DATE: Saturday, October 18, 2025

LOCATION: Old Murphey School, 3717 Murphey School Road, Durham, NC 27705

Most massage techniques are delivered with the client either prone or supine. Yet there are many reasons to approach the body from a different position. Accessibility, comfort, safety, and effectiveness are all benefits of working with a client in side-lying position. 

Resolving some client issues requires working on structures that are easier to access from the side. Some clients are not comfortable prone or supine and certain health conditions or medical treatments can limit client positioning during a massage therapy session. Using a side-lying position allows the therapist to be more effective, and treat these areas with more ease and accuracy. 

This technique-oriented class focuses on massage strokes and strategies for bodywork performed in a side-lying position. Learn skills to increase your confidence in working with clients lying on their side.  

This one-day class covers:

• Anatomy of key musculature that can be effectively addressed from a side-lying position
• Critical thinking regarding indications for side-lying work
• How to position and drape a client for safe, comfortable massage in side-lying
• Hands-on techniques to treat many muscles of the shoulder girdle, hips, and lower extremities
• New approaches to muscles that you are used to working in a prone or supine

See below for more information and full course description