“When I started to use the Spoon Theory, I started to be kinder to myself, I stopped feeling guilty, hitting myself over the head for being lazy or imagining how I felt. It gave me a tool to organise my days and, very importantly, a way to explain to family and friends how I felt.”
Eva-Lena Crothers Ericson introduces us to Spoon Theory and explains how it can help therapists better support their clients experiencing chronic illness and pain.
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A long time ago, in a financial system far far away …
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After 60 years of operation, AMT has officially ditched the office and gone fully remote. Spoiler alert: it involved eight secure destruct bins, some very accusatory filing cabinets, and at least one bulldog with epic farts. Here’s how we finally achieved the paperless office dream (mostly).
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that, while massage therapy in clinical settings is deeply relational, sports massage is often transactional.
In this blog post, Clare Carey unpacks the secret sauce behind massage therapy in the elite sporting arena.
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To GST or not GST …
In this third and final instalment of our oxymoronically fun accounting series, Anna Mitchell makes the case for embracing GST registration.
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If you’re basing your rates on what clients “can afford” or what “feels fair” without doing the maths on your actual costs and inflation, you’re running your business on vibes.
In this week’s blog post, Anna Mitchell outlines why vibes, like ‘exposure’, don’t pay the bills.
Have you ever tried to pay for anything in vibes only to see just how fast the reality cheque bounces?
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It’s getting close to the end of the financial year so we’re running a series of financially-themed blog posts by accountant and former massage therapist, Anna Mitchell. We know you’re going to love Anna’s conversational style. Happy reading!
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Have you ever felt undervalued? You may not have encountered the expression “gender-based undervaluation” but, as a massage therapist, you’ll have felt its effects regardless of your gender. Please read our micro-blog, which provides a brief overview of the Fair Work Commission’s ongoing project to address gender-based undervaluation in modern Awards.
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In this AMT micro blog, we introduce AMT’s new fact sheet on Refusal of Treatment.
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When the robot uprising finally happens, we want to make sure it doesn’t start with your client notes accidentally being uploaded to SkyNet.
In a future where deep tissue work triggers the awakening of a quantum neural network that thinks it’s a qualified remedial massage therapist, AMT’s new position statement on artificial intelligence may be the only document standing between civilisation as we know it and a dystopian future where rogue AI programs diagnose every MSK condition as “restricted fascia”.
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