Getting Comfortable Working in Side-Lying Position, Becca Torns-Barker, MEd, LMT, BCTMB
Thu, Nov 14
|StrongHouse Studio
This class is a live in studio event with Becca Torns-Barker, MEd, LMT, BCTMB. Side-lying position can lead to a sense of security, often enabling more effective work. This class will help you guide clients into and out of side-lying position, secure draping and apply massage techniques.


Time & Location
Nov 14, 2024, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
StrongHouse Studio, 168 Center St, Southington, CT 06489, USA
About The Event
Side-lying position (also called the lateral recumbent position) is a unique, and often underused, massage treatment position. Side-lying is a comfortable position for many clients, especially for those who are side sleepers. This comfort can lead to a sense of security, often enabling more effective work. Side-lying also offers the unique opportunity to place more lateral muscle groups “face up”, towards the massage therapist, making them easier for you to address.
This four-hour, hands-on class will help you guide clients into and out of side-lying position, teach you secure draping techniques for side-lying position, help you understand how to apply your techniques to anatomy in side-lying position, and understand when this type of treatment would be a good treatment choice.
*Tables, bolsters, and stools are provided for you. Please bring linens, lubricant for the skin, 3 pillows or 2 pillows and we will provide a bolster.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will be able to:
- Explain why side-lying position can be an effective treatment option
- Instruct clients on moving into and out of a side-lying position
- Understand how to apply massage techniques in a side-lying position for client’s therapeutic benefit
- Securely drape clients in side-lying position
- Identify how and when side-lying position is an appropriate treatment choice