ABMP Discount Partner Active&Fit Waives Enrollment Fee

Start your year off right with Active&Fit Direct. ABMP Members have access to a nationwide network of 12,200+ fitness centers and one-on-on personal coaching—and from December 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024, enrollment is FREE. Use a complimentary guest pass to discover the right fitness center before enrolling; plus, there are no long-term contracts, so you have the flexibility to switch fitness centers and cancel when you need to.

If you want even more, upgrade to join any of Active&Fit Direct’s 6,100+ premium exercise studios—now including Orangetheory Fitness—and get a discount of 20%–70% on most memberships. There are also more than 1,500 on-demand workout videos and unlimited lifestyle coaching. Log in to use your ABMP member activation code between December 1 and February 29. For more information, visit the ABMP Member Discounts page.

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News

West Virginia Bill Impacts Massage Establishments

Senate Bill 786 impacts massage establishment licensing, emergency suspension orders, and inspections. ABMP details how the bill may affect you and your business in this legislative web post.

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.

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.

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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