This is it! The announcement you’ve all been waiting for. AMT’s mentoring scheme is set to open in one week, on Wednesday 29 August. It’s the culmination of nearly two years research and development, and we can’t wait to get started. Read on …
Continue Reading →The latest in our series ~Seemingly boring thing~ is sexy and fun, Rebecca Barnett tells the story of a mysterious accounting error and encourages you to enjoy the 2017 AMT Annual Report in all its suspenseful glory. Matthew Reilly can’t muster this level of edge-of-your-seat suspense.
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When Private Health Insurer Medibank Private announced it was changing how it determined a massage therapist was worthy of Provider Status with it, an opportunity was created for the various massage associations to stand together and not allow an insurer to dictate how our industry is run. What happened next? Rebecca Barnett takes us into the quagmire of how Medibank Private won.
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Use the words ‘pleasure’ and ‘massage’ in the same sentence and watch the eyebrows go up. Does it have to be this way? Massage Therapist and Psychotherapist Tim Clark introduces us to The Pleasure-Purpose Principle, which he’ll be presenting on at the 2018 AMT National Conference on 13 October 2018.
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Since September 2017, we’ve shared nearly 50 stories on this blog. We’ve hand-picked 10 of our favourites that are worth a re-read. Sadly there was not enough room for a re-telling of the History of the Underpant. Perhaps next time.
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Massage Therapists! We want to hear from you! We’re inviting massage therapists to write for the AMT blog. Be it a personal story about your massage journey, a review, a discussion on modalities, a critical analysis of a hot topic in massage or something we haven’t even thought of yet, we want to hear from you.
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Earlybird registration is open for the 2018 AMT Conference, to be held in Sydney. With a phenomenal lineup and a great location, there’s plenty to get excited about, not least of which is the opportunity to spend time with other massage therapists.
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Start a discussion on trigger points and heated debate ensues. Ever the peacemaker, Aran Bright takes us through each side of the argument so that massage therapists can decide for themselves.
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In 2018, the AMT AGM travelled to Adelaide for the first time. Thankfully, what happens at AGM doesn’t stay at AGM. Newly-minted accidental CEO of AMT, Rebecca Barnett shares the excitement, positives and firsts of the 2018 AGM, while admitting her trainspotting past.
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AMT has released a position statement on the provision of mobile massage therapy services that describes the benefits and evidence to support in-home and corporate massage services.
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