A recent study published in the journal PAIN suggests there is an association between chronic lower back pain (CLBP) and regional brain atrophy in older adults.

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is seeking nominations for the Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Rivkah Bacharach is one of the winners of ABMP's Massage is for EveryBody essay contest. Read her story here.

The winners of the Erik Dalton Myoskeletal Massage Therapy Endowed Scholarship have been announced.

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For centuries dissection has been considered the gold standard for studying human anatomy and has been restricted to a privileged few. Dissection alone allows a student to take their anatomical understandings from two dimensions into the reality of three dimensions.

In Part 3 of our 2021 tax update series, here is information for massage therapists regarding “gig work" and how it affects your taxes.

In a comparative study published in PNAS Nexus, a team of anthropologists analyzed the spines of Neanderthals for insight into the frequency of back-related ailments in modern humans.

Massage therapist Joyce Gauthier would tell us that practitioner safety is something we don’t talk enough about in this profession.

The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) invites massage and bodywork therapy professionals to participate in the 2022 Job Task Analysis (JTA) Survey. This survey, which will be available beginning February 22, 2022, seeks to ensure that the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx) reflects current practice.