Product Description
This 3 CEU online class will offer insight into how the immune system responds to infections, toxins and stress. Sometimes the immune system gets confused and redirects its hostile attack against your joints, brain, and skin. Learn how massage as well as other lifestyle habits can boost the immune system for better quality of life.
Course Outline:
Part 1: The Network of the Immune System
- Main Components
- Subsystems: Innate & Adaptive Immunity
Part 2: The Various Components
- Skin, Mucosal Immune System, Bone Marrow, Thymus, Tonsils & Adenoids, Spleen, Lymph Nodes, Complement System, Cytokines, Antibodies
Part 3: Innate Immunity & Adaptive Immunity
- Immunity of the Human Term and Preterm Newborn
- Barrier Defenses
- Age Related Changes
Part 4: Maintaining A Healthy Immune System
- A Healthy Lifestyle
Part 5: Autoimmune Diseases and Being Immunocompromised
- Autoimmunity Doesn’t Happen Overnight
- Triggers
- Immunocompromised
- Functional Medicine vs. Conventional-Medicine Approach
Part 6: In Sync
- T Cells (Treg)
- Nanoparticles and trained immunity: Glimpse into the future
Part 7: Massage Therapy and the Immune System
- Acute Thymic Atrophy
- Stress is an Immunosuppressor
- Recent Research on Massage and the Immune System
- Boosting The Immune System
- Massage for Autoimmune Diseases
- Contraindications/Know when to refer out
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