Massage Today News Update Newsletter - February 27, 2017

News Update: February 27, 2017

When Cancer Involves the Brain (Part 2) By Tracy Walton, LMT, MS If there are significant changes in the client's mental status, your health questions may best be directed toward the client's caregiver. Read Full Article

The Clinical Experience & Your Clients By Dale G. Alexander, LMT, MA, PhD Participants in my courses are encouraged to understand and accept that when one works with clients experiencing degenerative progressions they must be prepared to fail. Read Full Article

Get Re-educated for Success: The Neuromuscular Way By Peter Levy, DC If you are trying to relax a client, loosen up and stretch some tight musculature, what you are doing is probably more than sufficient or clients wouldn't be coming back to you. Read Full Article

At the Foundation of Bodywork - Palpation By Ron McKnight, Dpl.Ac. LMT According to Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, "Palpation is a process of examining by application of the hand or fingers to the external surface of the body to detect evidence of disease or abnormalities in the various organs." In truth that is a very obtuse definition of the word, which can refer to things seen and not seen. Read Full Article

Off the Table: Incorporate Movement Screening Into Your Practice for Change By Stacey Thomas, FMS, SFMA, NKT, CF-L2 FMT, NKT, PRI, ABC, DFG, XYZ … the list of brainy certification identifiers runs the alphabet backward and forward these days. Seemingly, the longer the list of letters behind your name, the bigger your brain cells versus the next professional vying for the same client marketplace. Read Full Article

How to Talk About Research By Martha Brown Menard, PhD, LMT How do we, as massage and bodywork practitioners, speak about research studies and their results? As professionals, many practitioners want to be more knowledgeable about research and its application to the real-world practice of massage and bodywork. Read Full Article

Manual Cranial Therapies and the Treatment of Mild TBIs (Part 2) By Don McCann, MA, LMT, LMHC, CSETT In part one of Manual Cranial Therapies — And the Treatment of Mild TBIs I mentioned that many symptoms can appear after a mild TBI. Some occur in the brain directly and others appear as a response to the brain not functioning properly. Read Full Article

Getting to the Root of Massage Oil Ingredients By Nyssa Hanger, MA, LMT, RYT In my last article, I wrote about why it is important to dilute your essential oils and how you can easily do so for the safety of yourself and your clients. The wide range of safe essential oils offers us an incredible variety of single notes and combinations to creatively blend to our heart's content. Read Full Article

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