Objectives of the Canadian Massage Therapy Championship LNE SPA Canada
About the championship
- To promote the wellness industry.
- To promote the wellness sector through the art of massage therapy.
- To inspire and be inspired.
- To restore the title of nobility to human touch.
- To put forward human capital.
- To increase the recognition of the profession.
- The championship advocates to promote the commitment to the sharing of knowledge to increase the quality of the profession, to gain notoriety and pride.
- Reveal and promote talent and excellence at the national and international levels.
Why participate?
- Participating in the Championship contributes to the advancement of the profession.
- Be part of the solution that leads to the successes of the whole.
- Be part of a supportive community that works for change towards excellence.
- Create a friendly group for sharing and exchanging know-how.
- The championship pushes to surpass oneself and reach its maximum potential.
- Highlight your talents.
- Put forward the best technical performances and artistic presentation in massage.
- Gain notoriety.
Even if the championship is a competition, it is with oneself that one measures oneself above all and that one seeks to surpass oneself. We all come out winners and better.
Eligibility criteria
- Hold a Diploma of Professional Studies (DEP) in aesthetics or massage therapy.
- For massage therapist, be part of an association.
- Hold liability insurance.
- Be a Canadian citizen.
- Be doubly vaccinated according to the requirements of the Palais des Congrès de Montréal.
- Be respectful of the health rules related to Covid according to the measures taken by the Palais des Congrès de Montréal.
- Provide proof of eligibility criteria.
Participation
The Championnat Canadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada takes place in two steps:
- First step of the preliminary selection:
Virtual by submitting your 30 min massage videos. - Second step in person:
Competitors selected as finalists will be invited to perform 30 minutes of massage at the Palais des Congrès on June 5th during the International Congress Les Nouvelles Esthétiques Spa Canada.
Championship Rules
To participate, you will need to register via the LNE SPA Canada site and pay the registration fee in full. Send your video. No refund unless the championship is cancelled by the ChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada
- Be doubly vaccinated.
- Respect health rules related to Covid.
- Have a spirit of solidarity and a commitment to share knowledge in all humility.
Be committed to giving and promoting the highest value of the ChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada. Respect the members of the jury, the competitors, the models and the ethics of the profession.
All activities and gestures with a sexual connotation are prohibited and justify expulsion from the Championship.
The ChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada reserves the right to refuse participants who do not respect the rules.
Videos submitted for the championship should not be published before the results of the championship.
By participating and submitting your videos to theChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada, you agree to give them the right to use your videos and videos of the presentation of your performances in person to promote yourself and the ChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada.
- Techniques
- Ergonomics
- Fluidity
- Innovation and improvement of methods
- Contact with the receiver
- Presentation – Hygiene
- Draping and respect for the privacy of the receiver
- Testimony of the receiver
About ergonomics
Adjusting the height of the massage table. The therapist body alignment, the transmission of the force from the weight of the therapist’s body. The position of the receiver.
Example: The height of the table is too low. This forces the donor to bend his back too much and bend his head, which will give him stiffness and tension in the neck and shoulders.
About the techniques presented
Purpose of the techniques presented must meet the desired effects and meet the needs of the recipient.
About the fluidity of massage
Adjustment of the rhythms and the fluidity of the massage according to the desired purpose.
Example : For relaxing massage, the pace is slower.
About innovation and research to improve methods
Innovation to adjust and adapt the transfer of force according to the capacity and size of the therapist to make the massage comfortable both for the well-being of the recipient and the one who gives the massage.
- Bring a new technique, movement, and tools that improve the massage.
- Innovate in the use of existing tools to advance art.
Example of what is not considered an innovation related to massage therapy: juggling with inflamed sticks and spitting fire to make a show and attract the attention of judges are not part of massage therapy and has no therapeutic effect.
About the presentation
- Choice and hygiene of the bedding and equipment used.
- Personal hygiene and presentation of the donor.
How the choreography of the massage begins and ends. How the therapist enters his massage, step by step and how he finishes.
Remember that this is a massage championship and not a massage therapy clinic. Art must be put forward. The goal is to promote your art, it must be presentable and enchanting.
About contact with the recipient
Kindness, empathy, listening.
Respect for the privacy of the recipient. The art of draping must be taken into consideration. Discover the parts to be massaged and cover the unmassed parts.
All activities and gestures with a sexual connotation are prohibited and justify expulsion from the Championship.
