August Rubdown

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Healwell's Glossary of the Massage Therapy Profession

NPR: Non-Compete Ban Thrown Out
The Massage Therapy Foundation Ergonomics Project Interest Survey
MTF Public-Based Research Network
MTF Executive Director Departure (After 26 Years!)
MTF Practitioner and Student Case Report Contest

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome to the Rubdown, a news update about
massage therapy.
I'm your host, kori Rivera,licensed massage therapist and
correspondent.
Every month, the Rub will bringyou news from the world of
massage therapy.
Today's Rubdown will includenews from August 2024.
It is currently conferenceseason, so this news update will
be a quick one.
Don't forget, the HealWell bloghas a helpful glossary of terms

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.
You can find the link to thisguide in the show notes.
If we've missed any, please letus know by emailing us at
podcast at healwellorg.
First up HealWell News.
The HealWell Service Departmentprovided 935 sessions in August
to the DC, maryland, virginiaarea, bringing our total
sessions for the year to 7,224.

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Healwell Homecoming isSeptember 20th through 21st.
Friday is Education Day, whereyou can choose classes on
pregnancy or lymphatics in themorning and ethics of solidarity
or fascial research in theafternoon.
On Sunday we'll be having agroup discussion called the
Grand Noodle on topics ofresearch, service and education,
a keynote by Executive DirectorCal Cates and a dance party

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featuring a raffle, wine pooland groovy tunes.
We hope to see you there Next.
State and national news A courtin Texas has thrown out the
Federal Trade Commission's banon non-competes.
Non-compete agreements preventemployees from working for
competing companies.
Non-competes were originallyfor highly paid employees in

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order to protect trade secrets,but in recent years they have
expanded into all industries andpay grades, including retail
and food service.
The ban was originally set totake effect on September 4th,
but has been halted.
Judge Ada Brown, who made thedecision, stated that the
Federal Trade Commission doesnot have the power to create
such a ban.
Instead, that power lies withCongress.
The Federal Trade Commissionhas the option to appeal the
decision, but has not statedthey will do ban.
Instead, that power lies withCongress.
The Federal Trade Commissionhas the option to appeal the

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decision, but has not statedthey will do so.
However, some states alreadyhave restrictions on
non-competes.
California, north Dakota andOklahoma have all banned
non-competes previously, andMinnesota passed a ban last year
.
Also, in 33 states,non-competes are restricted for
lower-income workers orindustries such as health care.
If you are a massage therapistworking under a non-compete, you

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should check your state's lawsto see what kind of restrictions
might be.
In effect, the Harris-Waltzcampaign has announced a plan to
support small businesses ifthey win the presidential
election in November.
The plan includes increasingthe amount of deductions allowed
in the first year of smallbusinesses from $5,000 to
$50,000 and making low or nointerest loans available.
It also proposes creating waysto expand the Affordable Care

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Act for small businesses andworking to streamline government
processes to make things likefiling taxes simpler.
Our next segment is news fromthe Massage Therapy National
Associations.
The Massage TherapyFoundation's Executive Director,
virginia Olson, known as Ginny,is departing after 26 years of
service.

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Ginny Olson was involved in thecreation of the International
Journal of Therapeutic Massageand Bodywork, or IJTMB, which is
the Foundation's open-accessacademic journal.
She also helped create theInternational Massage Therapy
Research Conference andMassageNet, the public-based
research network that connectspracticing massage therapists
with researchers.
The Massage Therapy Foundationhas not yet announced a new

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executive director.
The Massage Therapy Foundationis also recruiting for the
second phase of the MassageTherapy Ergonomic Study.
The second phase involveshaving practicing massage
therapists wearing sensorsduring sessions.
If you are interested inparticipating, please complete
the Massage Therapy FoundationErgonomic Project Interest
Survey link in the show notes.
To be kept up to date about theergonomic study, you can sign

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up to the Massage TherapyFoundation newsletter or join
the Massage Therapy Public BasedResearch Network at
massagenetorg.
The Massage TherapyFoundation's Practitioner and
Student Case Report Contests arenow open.
The submission deadline is June1st 2025.
Link in the show notes.
And last, here are the liveevents coming up.

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If you want to catch a HealWelllive class, we have our last
oncology class for the year,october 23rd through 25th in
Keene, new Hampshire.
Healwell's hospital-basedmassage therapy stewardship is
November 5th through 8th inWashingtonene, new Hampshire.
Healwell's hospital-basedmassage therapy stewardship is
November 5th through 8th inWashington DC.
Scar classes with Kathy Ryanare September 21st through 22nd
in Fairfax, virginia, andOctober 26th through 27th in

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Santa Monica, california.
As mentioned before, healwellHomecoming is September 20th
through 21st.
Other live conferences includethe FSMTP Annual Meeting,
october 3rd through 5th inWashington DC and the Black
Massage Therapist ConferenceOctober 8th and 9th in Charlotte
, north Carolina.
If you're an early planner, theMassage Therapy Foundation's

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International Massage TherapyResearch Conference, or IMTREC,
will be April 27th through 29thin Alexandria, virginia.
While the conference usuallyoffers continuing education
credits, it is different fromthe traditional massage therapy
conference.
Research conferences are theplace researchers can present
their work to clinicians andother researchers in their field
.
Instead of hands-on classes orworkshops, the event is mostly

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lecture, followed by questionand answer sessions.
Don't forget, you can now textthe show by clicking the link in
the show notes.
Each news update.
I'll be asking a question andreading responses the following
month.
This month's question is areyou going to any conferences
this fall?
Please write in and tell usabout your experience.
If you have any national orstate-level news about massage

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therapy that you would like toshare, please send an email with
your news and a link to yoursource to podcast at heolorg.
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online community.
This has been your August NewsRubdown.
Thank you for listening.