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In this episode of The ABMP Podcast, Darren speaks with Ruth Werner and Angie Parris-Raney about working with clients who have fibromyalgia and how MT’s should reset expectations and instead honor “the human experience”.
A massage therapist accidentally finds an electrical wire running down their client’s neck, alongside their sternocleidomastoid (SCM)—surprise! It turns out to be a deep brain stimulation (DBS) device to help treat Parkinson’s disease.
You believe in your work. This is your purpose, and you want a business that reflects that. In this episode of The ABMP Podcast, Kristin and Darren speak with small business coach Joanna Sapir about how practitioners can serve their clients more deeply.
A client is undergoing a series of intravenous iron infusions to treat anemia. Her doctor has cleared her for massage, but her massage therapist still has questions—as they should.
The rotator cuff muscles should be added to the history books among all the other famous foursomes. But that doesn’t mean those rotator cuff muscles know how to work well together.
Things happen. Everyone is at risk of a tragic event such as death or disability. A solid plan will lead to peace of mind. Allissa and Michael discuss the importance of having a plan in place for such an event.
A client struggles to find the best way to tell her massage therapist about her trauma history. The whole thing is much more complicated than it looks.
The field of fascia research has undergone remarkable expansion and growth over the last decade. But until now, a true visualization had been a challenge. Enter FR:EIA, the world’s first 3-D human fascia plastinate.
A client with a complex health situation wants massage to improve their heart rate variability, and they are prepared to track results with a smartwatch and a smart ring.
John Barnes is known as the father, or the grandfather as he likes to say, of myofascial release (MFR). But there’s so much more to this technique than one might think.
Lynn and Ann Teachworth speak about why they decided to develop a class on the thoracic spine and how the dynamics of the thoracic relate to common pain syndromes and injuries in other parts of the body.
Following a motor vehicle accident, a client has dystonia—a neurological problem with muscle tone. Is there anything massage might do to help?