About the Recipient’s Testimony
The feedback following the massage is considered. The goal is to meet the expectations of the receiver.
Example: the recipient would like a relaxing massage; you offer him a deep tissue massage with a very fast and energetic rhythm.
Technical part (A section)
The basic essential manual techniques required in your performance to present the therapeutic wellness massage, posterior part from head to toe.
Effleurage, kneading, friction, stretching, neuromuscular massage that tend to relax.
All optional techniques: lymphatic drainage, palpating-rolling, vibration, tapping.
No device and equipment.
No needles or techniques that pierce the skin.
No chiropractic manipulation or osteopathy.
Videos (section B)
First step in the preliminary selection of your 30 min videos: 5 min of presentation, 23 min of massage. 2 min feed back for the recipient.
Preliminary evaluation of the competition:
Make a video to present your 30 min massage and send it to us.
The video contains:
5 min to introduce yourself and explain the purpose and effects of your massage, without any background music:
Your presentation: first and last name, which company you represent.
Explain:
- The purpose of your massage.
- What techniques your massage is based.
- The expected effects.
- Explain why you are participating in theChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada?
- What do you expect from this competition?
- You can do an editing using images to highlight the explanation of your massage so that the judges understand your goals well.
- The position of your camera(s) must be in landscape (horizontal) and not portrait (vertical) position.
- No manipulation of images, slow down or accelerate.
- During most of the shooting, position the camera(s) so that judges can see your and the receiver on the table massage in its entirety. This allows us to see that it is you who perform during the same session and that it is the same model.
- Show a clear angle so that we can see your work. Do not put yourself on the back of the camera.
- Avoid moving the camera in most of the demo if you only use one camera. The goal is to benefit the shooting without giving seasickness to the judges.
For your video (but not during the competition at the Palais des Congrès), it is possible to massage only one side of the body for the demonstration due to the allowed duration of 25 min to make your demonstration in its best. Choose one side of the body to massage and demonstrate on the chosen side.
The goal is to give the best version of your massage and show your skill. Avoid backlighting, or not enough light. Judges must be able to evaluate your video effortlessly.
2 min of testimony and the return of the recipient on the massage received.
Second step in person
Selected finalists will be invited to present 30 minutes of massage at the Palais des congrès on June 5 during the International Congress Les Nouvelles Esthétiques Spa Canada.
Following the evaluation of your videos, the judges will choose finalists to participate in person at the ChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada.
Your participation in person will promote your massage and reveal yourself as a champion of gold, silver, or bronze medal.
30-minute massage in person includes:
- 5min to introduce you and explain the purpose and effects of your massage to the judges.
- 23min massage
- 2min of testimony and feedback from the receiver on the message received.
- It is your responsibility to bring your bedding, sheets, oil and any tools and products necessary for your presentation.
- Arrive 45 minutes in advance at the Palais des Congrès.
- You will be penalized from the championship in case of any delay.
A word to the participants not selected:
Do not be disappointed not to be among the finalists, you will try again at the next championship and learn to improve yourself. By participating, you give yourself a chance to acknowledge your potential. You are exposing your courage and boldness to move forward.
That’s the spirit of a champion!
Registration price: $
No refund unless the championship is cancelled by the ChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada
About our judges
Our high-skilled judges are formed by the Championnat Canadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada Committee, chaired by Mrs. Valérie Mazé, Magazine Director and General Commissioner of LNE Canada Congress and the Ambassador Mrs. Phiane Duquet.
- Phiane Duquet, ambassador of the ChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada.
- Founder of the school of talent, Spa Phiane Inc and co-founder of the World Wellness Adventure & Prestige Coaching for 5-stars Resorts and Spa.
- World Champion in massage gold and silver medallist at the 2021 World Championship, the Massage World Cup 2021, and the International Massage Association 2021.
- Phiane is a senior massage therapist and holistic beautician. She practices integrative care based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and ancestral heritage care.
- She is the official teacher of the kobido® ancestral massage, accredited by the Master of the 26th generation of the art of Kobido®, Dr. Shogo Mochizuki.
- She is a finalist for the prestigious award as “Spa Leader of the Year 2022 WSW Awards 2022” by The World Spa and Wellness in Excel London, England.
- She received the 2020 certificate of professional qualification (aesthetic care) signed by the Minister of Employment and Solidarity Jean Boulet.
- She is a finalist as the Best Spa in America 2021 WSWAwards 2021 by The World Spa and Wellness in Excel London, England.
