Q&A
EMA
Step I – Choose the nearest EMA Instructor or EMA Academy
Step II – Select the Masterclass in which to enroll
Step III – Apply via email or a phone call (you will receive all necessary information)
Step IV – Taking the test / Each participant of the EMA training receives a Certificate of Attendance upon the completion of the Madero therapy Training, after which he or she takes the exam. After successfully passing the exam, the student acquires an EMA license and becomes a Certified Madero Therapist.
A Certified Madero Therapist can be trained further in order to advance through the levels prescribed and standardized by the EMA.
No previous experience is required. You will get all the knowledge you need for future profession during the training.
Through its licenses, EMA provides numerous benefits for every madero therapist, both for their personal development as well as for his job and career.
CREDIBILITY
Due to the conditions and regulations in the course of obtaining the certificate, and maintenance of the license required by the EMA, madero therapists are recognized for their qualities and professionalism.
MARKETING SUPPORT
For all those who are at the beginning of their madero therapy career, EMA provides marketing support.
COMMUNICATION
For us, it is extremely important to keep you up to date with the development of madero therapy even after the training. In accordance with that principle, the EMA regularly informs its members about further developments in the field.
PROGRESSION
The EMA prescribes standardized levels at which each madero therapist can hone their personal skills and gain professional status, as well as reach the level of an instructor, who will train future madero therapists.
The Maderotherapy technique standardized by the European Madero Association (EMA) is distinguished from other variations of Maderotherapy for several reasons, primarily focusing on standardization, training, tools, and protocols:
Standardized Training and Certification:
- Comprehensive Training Programs: The EMA offers detailed and structured training programs to ensure practitioners are thoroughly educated in the technique. This includes both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
- Certification: Practitioners who undergo EMA training receive certification that signifies they have met specific standards of competency and professionalism. This ensures a consistent level of quality across practitioners.
High-Quality Tools:
- Specialized Wooden Tools: The EMA emphasizes the use of specific, high-quality wooden tools designed to optimize the benefits of Maderotherapy. These tools are crafted to exact specifications to ensure uniformity in treatment.
- Tool Maintenance and Hygiene: The EMA provides guidelines on the maintenance and hygiene of the tools, ensuring they are safe and effective for use.
Standardized Protocols:
- Defined Techniques: The EMA has established detailed protocols for how the Maderotherapy treatments should be performed. This includes the sequence of movements, pressure applied, and duration of each session.
- Personalized Treatment Plans: While the protocols are standardized, they allow for customization based on individual client needs, ensuring each session is tailored to achieve the best results.
Holistic Approach:
- Integration with Other Therapies: EMA’s approach often integrates Maderotherapy with other complementary therapies to enhance overall wellbeing. This holistic approach sets it apart from more isolated techniques.
- Focus on Health and Wellness: The EMA emphasizes the broader health and wellness benefits of Maderotherapy, including improved circulation, lymphatic drainage, and muscle relaxation, beyond just aesthetic benefits.
Research and Development:
- Ongoing Research: The EMA is involved in ongoing research to continually improve the technique and validate its benefits scientifically. This commitment to evidence-based practice helps to refine and advance the methodology.
- Innovation: The association encourages innovation and development in the field, ensuring that the techniques and tools evolve with new insights and technological advancements.
These factors contribute to a more consistent, reliable, and effective Maderotherapy experience when performed by practitioners certified by the European Madero Association compared to other non-standardized variations.
MADEROTHERAPY
Maderotherapy is a massage technique that, with the correct application of madero elements on the body, has a profound effect on muscles and other tissues, thus achieving much faster and more efficient results compared to regular massage. The massage itself, as well as the implementation of specialized elements, make Maderotherapy a 100% natural and holistic method.
The Maderotherapy technique applied at the Madero Academy is exceptional for 3 reasons:
- The motions and techniques learned at the Madero Academy achieve extremely fast results with the clients
- The massage is very pleasant for the client, not painful
- Madero therapist’s work is maximally expedited. This was one of our basic goals when we were designing madero elements and the technique.
Of course not. Maderotherapy is the application of wood for therapeutic and aesthetic purposes. Depending on the equipment, knowledge and skills of the therapist, it can be applied to the whole body and covers almost all types of massages done by hand.
At Madero Academy, you can choose your courses and learn to apply the madero elements to the whole body.
The most important thing in madero therapy is not the type of wood from which the element was made. It is important that the wood does not release resin, that it is thermally treated, which removes the termites and flaws from the wood, making it safe for the skin. But, the single most important thing in madero therapy is that these elements are not lacquered, because varnish destroys the energy of wood, diminishing the effect it has on our body as a part of nature. At the same time, varnishing the elements could enable the chemical particles to push into skin through such an intensive treatment.
EMA Madero elements undergo heat treatment, are disinfection and sterilization procedures, so that they are absolutely safe for application on human skin.
In order to answer this question, we first need to know what our client’s lifestyle is, eating habits, activity level, how he or she reacts to madero therapy, what are their sensitivity, how fast the client’s metabolism is, whether they experience problems with circulation, whether there are hormonal imbalances or some problem with the lymphatic system – therefore, many sub-questions that can be answered only after a few treatments, after the madero therapist gets to know the client’s body and its reaction to the treatment. We are all different, but the knowledge, experience, and the therapist’s advice is actually paramount if the client wants an answer to the first question.
The first couple of massages may be painful, afterwards they are very relaxing.
Bruising is not common for this type of massage, but bruises may appear in cases of hypersensitive people during first sessions, as well as when someone unprofessional is handling the wooden elements.
One mustn’t apply any kind of direct pressure to the varicose veins.
No, there are no negative effects on facial muscles. Madero facial therapy activates the facial muscles in a natural way, and if the massage sessions are stopped, will remain rejuvenated. Circulation and lymph flowswill be improved, and that cannot have a negative effect.
Madero facial therapy actually gives you healthy facial skin.
Individual therapies can be done as parts of a classic treatment, where each massage session will have its effect. If we want to make a more concrete result, the treatments are done in 6 – 10 therapies in one series, every other day. After the age of 50, the series should be repeated for a second month, followed by periodic upkeep.
It is never too early or too late to start exercising the muscles. It is ideal to start before the age of 30, because it is much easier and healthier to keep the firm shape and the condition of the face in those years, than to allow it to relax and expand across years.