and alleviate the pain associated with the following conditions for your clients:
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Instructor: Kathleen Lesh Smith, LMT, MTI, CNMT
Class Date: 9-10-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Learn how to treat & alleviate the pain associated with the following conditions for your clients:
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Instructor: Dr. Rick Robinette, PhD, MPH, MBA
Class Date: 8-12-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
The pain and discomfort of tissue swelling can frequently be helped with the right type of massage. Certain techniques, when done correctly, are able to drain congested areas of the body.
Learn some ideas for working with most kinds of edema and fluid retention. Lymphatic drainage techniques can help with sinus problems, soft tissue injuries, headaches, improve immune function, and more.
Instructor: Dr. Rick Robinette, PhD, MPH, MBA
Class Date: 8-26-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Sports massage isn’t only for professional athletes or gym rats. Whether your client is an athlete, actively engaged with regular workouts, or just stays busy with his or her physical body, sports massage is an approach that offers great advantages for all.
The techniques you will learn can help address exercise overload concerns, especially for the leg, arm, and back musculature.
Instructor: Dr. Rick Robinette, PhD, MPH, MBA
Class Date: 8-6-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $175
The range of applications for this state-of-the-art treatment called Elastic Therapy Taping is amazing! From swelling to soft tissue pain, every massage therapist needs to know how to do this. Your clients will really benefit from this 21st century approach to their injuries and conditions.
In this class you will be shown taping methods for problems such as: low back spasm, knee injuries, rotator cuff tears, carpal tunnel syndrome, ankle or foot edema, and plantar fasciitis.
Instructor: Dee Vickers LMT, BCTMB, M.ED
Class Date: 7-30-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Learn the techniques and precautions necessary to work with a healthy, pregnant woman, all the way through her labor and delivery!
Instructor: Dee Vickers LMT, BCTMB, M.ED
Class Date: 7-29-23
Time: 2:30pm to 6:30pm
CE Hours: 4
Cost: $100
Learn the proper way to release the anterior thorax to help relieve your client's aches and pains by using specific myofascial techniques designed to put their muscles and ligaments back in balance.
Please bring a set of sheets, lotion or creme and wear comfortable, loose-fitting or stretchy clothing.
Instructor: Dee Vickers LMT, BCTMB, M.ED
Class Date: 7-29-23
Time: 9:30am to 1:30pm
CE Hours: 4
Cost: $100
Learn the proper way to release the psoas and help your clients find relief from these common related issues: frequent low back pain, sacroiliac pain, sciatica, knee pain, menstruation pain, digestive issues, pelvic tilt, leg length discrepancies, kyphosis, lumbar lordosis and more.
Please bring a set of sheets, lotion or creme and wear comfortable, loose-fitting or stretchy
clothing.
Instructor: Dee Vickers LMT, BCTMB, M.ED
Class Date: 7-28-23
Time: 4pm to 8pm
CE Hours: 4
Cost: $100
Table stretching provides deep relief for muscle tension & pain. This routine can be used as an independent modality, incorporated into a sports massage routine or used as an integration into a deep tissue massage.
Please bring a set of sheets, lotion or creme and wear comfortable, loose-fitting or stretchy clothing.
Instructor: Kathleen Lesh Smith, LMT, MTI, CNMT
Class Date: 6-25-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Instructor: Laurel King LMT, MTI
Class Date: TBA
Time: 10am to 5pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Myofascial therapy is a technique of releasing restrictions, adhesions, scar tissue, etc., that cause pain, reduced mobility, and trigger points in the muscles and fascia of the body.
This class focuses on developing the art of locating these points of restriction and becoming skilled at applying specific protocols for releasing them.
This class can be taken as a stand-alone continuing education class or as part of a 24-hour Myofascial Therapy Continuing Education Series.
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Instructor: Laurel King LMT, MTI
Class Date: TBA
Time: 10am to 5pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Myofascial therapy is a technique of releasing restrictions, adhesions, scar tissue, etc., that cause pain, reduced mobility, and trigger points in the muscles and fascia of the body.
This class focuses on developing the art of locating these points of restriction and becoming
skilled at applying specific protocols for releasing them.
This class can be taken as a stand-alone continuing education class or as part of a 24-hour
Myofascial Therapy Continuing Education Series.
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Instructor: Laurel King LMT, MTI
Class Date:4-22-23
Time: 10am to 5pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Myofascial therapy is a technique of releasing restrictions, adhesions, scar tissue, etc., that cause pain, reduced mobility, and trigger points in the muscles and fascia of the body.
This class focuses on developing the art of locating these points of restriction and becoming skilled at applying specific protocols for releasing them.
This class can be taken as a stand-alone continuing education class or as part of a 24-hour Myofascial Therapy Continuing Education Series.
