Folding Towels - A Podcast for Massage Therapists with Jackie and David Episode 047 : Rafael Bucater on Language, Learning, and Longevity in Massage Therapy
Have you heard of Sunspot? Marvel comics only Brazilian superhero. Rafael Bucater is a musculoskeletal therapist and massage tutor in Adelaide at the Australian Institute of Fitness. He arrived in Australia in 2009 from Brazil, studying multiple diplomas and falling in love with massage.
Portuguese is Rafa’s first language, one of the Latin languages which means he has an advantage over someone whose only language is English. Because the language of anatomy is nearly all Latin. This means that Rafa has a knack for applying his language skills towards teaching anatomy - that is teaching anatomy as a second language.
Rafa gives a shout out to all of the therapists in our industry who might be migrants: “If someone is speaking to you with a foreign accent, they are smart enough to know two languages and brave enough to do their job in the second.”
It’s not just language, Rafa loves learning, and believes that for therapists to be even better therapists, they need to know their anatomy. He uses augmented reality and virtual reality to geek out for his own learning. But he adopts multiple teaching techniques in the class.
Rafa is a Fellow of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society and a 2022 finalist Massage Therapist of the Year.
ATMS Webinars with Rafael Bucater:
Functional Anatomy of the Pelvic Girdle
Functional Anatomy of the Shoulder Girdle
Live Workshop in 2024
Natural Medicine Week 2024
Quiz-Night:-what-do-you-know-about-massage-therapy/
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