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Learning about Massage Therapy and Breast Cancer

CONTINUING EDUCATION 

For massage professionals and bodyworkers

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Added by Eeris Kallil CMT on June 6, 2015 at 2:08pm — No Comments

2015 Continuing Education Courses

Providence Bodywork School is excited to announce our first Continuing Education series! 

We're an NCBTMB approved provider for continuing education. We strive to provide high quality, convenient CE workshops that will equip you with useful techniques readily applicable to your daily massage therapy practice. 



We're selective about our instructors and course offerings. Our passions…

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Added by Jen Raimondi on June 2, 2015 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Golden Opportunities For Massage Therapy Instructors

Golden Opportunities For Massage Therapy Instructors

Blog by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, NCTMB - CEO of The Ariana Institute http://www.arianainstitute.com/CE/mti.htm

 

What opportunities lie ahead for massage therapy instructors? The first step to answering this question is to go within and determine the type of…

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Added by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB on May 5, 2014 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Know More about Massage School and Massage Courses

Massage Education are becoming popular these days in the field of health care. Numerous people go for spas for massage for various reasons. Different massage schools and collages also providing certification for massage training courses so that students can make their carrier in this profession as well.

Becoming massage therapist and making carrier in this profession makes an individual to work in wide range of areas. A therapist can give assistance to various people with their…

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Added by Stephanie Powers on November 11, 2012 at 11:35am — No Comments

Introduction to Ashiatsu

Thank you so much for the opportunity to introduce you to the amazing ancient healing power of Ashiatsu BarefootBar® Massage techniques, affectionately branded “the deepest most luxurious massage on the planet”.



Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy® (AOBT) is the first nationally approved study course for a western barefoot effleurage massage technique using bars on the ceiling. The founder, Ruthie Hardee, spent numerous years on research and the modality is now…

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Added by Jeni Spring, LMT / Heeling Sole on October 20, 2012 at 10:36am — No Comments

MOCC-ERY

Last week, the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards presented their long-awaited proposal for a new national continuing education approval program. They are calling it Maintenance of Core Competencies – or MOCC for short. As I indicated in my previous post, this proposal not only failed to deliver on the original promises made by FSMTB, it has turned the entire…

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Added by Laura Allen on March 14, 2012 at 12:42pm — 1 Comment

Why do we need such long hours for entry level massage?

"Effective July 1, 2011, the U. S. Department of Education will require institutions offering vocational training programs to apply new formulas in converting clock hours to credit-hour equivalencies. Undergraduate programs which meet the Department’s definition of “clock hour programs” must use the new clock-to-credit hour conversion. (For the definition of “clock hour programs” see 34CRF §668.8(k) and for clock to credit hour conversion details, please read Federal Register, October 29,…

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Added by Daniel Cohen on February 27, 2012 at 11:14am — 1 Comment

CE Providers: Expenses Going Up, Income Going Down

In January of this year, I blogged Continuing Education Providers: Sink or Swim, and followed up that one with the report from the meeting convened by the NCBTMB, where profession leaders were invited to give input into…

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Added by Laura Allen on August 27, 2011 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Report from the AFMTE Annual Meeting

I’ve just returned from the second annual meeting of the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education in Charleston, SC.  It was an excellent gathering from start to finish.

There were keynote speakers throughout the weekend, daily opportunities for those present to give input into the initiative on teacher standards the Alliance is undertaking, informative continuing education classes, group sessions, a comfortable setting, and plenty of…

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Added by Laura Allen on August 20, 2011 at 9:41pm — No Comments

A Sermon on the Science of Massage

This isn’t one of my rants about massage research–although that’s definitely a sermon I plan to keep on preaching. It’s about the basic things that we all ought to know, if we’re calling ourselves massage therapists.

I love anatomy and physiology, and the study of pathology is fascinating to me. The human body is an amazing thing, and the more I know about the way it works, the more competent and empowered I feel to do a good job as a massage therapist. Sadly, that sentiment isn’t…

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Added by Laura Allen on June 24, 2011 at 4:59am — No Comments

Regarding 'The Insanity!' and 'The Future of Our Profession' posts

I am posting this separately from the previous discussions on here that have deteriorated into the most vile insulting and mudslinging bunch of crap I have ever seen in my life.

