ABMP connected with epidemiologist Tessa Crume, an associate professor in the Epidemiology Department at the Colorado School of Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, to get her expert advice on this question: Should I open my school’s student clinic or only allow students to work on each other?
As massage therapists, we never want to come from a place of fear, but a little healthy fear can really help us when it comes to considering risk. MTs are thinking a lot about risk these days. Risk of working or not, and, of course, the risks within a range of client presentations.
As a member of ABMP you are entitled to join master business-acceleration coach Irene Diamond at no cost, on her monthly "Client Creation & Marketing" group coaching calls just for therapists and clinics. The next call is scheduled for Monday, August 3.
ABMP is proud to partner with author and educator Ruth Werner on the launch of the new podcast I Have a Client Who … With decades of experience and dedication to the research of pathologies, Werner tackles listeners’ real life stories about clients with conditions that are perplexing or confusing once a week.
Organization, communication, and trust are the three pillars Nancy Saunders’s bodywork practice, and important skills she establishes when educating new professionals at the Boulder Massage Therapy Institute in Colorado. Nancy reminds us of the importance of setting and holding yourself to high standards and meeting clients where they are—after all, it’s their session.
More than $100 billion in funds remain available to qualified borrowers who apply by August 8. Even if you practice by yourself and have no other employees, you likely are eligible, but you should not delay in contacting a local bank to start the application process.
In this unprecedented pandemic environment, it is important that learning continues, even if it can’t happen in person. Upledger Institute's online educational platforms serve to fill the void of postponed or canceled classes due to social distancing, while providing a work-study-life balance.
Pathology educator and author Ruth Werner recently had a conversation with Yaser Diab, MD, a hematologist working at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, about abnormal coagulation associated with COVID-19 and how massage therapy might fit in the context of COVID-19 survivors and coagulopathy. Read the notes from their conversation here.
Cal Cates and Kerry Jordan from Healwell provide an overview of what it’s like for massage therapists working in masks, from which masks to use to concerns about breathing.
What does successful client communication look like? It involves active listening, foregoing judgment and assumptions, and clear direction.