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As massage therapists, we never want to come from a place of fear, but a little healthy fear can really help us when it comes to considering risk. MTs are thinking a lot about risk these days. Risk of working or not, and, of course, the risks within a range of client presentations.

More than $100 billion in funds remain available to qualified borrowers who apply by August 8. Even if you practice by yourself and have no other employees, you likely are eligible, but you should not delay in contacting a local bank to start the application process.

Pathology educator and author Ruth Werner recently had a conversation with Yaser Diab, MD, a hematologist working at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, about abnormal coagulation associated with COVID-19 and how massage therapy might fit in the context of COVID-19 survivors and coagulopathy. Read the notes from their conversation here.

What does successful client communication look like? It involves active listening, foregoing judgment and assumptions, and clear direction.

Cal Cates and Kerry Jordan from Healwell provide an overview of what it's like for massage therapists working in masks, from which masks to use to concerns about breathing. 

ABMP has been proud to partner with pathology expert and leading educator Ruth Werner over the years. Ruth is an invaluable resource to the profession, and has been an amazing source of information and support during this COVID-19 pandemic, to our ABMP members especially.