Moving Forward During Uncertainty—April 24 Update from ABMP
04/24/2020Read ABMP’s April 24 update and an August 6 conversation with epidemiologist Tessa Crume.
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the Massage Professional
04/23/2020The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) will be central to moving forward and reopening your practice when the time comes. Following is more information about PPE from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Tears and Time: Being Mindful of Your Emotional Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
04/23/2020
Sometimes the feeling quietly creeps up on you. Sometimes it hits you square on the jaw.
Social Media Content to Share with Clients During COVID-19
04/21/2020
We all know that times are strange and unfamiliar right now, and we need each other. Your clients look to you for your touch; now they can look to you for positivity, education, and content.
Five Easy and Healthy Recipes
04/14/2020
Now is an ideal time to explore cooking new recipes while we’re all encouraged to stay home during the pandemic. These five recipes from ASCP Skin Deep magazine contain healthy ingredients like antioxidant-rich vegetables and vitamin-rich fruits.
We Will Touch Again—Post COVID-19
04/14/2020
As massage therapists, we miss our clients, which causes us to anxiously ask, “How can I be of service if I can’t touch?” And, of course, “When will it all go back to normal?” The short answer? It won’t, actually.
How to Heal Through COVID-19
04/14/2020
As new information about COVID-19 emerges, we are swimming through an accelerated climate of fight-or-flight and crisis consciousness. We are reframing this unusual time through the lens of what we call “Healing through COVID-19,” using calmness, openness, vigilance, intelligence, and dedication.
COVID-19 and Massage Therapy
04/13/2020
In the past couple of months, COVID-19, popularly referred to as coronavirus, has been the main focus of the news media. It’s not the first pandemic in the world, but it may be the first in our lifetime that has had such a widespread effect on our own soil, and on massage therapists.
What Will It Look Like When We Go Back To Work?
04/10/2020
Hello my friends. I hope you’re on hiatus, and I hope you and your family are healthy. I hope you’ve been safe at home, enjoying your loved ones, doing your taxes, getting your inboxes down to zero, and reassessing your work situation as you contemplate what comes next—all while doing your bit to flatten the curve.
The Truth About COVID-19
04/08/2020
See what I just did there? Can I ask readers to take a moment and consider what their internal reaction was to that headline?