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Mix & Match Protocols to “Supercharge” Your Pain Relief Therapy
By Cathy Cohen Trigger Point Therapy works wonders in relieving myofascial pain from acute or chronic injury. It is one of the best-researched “medical massage” protocols. In fact, a 3rd edition of Drs. Travell & Simons’ classic textbook was released last...
Fingerprint retention and other licensure issues
By Pete Whitridge License renewal is on our minds with the deadline just around the corner on August 31. I recently renewed Lee's massage license after she completed the final of her required classes (Ethics, Florida Law, and Prevention of Medical Errors) with me at...
How Therapist Disposition Dictates What Tidal Emanations are Palpable in Cranial Work
Written by Mary Reis; edited by Giorgia Milne This past week, at the end of a cranial session, my client said to me, “I’m gonna get me a job like you got… Just grab the feet and listen to the story.” I loved her simple and somewhat accurate description of the work. I...
Developing Professionally
By Frank Merillat Mary Reis and I were sitting in the staff room at FSM last week and we found ourselves discussing continuing education classes. We both are Florida CEU providers and instructors, and both of us also sponsor classes offered by instructors from other...
Breathe and You are Alive!
By Pete Whitridge Life is dependent on oxygen; how we breathe and how well we absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide are critically important factors in our overall health and wellness. It’s estimated that 6-10% of the general population in the US has some form of...
Putting It To Work
By Frank Merillat Since this is a license renewal year for Florida and we have either completed or are planning to complete our CE requirements, a simple question occurs. How will this new knowledge and skills be added to my practice? Do I have a plan to work these...
Core Strengthening: Is it a Valid Concept?
by Ann Harman, D.O., L.M.T. Core strengthening has become a common strategy for treating back pain in physical therapy and is emphasized in methods such as Pilates. Many people in the health care professions believe that lack of core strength is the causative...
A Sharing Experience
By Frank Merillat We are now in the midst of license renewal season. (Remember all CEU credits must be completed and recorded by CEBroker before a therapist can renew their massage license.) I have been both an instructor and a participant this past month and I...
Putting Massage Research Findings Into Practice
By Pete Whitridge Welcome to summer! The weather has heated up and so has the pace as we head into the final months of the 2017-2019 licensure renewal period. Are you renewal ready? As I mentioned in my last article, Lee and I attended the Massage Therapy Foundation...
Documenting Massage Therapy
by Pete Whitridge I’m always excited to see what’s new in the world of research evidence documenting the benefits of manual therapies. Those of us who work in the profession know empirically that massage therapy offers enormous benefits for health and wellness....