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According to Zogby Analytics , a firm that conducts independent, third-party research, “the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) continues to be the #1 choice for adults, who have had a massage in the past year, as well as massage professionals in terms of awareness, overall impression, credibility, respect and having the best trained and educated therapists.” On topics such as respectability, credibility, trust and networking, AMTA is better perceived than any massage organization, by large margins, both among consumers and therapists. Zogby conducted two online surveys in September–October 2018. One was to determine how both massage therapy organizations and large companies who employ massage therapists were viewed by adult consumers and the other to gather the opinions of massage therapy professionals. This was the third year Zogby Analytics conducted their surveys, and AMTA continues to be the top choice, by a large margin, over any other massage organization or company....

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3 Weeks after a DIP Dislocation in a gymnastics injury, swelling, pain, and weakness remained in the PIP more than DIP of that digit. She was unable to grip or hang/swing on bars without pain. In order to restore threat free grip, compression plus lateral rotation held enabled full pain free passive end range flexion of the PIP. For the DIP, which was also limited in flexion, end range repeated extension restored pain free flexion. Just a little experimentation and you can easily find desensitizing repeated loading strategies. She was prescribed to do these resets hourly and gradually work on grip strength. Finger Reset After Dislocation Want to learn in person? Attend a #manualtherapyparty! Check out our course calendar below! Learn more online! Want an approach that enhances your existing evaluation and treatment? No commercial model gives you THE answer. You need an approach that blends the modern with the old school. Live cases, webinars, lectures, Q&A, hundr...

Normally, a patient sees their primary, primary refers to specialist, and specialist orders a plethora of scans/testing that leads to fear avoidance. The combination of this, patient experience, their support system, maladaptive beliefs, and good ol' Dr. Google usually lead to worse outcomes than if the patient did not receive the scans. Listen in to this pair of stories where Erson sees a few patients where the scans actually caused placebo instead of nocebo. Search for Untold Physio Stories on your favorite music/podcast apps! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by the EDGE Mobility System, featuring the EDGE Mobility Tool for IASTM, EDGE Mobility Bands, webinars, ebooks, Pain Science Education products and more! Check it out at  edgemobilitysystem.com  .  Be sure to also connect with Dr. Erson Religioso at  Modern Manual Therapy  and Andrew Rothschild at  Modern Patient  Education . Keeping it Eclectic... Thi...

Pregnancy often means life changes and a new set of challenges. During this time, women experience anatomical, physiological and psychological changes - explore ways that massage therapy can help with our new  Pregnancy and Massage CE . Knowing how massage therapy best benefits women who are pregnant – as well as the cautions and contraindications that will help guide every massage therapy session – is necessary for massage therapists who want to work with these clients. Recent research suggests massage therapy may provide benefits throughout a women’s pregnancy, as well as during labor, childbirth and post-partum. Prenatal massage can help alleviate the following:          Back pain during pregnancy          Labor pain during childbirth (helping increase a women’s sense of control) Studies also show that hand and foot massage helped women undergoing caesarean delivery reduce postoperative pai...

The International Massage Therapy Research Conference (IMTRC) , May 9-10, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia, is a unique opportunity to learn about current innovations in massage therapy. The conference will feature a robust line-up of speakers who will discuss the latest science and research in the massage therapy profession.  Register Today » Education Sessions Include:  Don't miss this opportunity to hear leading researchers and colleagues discuss the role massage therapy plays in an integrated approached to care.    Attendees can earn up to 8.0 CE credits.  Breast Cancer and Massage Therapy with Jeanne Massingill, LMT, MLD, NMT Chronic localized pain and decreased upper extremity mobility commonly occur following breast cancer surgery and may persist despite use of pain medication and physical therapy. Learn how myofascial massage is a promising treatment to address chronic pain and mobility limitations following breast cancer surgery. ...

Historically speaking, most practitioners in medicine attribute cervical artery dissection (potentially lead to stroke) to  manipulation  of the cervical spine–especially from the chiropractic profession.  Several come to my mind including Grant 1987/88, Drueger & Okazaki 1980, Terrett 1987, Hurwitz 1996. This was echoed through the years from emergency medicine physicians in case reports, case series and case control studies but in the last decade, our knowledge on this phenomenon has changed our perspective of the cause. We now know from the works of many authors, but especially the case-crossover design work of  Cassidy in 2008  and reflected again in  2017 ; that  most likely  a patient is arriving to your clinic with a  stroke in progress.   Briefly speaking, the practitioner must have felt the symptoms were musculoskeletal in nature, but instead, were of vascular nocioception and the headache/dizziness/etc was the sy...

