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Becoming socially acceptable.

AMT is excited to announce the release of our ground breaking Social Media Standard that has been designed to empower massage therapists across Australia in maintaining professional and ethical standards while engaging on social media platforms.

Learn more about the evolution of the Standard and how it relates to your massage business.

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admin 07/09/2023

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Knead Protection

Confused about what professional indemnity insurance covers? AMT’s preferred insurer tackles some common queries and provides some real-world examples of claims against massage therapists.

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admin 03/07/2023

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Top Gun: or is it?

There’s a bewildering array of tools on the market for massage therapists but how do you sort the multi-function scraper from the gua sha tool? Liz Sharkey provides some guidance.

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admin 11/04/2023

ARTG / Association of Massage Therapists / Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods / Cupping / Dry Needling / IASTM / Liz Sharkey / Massage Guns / TGA / Therapeutic Devices / Therapeutic Goods Administration /


How I learned to stop worrying and love AI

In this blog post, we will explore how Chat GPT, a large language model, can assist massage therapists in producing evidence-based newsletter content that is both informative and engaging.

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admin 27/03/2023

Artificial Intelligence / ChatGPT / Communicating with clients / Dr Strangelove / Efficacy of massage therapy / Evidence based massage therapy / Space Odyssey 2001 /


Practice makes perfect

We let a significant and timely milestone slide without appropriate fanfare last month. Read on to discover more about the baby AMT birthed 10 years ago.

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admin 01/03/2023

Alan Ford / AMT Code of Practice / Association of Massage Therapists / Colin Rossie / Desley Scott / Massage Industry Standards / Rebecca Barnett / social media / Social Media standard of practice / Tamsin Rossiter /


Massage and persistent pain

Please enjoy our latest graphical story on massage therapy and persistent pain.

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admin 31/08/2022

AMT / Association of Massage Therapists / chronic pain / massage / massage therapy / massage therapy research / persistent pain / RamblingAMT /


5 Tips For Re-Opening

Fearful of re-opening after lockdown? Liz Sharkey shares her favourite coping tips.

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admin 14/10/2021

COVID-19 / COVIDsafe / Liz Sharkey / Re-open / resources / suggestions / tips /


Get The Facts(heet)

How and why to access the latest AMT factsheets on masks, vaccination and ventilation and air purification.

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admin 15/09/2021

air purification / AMT Biosecurity Planning Committee / Caramilk Dump Cake / COVID-19 / factsheet / Greg Heard / mask / massage / massage therapist / massage therapy / vaccination / ventilation /


Massage and Osteoarthritis

Please enjoy AMT’s latest graphic story on massage and osteoarthritis.

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admin 29/07/2021

AMT / benefits of massage / massage / massage therapist / massage therapy / osteoarthritis / pain / RamblingAMT /


Can Massage Therapy Improve Mental Health?

Welcome to AMT’s first graphic story on the evidence-informed benefits of massage therapy.

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admin 02/06/2021

AMT / anxiety / BenefitsOfMassage / depression / EvidenceInformed / MentalHealth / RamblingAMT / stress /


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