- She is certified by The International Massage Association as an advanced teacher of international massage therapy.
- She is an ambassador for the World Wellness Weekend of the province of Quebec, an event to showcase wellness artisans and promote Quebec’s wellness industry at the international level.
- As top 10 world finalist of 2021, with her team of ambassadors, they have received the trophy of the World Wellness Weekend 2021 for the support of the three ministers and the three associations of massage therapy as well as magazines and especially for having been able to bring together artisans of well-being throughout the province during the event of the World Wellness Weekend.
Part for judges
What is it like to be a judge?
To be judges is to master the art of evaluating in a fair way and in a constructive and positive way.
The judge must not do favoritism but evaluate the skills of the participants regardless of their choice of membership in an association or school.
Meet evaluation criteria established by the ChampionnatCanadien de Massothérapie LNE SPA Canada.
How to evaluate? (Section c)
By the Point System out of 100
Technique: 1-20 points
Ergonomics: 1-10 points
Fluidity and rhythm: 1-20 points
Choreography, Innovation improvement of methods: 1-15 points
Contact with the receiver: 1-10 points
Draping and respect for the privacy of the receiver: 1-10
Presentation and hygiene: 1-15
Recipient’s testimonial: bonus
1 – Technique:
Explain the purpose of the massage presented.
The different techniques used to achieve the goal of the massage.
It is important that the massage therapist demonstrates mastery of all basic techniques he chose to demonstrate.
2 – Ergonomics during the massage:
Adjustment to the right height of the massage table.
Use of weight transfer as a force rather than forcing arms and hands. Alignment of the massage therapist according to the position taken during the massage to avoid injuries.
Preventive and protective techniques of the wrists, thumbs, neck, and all joints during the massage. Positioning of the recipient during the massage.
3 – Fluidity and rhythm:
The pace must be adjusted as needed for the goal to be achieved. Is it to tone or relax?
For relaxation, the rhythm must be slow, to warm up and tone, the rhythm must be faster.
The rhythm at the beginning of the massage, in the middle of the massage and at the end of the massage: the crescendo.
How the therapist enters his massage, how he ends up and how he gets out of the massage session.
4 – Choreography, Innovation improvement of methods:
The adjustment of the technique is sometimes necessary when the massage therapist needs to adapt the weight transfer according to his size, his own flexibility, his ability to handle the chosen techniques and his dexterity.
5 – Chorégraphie, Innovation amélioration des méthodes:
The development of a new technique or improvement of the chosen technique can be useful to better adapt it to the needs of the recipient. The combination of other techniques can be an asset to achieve the goal.
6 – Contact with
the recipient
The consultation part and the acquaintance of the needs of the recipient. Empathetic listening, body reading. Consideration of the objective to be achieved.
Adjust the depth and pressure of the massage. Ensure the comfort of the recipient, ensure his own comfort as a massage therapist.
7 – Draping & respect the privacy of the recipient
Only the massaged parts should be discovered. Draping is an art, covering the customer well for his comfort. Place the cushions if necessary to promote the well-being of the client and the ergonomics of the massage therapist. No intimate parts should be discovered during the massage.
The quality bedding chosen should be visually inviting and pleasant for the recipient.
8 – Presentation and hygiene
Workwear, uniform, and professional look of the massage therapist. Tied hair for those with long hair, short and clean nails. Impeccable personal hygiene without extravagant artifices (invasive perfume, too intense makeup). Clothing too tight that shows too much silhouette. Keep a respectable, professional, and neutral look.
Everything must be in harmony and presentable. The presentation of the therapist is the business card of the profession, it must make you want to use the proposed service.
9 – Testimony of the recipient:
Ask the recipient how he liked his massage, and if the goals are achieved.
SCORES TABLE
Bronze medal: 80 to 85 points | Silver medal: 85 to 90 points | Gold medal: 90 to 100 points
| NAME OF THE JUDGE | Name of the massage Therapist | Therapeutic Wellness massage | Video points of Performance | Face to face points of Performance | Total points of performance |
| Technique 1-20 | |||||
| Ergonomy 1-10 | |||||
| Fluidity and rhythm 1-15 | |||||
| Choreography, Innovation improvement of methods 1-15 | |||||
| Contact with the recipient: 1-10 | |||||
| Draping and respect for the privacy of the recipient: 1-15 | |||||
| Presentation and hygiene: 1-15 | |||||
| Recipient’s Testimony Description |
