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ABMP Podcasts for Massage Therapists & Bodyworkers

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Exploring the issues and challenges unique to the massage and bodywork community.

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An elderly client has severe back and hip pain as she recovers from her second bout with COVID. Her doctor gave her a steroid shot, but her MT wonders if the pain is a post-viral form of myalgia.

In the restaurant world, the back of the house is a noisy, chaotic mess. The back of the knee isn’t much different.

Every industry has its ebbs and flows, including the massage and bodywork industry. How do we navigate this and come out ahead?

Business or Pressure host Allissa Haines walks through all the factors to consider to help you gain confidence in your pricing structure.

With the widespread use of smartphones, many people spend extended periods looking down at their screens. How does prolonged forward neck tilt associated with smartphone use contribute to issues like “tech neck?”

We know a fair amount about kidney disease and about dialysis. The interface between massage therapy and people using dialysis has sparked a lot of conversation in research and medical circles.

Dr. Joe Muscolino discusses his top 5 pet peeves when receiving massage and some tips for therapists on how conversations can help reduce these pesky occurrences.

In this episode of Business or Pressure, host Allissa Haines talks through the after-massage conversations that help us better serve clients.

Over the years, Taylor Symone has used three loans from DreamSpring to grow her business, including buying more inventory as her business’s popularity took off. What was the experience like?

A client has an undiagnosed situation with the skin over their glute, and to the massage therapist it looks suspiciously like ringworm. 

How do we balance emotional energy as practitioners? And if we lose it, how do we get it back? Diane Matkowski discusses how to find the positive and overlook the negative.

Communication is everything. In this episode of Business or Pressure, host Allissa Haines demonstrates how to give the “right” massage to every client at every visit.