March/April 2020
Technique
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Feelings, Thoughts, and Perceptions
By Cyndi DaleWe usually ask clients about their goals at the beginning of a session. Whatever the healing objective, it will be easier to accomplish these goals if the client can become aware one thing—their life purpose.
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Exploring Tendon Disorders
By Whitney LowePainful tendon disorders are highly prevalent today and are most often associated with chronic overuse. Here are some common causes of tendon pain, and how we can help.
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Touch Matters
By Robyn ScherrRegardless of the modalities we use, attuned touch allows us to connect with our clients and notice how they are responding to our work at a refined and nuanced level. Learn everything that goes into compassionate touch.
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Basic Is The New Advanced
What makes a massage technique advanced? If you observe some of our most experienced, well-respected, expert instructors in the field, you will find they are still performing foundational skills. Then, what makes these practitioners advanced?
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Unfixed
By Kerry JordanI have dedicated the last 20-plus years to fully inhabiting my body in a curious, humble, and friendly way—and to helping other people do the same.
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Elegy: Reflections on a Quiet but Meaningful Relationship
I have been to quite a few visitations and memorial services for clients. Entering this profession so many years ago, attending memorial services for clients was never something I imagined myself doing. Here's something I've learned.
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Increasing Range Of Motion Using PNF
Research has shown an increase in range of motion and extensibility with consistent use of a handy tool called proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, or PNF.
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Rethinking Scoliosis
By Til LuchauScoliosis is mysterious and can bewilder hands-on practitioners. However, it affects up to 40 percent of all adults, men and women equally.
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Low-Back Z-Joint Pain
Learn how to assess for and address facet joint syndrome in the low back with Erik Dalton.
Critical Thinking and Essentials
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TLC for MTs: Ankle Stretches
It's time to stretch it out! Learn several different stretches for the ankles.
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Clients with Service Animals
Understanding the laws, etiquette, and considerations regarding these service dogs will prepare you for treating clients who rely on them—while also building their trust in you.
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Tracking Expenses
Learn some key components in building a strategy to track business income and expenses.
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Stretching Beyond the Habits of Your Mind and Body
There are so many physical and mental benefits to stretching. Learn a few tricks to help stretch your body between sessions.
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Tic, Tic, Tic Douloureux
By Ruth WernerTrigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a potentially devastating condition we know infuriatingly little about. Here's how it can present and what to know.
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A Cautionary Tale
Over-reliance on randomized control trials has come in for criticism from a variety of quarters across medical disciplines and health-care stakeholders. Let's look at this debate.
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Start Acting Like It
By Cal CatesTo date, our profession does not offer meaningful, credible, and renewable credentialing to which consumers can look to find safe, clinically effective massage therapy for those with health issues. So, how do we get there?
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Clients Crossing Boundaries in the Treatment Room
You are entitled to work in an environment free of sexual abuse. If violations happen, you have the right to make yourself safe, remove yourself from the situation, and make a report. Remember, you are not alone.
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Emotional Release On The Massage Table
By Laura AllenMassage therapists sometimes wind up with clients who are emotionally needy, who may ask for advice, or cry on the table. What to do?
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A Wellness Room
A wellness room is a peaceful space designed to promote relaxation and mindfulness, offering a quiet retreat where individuals can decompress. Best of all, they can be incorporated into almost any space: a home, classroom, workplace, and more.