Body Sense Magazine

Body Sense magazine is a consumer education tool published by ABMP from 2001-2021. It was designed to educate clients on the lasting benefits of frequent massage and bodywork and the value of stress management. It featured articles on a variety of massage therapy modalities with tips for healthy living, readers emerge with a better understanding of bodywork, inspired to book another session.

Share digital back-issues with your clients to help them see the full value of what massage and bodywork can do for them or direct them to MassageTherapy.com where we continue to add new, inspiring articles about the value of massage and bodywork.

“It is a great way to be a help to your clients and gently remind them to schedule a treatment. I have been with ABMP for 16 years and plan to continue for many more because of extras like these.” —Kelly WA

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News

West Virginia Bill Impacts Massage Establishments

Senate Bill 786 impacts massage establishment licensing, emergency suspension orders, and inspections. ABMP details how the bill may affect you and your business in this legislative web post.

Tennessee Increases Minimum Education Hours

On April 16, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law House Bill 1610 and Senate Bill 1588, increasing the minimum massage curriculum hours that an applicant for massage licensure must complete at an approved school for massage, bodywork, or somatic therapy to be eligible for licensure under the Massage Licensure Act. Find out the new state minimum requirement.

Alaska Massage Board Remains Independent and Autonomous

Executive Order No. 129 sought to dissolve the Alaska Board of Massage Therapists and transfer its functions to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED). The executive order was successfully overturned.

Blog

Avoid Pulling Clients' Hair

Massage therapy students practicing in a classroom.

It’s the finer details that matter in a massage therapy session, and unintentional hair pulling is a detail that carries more weight than you might think.

Benefits

Podcast: Cancer, Clots, and COVID—A Complicated Client

A client was recently treated for colon cancer—and it didn’t go well. She had surgical complications, a bout of sepsis, and more. Is massage therapy safe? We discuss on this episode of “I Have a Client Who . . .” Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner.

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