ABMP Back Pain Summit Reaches Thousands

The ABMP Back Pain Summit took place Monday, October 12, reaching 13,000-plus registrants from around the world, making it the largest gathering of massage therapists and bodyworkers ever.

Presenters included Clint Chandler, Drew Freeman and Rick Garbowski, Whitney Lowe, Douglas Nelson, Til Luchau, Diana Thompson, and Heath and Nicole Reed.

Replays of the conference will be available for the next seven days. Attendees are still eligible to earn 7 CE hours.

To register and view replays of the ABMP Back Pain Summit, visit https://worldmassageconference.leadpages.co/backsummit/

News

Increasing Education Hours: A Trend on the Rise

Due to a revised federal rule change, states with minimum-hour education requirements lower than 600 are considering increasing their massage therapy program length. Find out which states have already introduced bills that would raise education hours, which massage boards have proposed and made final rule changes, and why this is becoming a national trend.

Blog

ABMP CE Summit: Headaches

 Headaches.

Join us online Tuesday, April 30, 2024, for the ABMP CE Summit: Headaches, which take learners on a journey from understanding headaches to working with clients with headache pain using multiple modalities and techniques.

New CE Course: Stretching the Hip

Dr. Joe Muscolino displays a massage therapy technique.

The new ABMP CE course, “Stretching the Hip,” is available in the ABMP Education Center to view and earn 1.5 CE hours.

Benefits

Podcast: Cancer, Clots, and COVID—A Complicated Client

A client was recently treated for colon cancer—and it didn’t go well. She had surgical complications, a bout of sepsis, and more. Is massage therapy safe? We discuss on this episode of “I Have a Client Who . . .” Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner.

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