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A rare win for host Andrew as he treats a patient with thoracic outlet like complaints after shoulder trauma and other life stressors. Only transient improvements were found with some conventional and unconvential treatments until he finally tried mindfulness. Check out his full online course to add mindfulness/breathing, sleep/recovery, pain science, nutrition, and movement to your practice!  Search for Untold Physio Stories on your favorite music/podcast apps! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by the EDGE Mobility System, featuring the EDGE Mobility Tool for IASTM, EDGE Mobility Bands, webinars, ebooks, Pain Science Education products and more! Check it out at  edgemobilitysystem.com  .  Be sure to also connect with Dr. Erson Religioso at  Modern Manual Therapy  and Andrew Rothschild at  Modern Patient  Education . Keeping it Eclectic... This article was originally posted on themanualtherapist.com...

Repeated loading strategies work very well for patient self treatment, and especially for centralization of radiating or radicular symptoms. The Stop Light rule says that peripheralization during a repeated loading movement is ok, as long as the Sx do not remain worse. Remaining worse means the Sx remain increased distally, compared to prior to starting the loading strategy (or any treatment for that matter). A review of the Stop Light Rule - which you should be using for any treatement or loading strategy is here . In this video, I am doing a Q&A at a Live Modern Manual Therapy Seminar. The student asked about peripheralization/pain during spinal repeated loading, in this case, unilateral loading, shift correction in standing. The full lumbar mini case video, over 40 minutes split into 2 parts will be on MMT Premium next week, subscribe now to see how I problem solved this chronic "SIJ" condition. Q&A: Repeated Loading and Peripheralization Want to learn i...

Go Digital with GiftFly EGift Cards AMTA members can now sell eGift cards online 24/7 through GiftFly .  Promote eGift cards for your massage therapy practice on your website, social media or by email. The GiftFly platform and app are free and easy to use. Create your own eGift card designs, and track your transactions and promotions in the app or online. There is no credit card required, and there are no monthly fees. You only pay per eGift card sold. A credit card processing fee of 2.7% + $.30 is processed via Stripe, so you do not need a merchant account. The service charge on transactions can be paid by you as the merchant or passed along to the buyer. AMTA members pay a flat 3.99%, a savings of 25%*.   Sign Up for GiftFly for FREE» Learn more about joining AMTA.  *25% savings on GiftFly service charge is based on an average eGift card purchase of $75. AMTA discount will vary based on the eGift card amount. More AMTA Benefits You Will Love AMTA Member Disc...

Listen to a recent case of a severe bilateral chronic ankle sprain Erson worked with. 4 months of rehab prior to a big meet to qualify for a state competition. What happened and what was learned from this case? Search for Untold Physio Stories on your favorite music/podcast apps! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by the EDGE Mobility System, featuring the EDGE Mobility Tool for IASTM, EDGE Mobility Bands, webinars, ebooks, Pain Science Education products and more! Check it out at  edgemobilitysystem.com  .  Be sure to also connect with Dr. Erson Religioso at  Modern Manual Therapy  and Andrew Rothschild at  Modern Patient  Education . Keeping it Eclectic... This article was originally posted on themanualtherapist.com Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246245 http://www.rssmix.com/

Dr. Brett Scott is back on the podcast. Fully licensed (listen to the last episode). He shares an interesting case of an athlete at his gym who is having some unusual symptoms and is known to "work out a bit too hard." Search for Untold Physio Stories on your favorite music/podcast apps! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by the EDGE Mobility System, featuring the EDGE Mobility Tool for IASTM, EDGE Mobility Bands, webinars, ebooks, Pain Science Education products and more! Check it out at  edgemobilitysystem.com  .  Be sure to also connect with Dr. Erson Religioso at  Modern Manual Therapy  and Andrew Rothschild at  Modern Patient  Education . Keeping it Eclectic... This article was originally posted on themanualtherapist.com Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246245 http://www.rssmix.com/

Four of your fellow massage therapists will be running in the 2019 Boston Marathon on April 15, 2019! These dedicated individuals (three of which are AMTA members) will make up the Massage Therapy Foundation’s 2019 Boston Marathon team as part of the John Hancock Non-Profit Marathon Program.   Congratulations to this year’s #RunningForResearch team: Elizabeth Cain, Indiana John Cassinerio, Washington Rocky Chen, Oklahoma Joyce Prahasky, Florida  AMTA is proud to support Team MTF – #Running for Research . All donations for this fundraiser will go to the Massage Therapy Foundation, and will help advance the knowledge and practice of massage therapy through scientific research, education, and community service. Support Team MTF Today!   The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and running it is a major “bucket list” item for serious distance runners throughout the world. The John Hancock Non-Profit Marathon Program provides a way for ru...

