Learn to identify the different types of fascia and their qualities by viewing images of fascia under the microscope. Join fascia expert Gil Hedley for this in-depth course on the anatomy of the fascial layers: skin, superficial fascia, perifascia, and deep fascia.
Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) is proud to bring RespectMassage.com into its family of educational resources for the profession, and to introduce a revamped RespectMassage.com website and mission produced in partnership with founder and massage therapist Joyce Gauthier.
A new systematic review published in the journal Medicine examined research on the safety and effectiveness of acupuncture combined with massage to treat a common type of headache.
The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) has initiated litigation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas against Footy Rooty Development, Inc. D/B/A Footy Rooty Institute Houston, its officers, and other participating parties. The litigation was initiated by FSMTB, alleging copyright and trade secret infringement related to the intellectual property interests of the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx®).
Delilah Beasley has been called the first African American massage therapist. While this may or may not be accurate, it’s fair to say Delilah Beasley is among the earliest and most prominent examples of African American massage practitioners.
The study, “Late-Life Exercise Mitigates Skeletal Muscle Epigenetic Aging,” was published in Aging Cell and suggests that exercise may keep humans not just looking younger, but physically younger on an epigenetic level.