AMT (not the) Chairperson Summer 2021 Message
A reflection on the year that was.
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Meet Youjung Suh – AMT Board Member
Meet Youjung Suh, new AMT Board member.
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I Had Written Him A Letter
When her business shut down for the upteenth time due to COVID and she had no income, Meredith Spark refused to do nothing. This is her story.
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Are We Choosing Wisely?
What do the results of a study looking at media coverage of early detection tests for dementia, breast cancer and atrial fibrillation have to do with massage therapists, I hear you ask. More. than. you. think.
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Testing Massage Research
Is the value of massage only determined by the quality of the research? Scientist, educator and massage therapist Chris Wheeler shares his thoughts.
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Whose Approval Do We Seek?
Do massage therapists have a professional esteem problem? Or do we have a problem with believing the data? Rebecca Barnett asks, what will it take for massage therapists to accept that we’re looking pretty fine?
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The Road to a New Career in Massage
For many massage therapists, there was a life and career before massage. There are challenges in making a late move to a new career and many rewards. AMT members Jo Cotterall and Robert Sic share their experience and wisdom of finding their massage careers.
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The Famous Medibank Winter of 2013
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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Do You Want To Write For Us?
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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What’s In A Name?
Should Massage Therapists change their job title? If they did, what should the new title be? And what on earth do penguins have to do with it?
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