Business or Pressure host Allissa Haines explores how to educate clients and related professionals about our work and build a niche from the outside in on this episode of Business or Pressure.
On August 2, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2660, amending massage therapy misconduct laws.
The bill requires a massage therapist to practice only when a chaperone who is a licensed massage therapist or other health-care worker licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Department) is present if a massage therapist is charged with:
A 60-ish year-old client with a history of surgery for aortic aneurysm insists—INSISTS—that his 21-year-old massage therapist work with him, in spite of his new onset severe leg pain. What are the practitioner’s options in this literally life-or-death scenario?
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Setting boundaries from the start is essential so you don’t have to backtrack and fix bad behaviors you’ve already let slide.
A recent study suggested that stimulating massage around knee joints may be a beneficial intervention method to improve proprioception in healthy older men, which could potentially reduce fall risk.
ABMP members and student members save 20% on all Earthlite products, including portable massage tables and chairs, stationary and electric lift tables, professional covers, sheets, oils, bolsters, aromatherapy, and more.
The new ABMP CE course “Sacrum Essentials” is now available in the ABMP Education Center to view and earn 1.5 CE hours.
Every wonder why some people seem to be able to brush off massive blows and some seem to feel all the feels? There are pros and cons in both scenarios, just like in the tissues of our body.
We can’t always count on referrals from local medical providers, even when their work overlaps ours.
Letting go is not only a lesson in parenthood, it’s also a lesson in myology. The adductors could use a few of these lessons.