Montgomery, New York – July 22, 2010 --- The Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies, an NCBTMB Approved Provider, is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Health Positive!, another National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork-approved provider. The acquisition of Health Positive! adds more than 70 new courses to the Institute’s current list of 35+ professional-level home study continuing education courses for licensed massage therapists.

“We are delighted about expanding our massage course offerings,” states Cheryl Baisley, Programming Director at the Institute. “We constantly strive to help meet the needs of massage therapists – combining topics they are interested in while, at the same time, fulfilling their continuing education requirements. Offering a multitude of new topics to our customers is in exact accordance with our number one goal.”

Sharon Burch, MSN, RN, NCTMB, created Health Positive! in 1996 to help meet the continuing education needs of massage therapists, bodyworkers and holistic nurses. Still dedicated to integrating and sharing balanced, sustainable, holistic approaches to life, Burch is leaving Health Positive! to deepen her path as a healing artist and earth keeper. “The Institute is the preeminent leader and educator in the field of massage therapy, home study continuing education,” says Burch. She continues, “I have always admired their work – and it shows in their superior products and excellent customer service. The Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies provides exceptional CE learning experiences that enhance and expand the skills of massage therapists. The massage

therapy profession will grow stronger with the know-how gained from the Institute’s wide variety of unique and interesting CE home study courses. I leave Health Positive! in good hands.”

Morris Cohen, President of the Institute, cannot agree more. “The Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies has set the bar high for massage therapy home study continuing education. By adding over 70 courses to the courses we already have, we now offer the widest selection of home study continuing education courses available today. Coupled with the Institute’s unbeatable student advisory support, 90-day satisfaction guarantee and fast and reliable shipping, massage therapists need only come to one place to confidently fulfill all of their home study continuing education requirements – the Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies.”

To learn more information about all of the 105+ courses now available at the Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies, visit www.homestudycredits.org or call (800) 364-5722.

About the Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies

The Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies is approved by the NCBTMB as a CE Approved Provider (#049478-00) and by the Florida and Louisiana Boards of Massage Therapy. Their CE hours are also accepted by the Texas Board of Massage, AMTA, ABMP and most other state boards. The Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies provides postgraduate, distance training for certified massage therapists and other health-care professionals. The distance learning courses offered are convenient, cost-effective, self-paced and easy to follow.

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