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Instructor: Kathleen Lesh Smith LMT, MTI, CNMT
Class Dates: 4-23-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Take this as a stand-alone class or as a part of our Neuromuscular Therapy Series. Analyzing postural distortions allows the therapist freedom from chasing patterns. Learn how this process will benefit you in your practice.
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil to class.
As a pioneer and international natural health expert, Maria-Dolores has a passion for research, curriculum development, and education. She is an awarded practitioner who was an Honored Professional of the National Directory of Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals and featured in Dallas Women Magazine as an Entrepreneur in her field. Maria-Dolores is also a published author who released Healing Our Emotional Body in 2019. Maria-Dolores Trujillo is a Board-Certified Traditional Naturopath, Certified Nutritional Consultant, Certified Natural Health Professional, Licensed Esthetician, and Certified Aromatherapist. She founded Aromatherapy Institute in 1991. Over the years, she has practiced and taught in the United States and abroad.
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My career as a Massage Therapist began 28 years ago, as a graduate of the Academy of Healing Arts of Denton, TX. It was Divine intervention that led me to pursue massage therapy as a career, and more so that led me to my first Fascial Release seminar. Which fostered a fascination with the fascia and the expansion of my career to include teaching. I hope to inspire the same fascination, awe, and respect of the body, in others.
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Dee Vickers, LMT, BCTMB, M.ED., is a board-certified massage therapist, the former Director of Gould’s Academy of Massage, Nationally Approved Massage and Bodywork continuing education provider, and the owner and lead educator for Massage CE Education. She has been a professional educator for over twenty years and combing her passion for education and massage for over ten years. Her clinical specialty in private practice is TMJ disorder massage, fertility and pregnancy massage, rehabilitative bodywork. She received a bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Auburn University in Education, as well as, her massage therapy certification from Gadsden State Community College. She interned under Patricia Casebere who was a direct apprentice of Dr. Janet Travell the founder of trigger point therapy. Her classes are a lively blend of hands-on skills, inspiring information, and light-hearted methods. Her approach to massage and bodywork education is hands-on with a focus on individual attention to participants. Mentoring massage therapists and building massage community are an integral part of her mission.
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For the past 37 years, Dr. Rick Robinette has acquired many diverse skills and ample experience related to sharing information on both the human sciences and soft tissue therapy. During this time, his accomplishments include teaching adult learners through primary educational facilities and via the provision of continuing education instruction with many venues across the United States, using live and media-based instruction. Rick has written a textbook for healthcare practitioners on an effective pain management approach, which was published by Pearson Education, Inc., with translations in both Korean and Italian. In addition, he co-produced an instructional video on healthcare treatment protocols for a special population (pregnant women), owned and managed a private health care practice, and has helped countless clients deal with pain, debility, or dysfunction from his direct therapeutic treatments. Dr. Robinette is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Health Sciences and an Adjunct Instructor with the College of Chiropractic at Parker University in Dallas, Texas. He teaches six courses for students in the Massage Therapy certificate program and an elective course on soft tissue therapy for students in the Doctor of Chiropractic program. He has earned a PhD doctoral degree in education (with a concentration in curriculum and instruction), a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree (with a concentration in epidemiology), and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
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Instructor: Kathleen Lesh Smith, LMT, MTI, CNMT
This series consists of 3 (6 hour) workshops and 9 (6 hour) technique course and 1 (8 hour) clinical day. In order to become certified you must take the entire 80 hours. However, you may take the workshops or the technique courses individually and in any order (except for the master class and the clinical day which must come at the very end).
Neuromuscular Therapy combines structural posture analysis, Myofascial Release and Trigger Point Therapy to the direct area of causation. This series is extremely hands-on and will teach you the skills for quick and efficient results that last longer.
Class Date: TBA
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
“Fascia is the forgotten soft tissue in the bodywork world and is the easiest to treat!"
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Class Date: TBA
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
"Neuromuscular therapy allows the therapist to treat the SOURCE of the pain, not just the symptoms."
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Class Date: 4-23-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Analyzing postural distortions allows the therapist freedom from chasing patterns.
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil to class.
Class Date: 5-21-23
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Class Date: TBA
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Learn how to properly assess, treat, and help minimize the pain associated with this condition for your clients:
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Class Date: TBA
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
Learn how to properly assess, treat, and help minimize the pain associated with this condition for your clients:
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Class Date: TBA
Time: 10am to 4pm
CE Hours: 6
Cost: $150
This course must be taken once all previous technique courses have been taken. Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.
Class Date: TBA
Time: 8am to 6pm
CE Hours: 8
Cost: $200
This class must be taken last and is 8 hours long.
Please bring a set of sheets and your choice of massage lotion, creme, or oil with you to class.