Laura Allen

I'm with The Rev on this point:

Sadly, there has been more vile insulting and mudslinging bunches of crap. One need only take a look at the archives found at…

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Added by Matthew D. Stewart on February 19, 2011 at 12:43pm — 1 Comment

Introduction to Ayurvedic Massage and Bodywork hands on training

Introduction to Ayurvedic Massage and Bodywork hands ontraining 

Class Includes 24 CE Hours…

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Added by Mooksha Ayurveda on January 13, 2011 at 5:02am — No Comments

Interesting Massage Therapy Fact Sheet

I've been doing some research on the massage profession. Here's an interesting massage therapy fact sheet, which is a compilation of data gathered from U.S. government statistics, surveys of consumers and massage therapists and recent clinical studies on the efficacy of massage. These data provide an overview of the current state of the massage therapy profession, public and… Continue

Added by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB on December 7, 2010 at 12:08pm — No Comments

The 3 R's: Research, Regulation, and Raising Standards

Yesterday, I had shared on my FB a post from Ruth Werner, President of the Massage Therapy Foundation, entitled “Who Needs Research Literacy?. I commented on that that all massage schools need to ramp it up and start including research literacy as part…

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Added by Laura Allen on November 4, 2010 at 3:00am — 6 Comments

CARE Intensives Rehoboth Beach DE October 17-19 and Reno NV November 7-9

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is great in the early Autumn- crouwds are less but the sunshine is still great! Come to Rehoboth and enjoy the weekend and stay a couple extra days for the Sunday --Tuesday CARE Intensive. More information here: http://www.raindroptexas.com/training/locations-and-dates/rehoboth-de/

The Reno/Tahoe area is another…

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Added by Teena Johnson on October 1, 2010 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Georgia Massage Therapy Continuing Education Requirements

The perks of continuing education are multifold; not only do they encourage licensed professionals to be more mindful of changes and happenings within their industry, they also ensure that these professionals remain up-to-date on key knowledge and facts. Moreover, most professional organizations require such ongoing learning to occur throughout the year. The field of massage therapy is no different. Continuing education is more than just encouraging licensed massage therapists to sharpen their… Continue

Added by Laurie Craig on August 4, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The Massage Therapy Foundation: Our Greatest Organization



If you’ve been reading my blogs for any length of time, you know that I often report on the politics of massage as well as my perceived shortcomings of some of our professional organizations. There is one organization that I have never criticized, and that’s because they’re above the fray: the Massage Therapy Foundation.

The Massage Therapy…

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Added by Laura Allen on August 3, 2010 at 4:55am — No Comments

Seattle area LMPS please join our Free Intro Workshop to Energy Workshop with Gloria Two-Feathers, LMP

Every new partcipant at the EarthWalk School's Intro Workshop, will receive a 50% discount at our Student Clinic on June 4 & 5. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience energy healing from both sides of the table.



PLEASE CONTACT US TO SIGN UP:

Call: 425 289 0152 Email: gloria@earthwalkschool.com…

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Added by Gloria Two-Feathers on May 17, 2010 at 4:28pm — No Comments

A call to those confused about research



A lot of massage therapists are becoming more interested in the research going on in our field and want to be able to read it, understand it, and put it to use. The problem is, essentially all research articles are geared towards other researchers or those who at least understand research, and most massage therapists have never taken a class in research methods. This is creating a…

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Added by Kim Goral on April 3, 2010 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

Massage Therapy Radio Live with Mike Hinkle

Massage Therapy Radio Live Webcast - Mike Hinkle and the World Massage Festival with special guests Angie Patrick, Laura Allen and Ryan Hoyme. Join them LIVE Wednesday February 10 at 8pm EST. (New York time) http://www.massagetherapyradio.com/World_Massage_Festival.html

Added by Scott Dartnall RMT on February 9, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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