Something’s Gotta Change
Peri-menopause and post-menopause can be unsettled times for women. And what if you’re a massage therapist experiencing peri-menopause or post-menopause? How does it impact on your treatments?
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The Top 10 of Being a Massage Therapist
Have you forgotten the basics of being a massage therapist? New to massage and want to learn what keeps massage therapists focused? We asked a bunch of wise massage therapists to tell us what they believe are the foundations of being a massage therapist.
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Multiple Sclerosis, Massage and Me
Research continues to show that massage may help with symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis but what does massaging someone with MS look like? We speak to a couple of people with MS about their experience of massage.
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More Than a Client
“The history between a client and therapist, and the consequent deep feelings of mutual respect, can make a massage so important.” AMT Chairperson Michelle McKerron shares a personal story of how some some people are more than clients.
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The Road Less Travelled
AMT CEO Rebecca Barnett delves into the murky world of identity for massage therapists. How have we come to doubt our value to clients? Where do we go to from here? And how can we take heart from a chance encounter in a lift? All this, plus a spot of Robert Frost.
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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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Mental Health First Aid: Being a Port in the Storm
Content warning: suicide. The one-on-one environment of the treatment room means that massage therapists often find themselves conducting a counselling session but what happens when the matters being discussed become confronting? Should Mental Health First Aid training be mandatory for MTs? Illawarra based massage therapist, Vanessa Hough, shares her experience and thoughts.
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Pleasure Is Not A Dirty Word
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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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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Subhadra Gerard: On Massage and the 2018 AGM Workshop
Subhadra Gerard is an AMT Board member, massage therapist and educator. He’ll be presenting a workshop as part of the 2018 AMT AGM in Adelaide in May. Subhadra sat down to chat with us about his career, massage therapy and how many books he can read simultaneously.
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