At the age of 91, and after decades of delivering reiki to underserved and forgotten communities, ABMP member Bill Stevens announced his retirement. Stevens was featured in the November/December 2024 issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine in “Faces of Bodywork.”
Here we are again: mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is in the news, and it’s time for an update for massage and massage therapits, because this one is very different from the 2022 version.
Expand your low-back pain toolkit with five new CE courses in the ABMP Education Center!
All healing modalities are more effective when the recipient understands what is happening in their body and can visualize the effects taking place.
Two new ABMP CE courses that focus on the face, hands, and feet are available in the ABMP Education Center to view and earn 1 CE hour for each course!
The newest Massage & Bodywork magazine CE course “2024, Issue 5: Massage & Bodywork Magazine September-October 2024” is now available in the ABMP Education Center to read and earn 2.5 CE hours.
How do we respond to loss when it occurs as part of our professional massage practice?
Nearly 24 years ago, an article in the June/July 2001 issue of ABMP’s Massage & Bodywork magazine helped validate for Jennifer Telford that the holistic breast health work she was doing to educate women was on point.
Telford had been teaching self-massage and self-lymphatic drainage techniques as a newly certified massage therapist when she spotted the article titled “Breast Massage: Afloat in a New Era of Thinking,” which highlighted professionals advocating for massage therapy and lymphatic drainage as an effective tool to support breast health.
Carol Reyes Ryan is the owner of BodyLove Spa + Wellness One Healing Touch Reiki & Massage for Women in Florida. Ryan was featured in the September/October 2024 issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine in “Faces of Bodywork.”
Setting boundaries from the start is essential so you don’t have to backtrack and fix bad behaviors you’ve already let slide.
