News

Pilar Hook, a dedicated and passionate instructor and lifelong student of bodywork, passed away after a two-year battle with breast cancer.

The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is now offering an advanced training program in hospital-based massage therapy.

GSNPlanet has announced its Pledge for the Planet campaign to encourage the wellness industry to commit to eight principles of environmental sustainability by Earth Day 2020.

The International SPA Association (ISPA) announced Noel Asmar Group as this year’s overall winner for the ISPA Innovation of the Year award.

The International SPA Association (ISPA) has announced the 2020 ISPA board of directors and officers.

ABMP is aware of the serious allegations outlined in the recent Gizmodo article “‘They’re putting People at Risk’: Sexual Misconduct, Harassment, and Inaction at Zeel, the Top Massage App.”

We’re excited to announce that two of our PAC publications, Massage & Bodywork and ASCP Skin Deep, were named finalists for the 2019 Folio awards.

Scientists from Harvard University’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recently published a study in which they claim a chemical found in cannabis has demonstrated “significant therapy potential” in treatment of pancreatic cancer.

The U.S. Department of Defense's Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) announced Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa as an employer partner to provide spouses of military veterans with a rewarding career in massage therapy.

The Zone Technique, developed by Peter Goldman, DC, and featured in the March/April 2015 issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine, is a system of bodywork based on the concept that aches, pains, diseases, and other discomforts in the body are the result of disturbances in one or more of six zones within the body.