November/December 2020

Planning for financial independence when the time comes to scale back on working or you're ready to retire.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, we know to wear a mask in public, keep a 6-foot distance, and continuously sanitize our hands and space. But what else can we do to feel safe and protected?

These exercises can help stretch the lower back, core, and hips.

Have you read the entire Massage Therapy Practice Act. How can you abide by the law when you don't even know what it is?

The term "scope of practice" is starting to come up again.

Working within our scope of practice is not only key to professional practice, it's essential to the health of the profession as we continue to work toward recognition as health-care providers.

Everything in human function depends on a heartbeat that never falters, never rests, never stops until we die. If something interferes with that unceasing cadence, the consequences can be deadly.

The external oblique is a paired muscle located on the anterolateral trunk and is superficial to the internal oblique and lateral to the rectus abdominis.

The explosion in fascia research over the past couple of decades has been nothing short of spectacular. It is hard to believe that in the space of a few short decades, research—and practice—regarding fascia is undergoing a radical paradigm shift.

At a recent Massage Therapy Research Conference, a group of us discussed, "Which is more important to measure: mechanism or effect?" Needless to say, the debate was spirited.

When I think about reopening my massage practice, I worry. I've been in my pajamas for about six months at this point, and now it feels like all I've ever known. I vaguely remember being a massage therapist in the distant past, but it might have been a dream.

The population of pregnant women may be disproportionately impacted by stress. MTs can help.

What can you do when caught with a request—or demand—that requires assistance outside of your work-time parameters?