HHS Calls for Comments on Pain Task Force Report - Take This Opportunity to Comment on the Massage Portion The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through an Inter-Agency Task Force, has published a draft report on pain management best practices . This draft calls for individualized, patient-centered pain management, and it includes recommendations related to massage therapy.  AMTA continues to be actively engaged with several organizations, as well as federal and state governmental agencies regarding massage therapy for pain and specifically as an alternative to opioids.  As part of the efforts, AMTA has been actively engaged with HHS and the Task Force to work toward massage therapy’s inclusion as part of the recommendations. This has included direct meetings with the chair of the Task Force and other stakeholder groups. The association will soon offer its comments on the report recommendations. AMTA encourages those massage therapists engaged in healthca...

This is a variation on the classic arms as leverage supine thoracic thrust manipulation. The key components are over-roll onto your hand/fulcrum your hand is flat, slight wrist extension; this is way more comfortable than a pistol grip or closed knuckles for you AND the patient sidebend the patient away take up arm slack with full shoulder extension thrust in superior and posterior direction - NOT pure posterior Thoracic thrust manipulation can improve cervicogenic HA, cervical ROM, and shoulder ROM. The full 15 min mini case is on Modern Manual Therapy Premium! Sign up now! Want to learn in person? Attend a #manualtherapyparty! Check out our course calendar below! Learn more online! Want an approach that enhances your existing evaluation and treatment? No commercial model gives you THE answer. You need an approach that blends the modern with the old school. Live cases, webinars, lectures, Q&A, hundreds of techniques and more! Check out Modern Manual Thera...

Partnerships, Healthcare Acceptance and Public Education in 2018 In 2018, the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) celebrated its 75 th anniversary with new relationships, significant achievements and major steps forward for the profession. As the non-profit organization representing the profession, with the largest membership in its history again this year, the association’s efforts included multiplying partnerships to advance massage therapy education and standards; expanding relations with a variety of health care associations to build respect for the profession; engaging state and federal government agencies and organizations to increase opportunities for integration of massage therapy into health care; and providing health insurance plans with information on the efficacy of massage therapy for pain. AMTA continued to promote massage therapy to consumers and to enhance the future of the profession by providing free student memberships to those enrolled in mass...

Dr. Brett Scott is back on the podcast. Fully licensed (listen to the last episode). He shares an interesting case of an athlete at his gym who is having some unusual symptoms and is known to "work out a bit too hard." Search for Untold Physio Stories on your favorite music/podcast apps! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by the EDGE Mobility System, featuring the EDGE Mobility Tool for IASTM, EDGE Mobility Bands, webinars, ebooks, Pain Science Education products and more! Check it out at  edgemobilitysystem.com  .  Be sure to also connect with Dr. Erson Religioso at  Modern Manual Therapy  and Andrew Rothschild at  Modern Patient  Education . Keeping it Eclectic... This article was originally posted on themanualtherapist.com Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246245 http://www.rssmix.com/

Listen in as Dr. Brett Scott, PT, DPT details his difficulty getting licensed. A misunderstanding and misinterpretation of information listed on his website prior to his licensure caused some initial career headaches. A great lesson and piece of advice for new grad and student PTs who are on social media. Search for Untold Physio Stories on your favorite music/podcast apps! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by the EDGE Mobility System, featuring the EDGE Mobility Tool for IASTM, EDGE Mobility Bands, webinars, ebooks, Pain Science Education products and more! Check it out at  edgemobilitysystem.com  .  Be sure to also connect with Dr. Erson Religioso at  Modern Manual Therapy  and Andrew Rothschild at  Modern Patient  Education . Keeping it Eclectic... This article was originally posted on themanualtherapist.com Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246245 http://www.rssmix.com/