Earn CE Through Massage & Bodywork Magazine

Did you know you can earn CE hours by simply engaging with one of your favorite ABMP benefits of membership? When you read Massage & Bodywork magazine, you can earn up to 3 hours of continuing education credits for each issue.  

The newest Massage & Bodywork magazine CE course, “2023, Issue 4: Massage & Bodywork Magazine July-August 2023,” is now available in the ABMP Education Center to read and earn 3 CE hours.

In this issue and CE course, we explore movement for the client and the therapist, including a look at the Feldenkrais Method, Rolf Movement Integration, and using pin, twist, sling, and resist to lubricate a client’s joints and soft tissue. Other topics include information on massage and tinnitus, rebranding your business, interviewing skills, emotional freedom technique, understanding the anatomy of a trigger point, how to get a great client health history, working with the trapezius, and managing needy clients.

The ABMP Education Center, where ABMP members earn free CE, is home to 750+ online massage and bodywork CE hours. These on-demand courses are also available for nonmembers to purchase as individual courses or in discounted multi-course packages. Go learn and earn today!

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News

Tennessee Increases Minimum Education Hours

On April 16, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law House Bill 1610 and Senate Bill 1588, increasing the minimum massage curriculum hours that an applicant for massage licensure must complete at an approved school for massage, bodywork, or somatic therapy to be eligible for licensure under the Massage Licensure Act. Find out the new state minimum requirement.

Alaska Massage Board Remains Independent and Autonomous

Executive Order No. 129 sought to dissolve the Alaska Board of Massage Therapists and transfer its functions to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED). The executive order was successfully overturned.

Gainful Employment Rules Compliance Updates

Over the past two weeks, the US Department of Education issued updates to the new “Gainful Employment” (GE) regulations for vocational programs published last fall. This web post addresses the updates to prepare school owners and educators ahead of the July 1, 2024, new GE rule effective date.

Blog

Avoid Pulling Clients' Hair

Massage therapy students practicing in a classroom.

It’s the finer details that matter in a massage therapy session, and unintentional hair pulling is a detail that carries more weight than you might think.

Faces of Bodywork: Adriane Maxwell

Massage therapist Adriane Maxwell stands in front of a palm tree.

Adriane Maxwell is the owner of One Healing Touch Reiki & Massage for Women in Charleston, South Carolina. Maxwell was featured in the May/June 2024 issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine in “Faces of Bodywork.”

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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