A complete Anatomy & Physiology curriculum built for massage schools
A structured, fully integrated 100-hour Anatomy & Physiology curriculum developed specifically for massage therapy education, combining textbooks, instructor resources, visual learning tools, and over 2,400 exam questions—designed to support instructors and prepare students for the MBLEx.
Developed to reflect current standards in massage therapy education by an educator with 15+ years of classroom experience.
The Challenge
Fragmented resources and inconsistent outcomes
Many massage therapy programs rely on a combination of general anatomy and physiology textbooks, handouts, online media, and legacy test banks that were not designed for massage education. Faculty are required to assemble these materials into a course of study, often with limited time and uneven results.
This approach can result in:
Inconsistent emphasis on massage-relevant anatomy and physiology
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Significant faculty time spent creating and revising instructional materials
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Limited integration between classroom content and hands-on practice
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Gaps in systematic preparation for the MBLEx
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One structured teaching system,
end to end
The Solution
MassageSciences replaces fragmented teaching materials with a single, coherent 100-hour A&P curriculum built for massage therapy programs. Content, custom illustrations, Applied Labs, and MBLEx-aligned assessments are designed to work together — simplifying complex anatomy for bodywork students, giving instructors a structure they can teach consistently across cohorts, and preparing every student for licensure without the usual gaps.
What's Included
Core components of the curriculum
Built for students and instructors. Every piece is designed to work with every other piece — from the first reading to the MBLEx.
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For Instructors
Instructor Guide
Detailed teaching notes, pacing recommendations, and best-practice guidance for delivering each module.
Teacher Training Videos
Short, focused videos that walk instructors through key concepts, pacing, and common student sticking points.
PowerPoint Slides
Lecture presentations aligned with chapter content and learning objectives.
Applied Lab Teaching Guide
Sequenced practical hands on lab activities that connect theoretical material to clinical application.
Completed Workbooks
Fully worked answer keys for student workbook and homework assignments.
Exam Question Bank
A repository of over 2,400 quiz and exam questions mapped to key concepts and MBLEx content areas that instructors can pull from to build assessments.
For Students
Student Textbook
Massage-specific explanations that integrate anatomy, physiology, and clinical context in one comprehensive reference.
Sidekick Study Videos
Brief visual reviews students watch alongside reading to reinforce structures, functions, and clinical relevance.
Homework Workbook
Printable and digital-ready homework sets that extend practice beyond class and tie directly into quizzes and exams.
Applied Labs
Sequenced hands-on lab activities that connect classroom anatomy to clinical bodywork application.
In Class Workbook
Structured exercises, concept checks, and application activities aligned to each module
Practice Quizzes
Self-paced MBLEx-style quizzes after every module- students know where they stand before the exam.
The Benefits
What schools get from licensing this system
Consistent delivery
One curriculum taught the same way across every instructor and cohort. Students receive the same content, the same sequencing, and the same exam preparation — regardless of who's in front of the class.
Faster program prep
Hundreds of hours previously spent sourcing and assembling A&P materials are gone. Instructors open ready-made lesson plans, slides, Applied Labs, and assessments — and focus on teaching.
Exam-ready students
Every module is MBLEx-aligned, with 2,400+ practice questions and concept-level progress tracking. Directors can see where cohorts are strong and where to reinforce.
Review the curriculum in detail
Institutions that are evaluating Anatomy & Physiology options for massage therapy programs may request a detailed overview of the MassageSciences curriculum, including sample materials and implementation considerations.
About the Author
Since 2010, Mimi Flower, LMT, INT/NST, ATSI, member of the board of massage therapy Utah, NCBTMB certified curriculum writer/creator, has been teaching Anatomy & Physiology to massage therapy students in programs across Utah and Florida, and has developed and taught in advanced training settings. In every classroom she walked into, the same challenges repeated: reliance on general A&P texts, scattered supplemental resources, and students who could recite terminology but struggled to apply it in practice.
Along the way she contributed to curriculum at more than one school — including building a full library of PowerPoint slides, study videos, and Applied Lab activities to bring consistency to instruction — but each time the work either stayed with the institution that commissioned it or was built around an existing textbook and couldn't be redistributed.
That pattern became the starting point for MassageSciences: a complete, original curriculum — textbook, slides, Sidekick Study Videos, Applied Labs, and MBLEx-aligned assessments — designed and owned end-to-end, so every school that licenses it can use every part of it, in full. She now partners with schools working to strengthen the academic and clinical foundations of their massage therapy programs — and to give their faculty a curriculum they can actually lean on.