Instructor: Nancy Keeney Smith
CE Hours: 18 Florida

NCBTMB Provider #: 450391-07
Florida Provider #: 50-11196

Registration: Register here
Contact Nancy Smith at info@ntouchtherapy.com

This highly practical course is aimed at enabling health care professionals to work safely and effectively with patients with scars of varying etiology and through the various stages of accidental or surgical trauma recovery.

The material covers the science of wound healing and scar formation, pathophysiological scar etiology and considerations for bodywork during the various stages of healing and mature scar formation. Trauma-sensitive considerations and communication strategies and are also covered. The course includes instructor demos and participant exchange (assessment and treatment) – including methods/tools for evaluating and tracking treatment outcomes.

The learning outcome is to assist the therapist with improving their critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and scar treatment skills to achieve consistently safe and effective clinical outcomes. You will be encouraged to share your scar tissue experiences and interact with other therapists in group discussions. Nancy combines years of research with traumatic scar clients and her certification in MLD to develop a protocol that combines gentle hands-on techniques to facilitate the best healing environment.

About the Instructor:

Nancy Keeney Smith is an author of Traumatic Scar Tissue Management, Board Certified Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Lymph Drainage Therapist, and a Florida and NCTMB Provider of Scar Management Workshops. Nancy’s Scar Management Workshops have been taught internationally to students, LMT’s, PT’s and OT’s. Nancy is former 1st VP of the AMTA Florida Chapter, member of the American Burn Association, and the National Lymphedema Network.

• 2005 Pioneered therapeutic massage sessions with pediatric burn survivors at Camp Amigo
• 2006 Project Leader of Massage Therapy Foundation Grant funded pilot program for pediatric burn scars & massage therapy
• 2005 to present Program Leader for TALK Project-massage therapy for pediatric burn survivors
• 2008 Research paper Published-Range of Motion Improves After Massage in Children with Burns: A Pilot Study
• 2010 MTIF funds research on how massage and active isolated stretching effects ROM on scar tissue
• 2011 Opens After Care Clinic for Scar Management in Gainesville, Florida
• 2013 Presenter- International Massage Therapy Research Conference
• 2016 Author: Traumatic Scar Management Techniques: Principles, Practice and Protocol-Handspring Publishing
• 2016 Author: Scar Chapter contributor to Integrative Pain Management-Handspring Publishing
• 2016 Presenter: Registered Massage Therapists’ Association of British Columbia
• 2017 Presenter: Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba Conference
• 2017 Presenter: Massage Therapy Association of Saskatchewan
• 2018 Presenter: 5th International Fascia Research Congress Berlin, Germany