Student Resource Center

Welcome to Northwest Academy’s student resource center. Below you will find links to various online tools that may help with your educational experience.

Business and Practice Management Class

• • • • • NWA Online Business

Course Self-Registration

• • • • • Cadaver Anatomy Lab
        • First Aid and CPR

Employment

• • • • • Craigslist Listings
        • Find Touch

Exam Preparation

• • • • • MBLEx Massage Practice Exams – User Name: nwacademy   Password: massage (Once logged-in click on the “12 Month MBLEx Prep Course Online” link)
        • UGO Prep MBLEx – Password: 54!jxq-re*
        • UGO Prep MBLEx Flashcards – Password:!FC2030
        • Massage Study Buddy – Free study tool provided by Massage Magazine
        • MBLEx Pocket Prep – Free online study tool
        • MBLEx Study Guide – (Recommended) Purchase an MBLEx study guide from the FSMTB $29.99

Massage Technique Video Resources

• • • • • Static / Direct Pressure
        • Effleurage
        • Petrissage
        • Friction
        • Vibration
        • Tapotement
        • Preparing for a Massage
        • Prone Massage Flow
        • Supine Massage Flow
        • Contract Relax
        • Reciprocal Inhibition
        • Trigger Point Release
        • Chronic Inflammation

  Pregnancy Massage Technique Videos

  • • • • Nausea Relief
        • Lymphatic Drainage for the Legs
        • Labor Stimulation

  Orthopedic Assessment Video Resources

  • • • • Pro Health Systems – User Name: nw-academy  Password:bodywork101

Educational & Reference

• • • • • CDC Public Health Image Library
        • Dartmouth – Basic Human Anatomy
        • Dartmouth – Human Anatomy Learning Modules
        • Gray’s Anatomy Online
        • Health Education Digital Library
        • In-Cam Research
        • Massage Therapy Research Database
        • MedEd Portal
        • Merck Manual Online Medical Library
        • Planes and Axes Presentation
        • Professional Health Systems – Intake and Assessment Forms
        • PubMed
        • Stanford School of Medicine; Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
        • The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education – Images & Tutorials
        • University of Southern California Kinesiology Dept.
        • University of Washington Musculoskeletal Radiology – Muscle Atlas
        • University of Wisconsin Medical Dept.
        • U.S. National Library of Medicine
        • Gross Anatomy Atlas Image Database
        • Trigger Point Reference Guide

Interactive Learning Tools

• • • • • Anatomy Learning Modules
        • Bone Identification 
        • Human Anatomical Identification Exercises  
        • The Virtual Body
        • Get Body Smart – An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology
        • Essential Study Partner
        • Human Anatomy Online
        • Interactive Anatomical Library
        • Anatomy Pretests and Activities
        • Interactive A&P Tutorials and Animations
        • A&P Student Resources – Choose chapter / topic to review, then choose activity. Quizzes, Labeling Exercises, and Animations.
        • Body Spectrum – Anatomy Quizzes with Coloring

Online Courses and Video Lectures

• • • • • Interactive Biology – Human Anatomy
        • ORlive: Online Surgical and Healthcare Videos and Webcasts
        • Molecular Movies – Cell and Molecular Animations
        • Medical Animation Library
        • Muscle Structure and Contraction Video – Muscle Physiology
        • Gross Anatomy Lectures 
        • Gross Anatomy Dissection Videos
        • Anatomy Animation Database

Regulatory Bodies & Associations

• • • • • Washington State Department of Health
        • American Massage Therapy Association
        • Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals 
        • National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
        • Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards