June 7, 2024 • 10 mins
In this episode of "The Rubdown," your host Corey Rivera brings you the latest news and updates from the massage therapy profession for May 2024.
Topics:
- Healwell News
- State and National News
- Coalition for National Massage Organization Meeting
- Upcoming Live and Online events
Healwell's Glossary of the Massage Therapy Profession
Support Georgia joining the interstate compact with ABMP
MTF Poster Submissions
Lorimer Moseley TED talk: Why Things Hurt
Davonna Willis; 4 Nineteen Education
Black Massage Therapist's Conference
AFMTE Educational Congress
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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 around the world
of massage therapy.
Today's Rubdown will includenews from May 2024.
First up, hewell News.
(00:36):
The Hewell Service Departmentprovided 960 massages in May to
the DC, maryland, virginia area,bringing our total sessions for
the year to 4,583.
Hewell Executive Director, calCates, presented a keynote
speech at the National Hospiceand Palliative Care Organization
virtual convention in Apriltitled Snuggling Up to your
Mortality for Clinical Effect.
They also participated in adebate for the Academy of
(00:56):
Professionalism in Healthcarewith massage therapy researchers
Dr Ann Blair-Kennedy from theUniversity of South Carolina and
Dr Nikki Monk of IndianaUniversity.
The title of the debate wasSeeking a Disciplinary Home for
Massage Therapy.
Public Health, palliative Care,rehabilitation, heal Well
Homecoming is September 20ththrough 21st.
There are four classesavailable on Friday, the 20th
(01:17):
two in the morning and two inthe afternoon.
Each class is worth four CEsfor a possible total of eight
credits.
Last month I told you about thetwo classes available Friday
morning one for pregnancy andone about lymphatics and today
I'm going to tell you about theclasses for Friday afternoon.
The first class is the ethicsof solidarity seeing yourself
and others to provide the bestpossible care.
Carrie Jordan, healwell'soperations director and chief,
(01:40):
whack-a-mole with Cal Cates, ourexecutive director and chief of
Worms, will present a coursethat will help you explore your
own mind, especially those partswe all wish didn't exist the
place where bias lives.
You'll learn about theneurobiology behind implicit
bias and why it's important tomove from the idea of cultural
competency to practicingcultural humility.
Carrie and Cal will also helpyou understand specific issues
(02:02):
about ethical caring for LGBTQIAplus community members.
You'll engage with currentevents and participate in small
group exercises and large groupdiscussions.
The second afternoon class isIntegrating Fossil Research into
Clinical Practice with KathyRyan.
Kathy has attended theInternational Fossil Research
Congress since it started in2007.
This class will talk aboutcurrent fossil research, science
(02:22):
and evidence informed clinicalconsiderations.
Kathy will help you understandhow to take fascial research and
apply it to your practice.
You'll learn fascial'sfunctional role, consequences of
fascial injury or dysfunctionand how our hands-on work works.
Research serves its purposebest when it's put into action.
(02:44):
So off the page and onto thetable.
Up next, state and national newsOhio has joined the Interstate
Compact which would allowmassage therapist licensing in
one state to follow thetherapist to other participating
states.
The compact needs seven statesto join before it can begin to
hammer out the rules.
Nevada has also accepted thecompact and New York, kentucky,
(03:05):
nebraska and Alabama areconsidering it.
Georgia was considering it buthas run into some trouble.
If you're a Georgia residentand you would like to support
the compact, please check outthe links in the show notes.
Delaware has introduced a Housebill that would increase
massage therapy educationrequirements from 500 to 265.
Tennessee has passed a billincreasing massage therapy
education requirements from 500to 650.
(03:27):
Alabama has terminated theAlabama Board of Massage Therapy
and its functions to create thenew Alabama Massage Therapy
Licensing Board, which willoperate under the Board of
Nursing.
If you are a resident ofAlabama, you do not need to
renew early or request anylicense under the new board.
The board has seven seats opento licensed massage therapists.
The board must be completed byJuly 1st, so if you're
(03:48):
interested in being a boardmember, you will need to email
your resume and cover letter tothe Alabama governor, lieutenant
governor and house speaker.
Check out the ABMP News websitefor more details.
Our next segment is news fromthe Massage Therapy National
Associations.
Don't forget.
The HealWell blog has a helpfulglossary of terms, including
(04:10):
the Alphabet Soup of MassageAssociations.
You can find the link to thisguide in the show notes.
Usolmt added a new board member, director of Education, christy
Waltrip, from Louisiana.
Usolmt is still searching forother board members and
information and directions toapply can be found on their
website.
The Massage Therapy Foundationis accepting posters for the
AMTA National Convention.
(04:30):
Topics are original research,program evaluation and clinical
case presentation.
Deadline for submissions hasbeen extended to July 1st at
midnight Central Standard Time.
The Coalition of NationalMassage Organizations is having
a meeting June 10th through 11thin Dallas, texas.
The coalition is made up of theseven largest national
associations.
Abmp and AMTA representinsurance-based membership
(04:53):
organizations.
Ncbtmb represents continuingeducation, fsmtb represents
state boards and the nationalexam.
Afmte represents educators,comta represents school
accreditation and the MassageTherapy Foundation represents
research.
The coalition is most wellknown for organizing and funding
the Entry-Level AnalysisProject, or ELAP, which hired
(05:14):
experts in massage therapy toestablish a curriculum for
entry-level massage education,and it is where the 625-hour
program standard comes from.
The last update from theCoalition is from December 2015
and can be read on COMTA'swebsite.
The last update from thecoalition is from December 2015
and can be read on Compta'swebsite.
The coalition discussed theFSMTB Model Practice Act,
continuing education oversight,accreditation and recognition in
(05:34):
the massage school landscape,the Polaris Project about human
trafficking, and identificationof topics and issues for ongoing
discussion.
Further topics agreed upon werecontinuing education oversight,
human trafficking and theTeacher Standards Project.
I wrote to all of theorganizations about this year's
meeting, asking to attend as ajournalist and, if I cannot
attend, to request the coalitioncreate a report for this
(05:55):
meeting.
As of this episode, I havereceived three replies one from
Dawn Hogue from Compta.
She says she will not be ableto attend because this meeting
is a reschedule from theoriginal, but Compta will be
sending Dale Healy, theircommission chair.
My second response was from KimAlexander, president of AFMTE,
stating that past presidentSherry Aldrich and secretary
Vicki Winston will be attending.
(06:16):
She says the AFMTE isparticularly interested in
discussing gainful employment.
The last reply was from AdrianAsta, president of the Massage
Therapy Foundation, stating thatthe Massage Therapy Foundation
will not be attending becausequote since the meeting is in
person, with no hybrid option,it would be fiscally
irresponsible for us to attend.
Unquote.
She states the Massage TherapyFoundation is also looking
forward to hearing what comesout of the meeting.
(06:40):
I have a very excitingannouncement you can now text
the show by clicking the link inthe show notes and for each
news update I will be asking aquestion and reading responses
the following month.
This month's question is whattopics would you want the
Coalition of National MassageOrganizations to discuss?
And last, here are massagetherapy events coming up.
(07:00):
First, live events.
If you want to catch a HealWelllive class, we have oncology
classes August 23rd through 25thin Harrisburg, pennsylvania,
and October 23rd through 25th inKeene, new Hampshire.
Healwell's hospital-basedmassage therapy stewardship this
year is November 5th through8th in Washington DC and we have
two SCAR classes left withKathy Ryan, washington DC.
(07:24):
And we have two SCAR classesleft with Kathy Ryan.
They are September 21st and22nd in Fairfax, virginia, and
October 26th through 27th inSanta Monica, california.
If you attend the September21st through 22nd class in
Fairfax Virginia, you will beexcellently situated to attend
Heal Well Homecoming as well.
Other live conferences includethe AFMTE Educational Conference
July 11th through 13th inKansas City, missouri.
Afmte says that you shouldattend if you are a massage
(07:45):
therapy continuing educationprovider, massage therapy school
instructor, a school owner oradministrator and anyone else
interested in the future ofmassage therapy education.
The AMTA National Convention isSeptember 12-14 in Tampa.
The FSMTB Annual Meeting isOctober 3-5 in Washington DC.
The Black Massage TherapistConference is October 8th
through 9th in Charlotte, northCarolina.
(08:06):
Presale tickets are availableuntil June 15th, so you should
get them while they're hot.
The event organizer, devanaWillis of 419 Education, will be
speaking and holding classes atseveral national locations
throughout the summer.
You can check out the fullschedule on their website link
in the show notes.
And Laura Mermosley, professorof Clinical Neurosciences and
Foundation Chair inPhysiotherapy at the University
of South Australia, who is aphysiotherapist, a
(08:28):
neuroscientist, a pain scientistand a science educator, will be
doing a rare tour of NorthAmerica in September and October
.
He'll be visiting Vancouver,san Francisco and New York City.
You can check out his TED Talkabout pain in the link in the
show notes.
For virtual events, afmte willbe having a second virtual open
discussion about gainfulemployment on June 24th at 5.30
(08:48):
pm Eastern Standard Time.
The HealWell community willhave a book club on June 27th.
We are reading Care the HighestState of Capitalism.
Book clubs happen really reallyrarely in the community, so I
encourage you to join us atcommunityhealwellorg If you have
any national or state levelnews about massage therapy that
you would like to share?
(09:09):
Please send an email with yournews and a link to your source
at podcasthealwellorg, or clickthe link in the show notes to
send us a text.
You can subscribe to ourPatreon for early episodes and
full interviews and you canalways join us in the HealWell
Online community.
And one more time this month'squestion that you can text to
the show using the link in theshow notes what topics would you
want the Coalition of NationalMassage Organizations to discuss
(09:30):
?
This has been your May NewsRubdown and thank you for
listening.
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 around the world
of massage therapy.
Today's Rubdown will includenews from May 2024.
First up, hewell News.
(00:36):
The Hewell Service Departmentprovided 960 massages in May to
the DC, maryland, virginia area,bringing our total sessions for
the year to 4,583.
Hewell Executive Director, calCates, presented a keynote
speech at the National Hospiceand Palliative Care Organization
virtual convention in Apriltitled Snuggling Up to your
Mortality for Clinical Effect.
They also participated in adebate for the Academy of
(00:56):
Professionalism in Healthcarewith massage therapy researchers
Dr Ann Blair-Kennedy from theUniversity of South Carolina and
Dr Nikki Monk of IndianaUniversity.
The title of the debate wasSeeking a Disciplinary Home for
Massage Therapy.
Public Health, palliative Care,rehabilitation, heal Well
Homecoming is September 20ththrough 21st.
There are four classesavailable on Friday, the 20th
(01:17):
two in the morning and two inthe afternoon.
Each class is worth four CEsfor a possible total of eight
credits.
Last month I told you about thetwo classes available Friday
morning one for pregnancy andone about lymphatics and today
I'm going to tell you about theclasses for Friday afternoon.
The first class is the ethicsof solidarity seeing yourself
and others to provide the bestpossible care.
Carrie Jordan, healwell'soperations director and chief,
(01:40):
whack-a-mole with Cal Cates, ourexecutive director and chief of
Worms, will present a coursethat will help you explore your
own mind, especially those partswe all wish didn't exist the
place where bias lives.
You'll learn about theneurobiology behind implicit
bias and why it's important tomove from the idea of cultural
competency to practicingcultural humility.
Carrie and Cal will also helpyou understand specific issues
(02:02):
about ethical caring for LGBTQIAplus community members.
You'll engage with currentevents and participate in small
group exercises and large groupdiscussions.
The second afternoon class isIntegrating Fossil Research into
Clinical Practice with KathyRyan.
Kathy has attended theInternational Fossil Research
Congress since it started in2007.
This class will talk aboutcurrent fossil research, science
(02:22):
and evidence informed clinicalconsiderations.
Kathy will help you understandhow to take fascial research and
apply it to your practice.
You'll learn fascial'sfunctional role, consequences of
fascial injury or dysfunctionand how our hands-on work works.
Research serves its purposebest when it's put into action.
(02:44):
So off the page and onto thetable.
Up next, state and national newsOhio has joined the Interstate
Compact which would allowmassage therapist licensing in
one state to follow thetherapist to other participating
states.
The compact needs seven statesto join before it can begin to
hammer out the rules.
Nevada has also accepted thecompact and New York, kentucky,
(03:05):
nebraska and Alabama areconsidering it.
Georgia was considering it buthas run into some trouble.
If you're a Georgia residentand you would like to support
the compact, please check outthe links in the show notes.
Delaware has introduced a Housebill that would increase
massage therapy educationrequirements from 500 to 265.
Tennessee has passed a billincreasing massage therapy
education requirements from 500to 650.
(03:27):
Alabama has terminated theAlabama Board of Massage Therapy
and its functions to create thenew Alabama Massage Therapy
Licensing Board, which willoperate under the Board of
Nursing.
If you are a resident ofAlabama, you do not need to
renew early or request anylicense under the new board.
The board has seven seats opento licensed massage therapists.
The board must be completed byJuly 1st, so if you're
(03:48):
interested in being a boardmember, you will need to email
your resume and cover letter tothe Alabama governor, lieutenant
governor and house speaker.
Check out the ABMP News websitefor more details.
Our next segment is news fromthe Massage Therapy National
Associations.
Don't forget.
The HealWell blog has a helpfulglossary of terms, including
(04:10):
the Alphabet Soup of MassageAssociations.
You can find the link to thisguide in the show notes.
Usolmt added a new board member, director of Education, christy
Waltrip, from Louisiana.
Usolmt is still searching forother board members and
information and directions toapply can be found on their
website.
The Massage Therapy Foundationis accepting posters for the
AMTA National Convention.
(04:30):
Topics are original research,program evaluation and clinical
case presentation.
Deadline for submissions hasbeen extended to July 1st at
midnight Central Standard Time.
The Coalition of NationalMassage Organizations is having
a meeting June 10th through 11thin Dallas, texas.
The coalition is made up of theseven largest national
associations.
Abmp and AMTA representinsurance-based membership
(04:53):
organizations.
Ncbtmb represents continuingeducation, fsmtb represents
state boards and the nationalexam.
Afmte represents educators,comta represents school
accreditation and the MassageTherapy Foundation represents
research.
The coalition is most wellknown for organizing and funding
the Entry-Level AnalysisProject, or ELAP, which hired
(05:14):
experts in massage therapy toestablish a curriculum for
entry-level massage education,and it is where the 625-hour
program standard comes from.
The last update from theCoalition is from December 2015
and can be read on COMTA'swebsite.
The last update from thecoalition is from December 2015
and can be read on Compta'swebsite.
The coalition discussed theFSMTB Model Practice Act,
continuing education oversight,accreditation and recognition in
(05:34):
the massage school landscape,the Polaris Project about human
trafficking, and identificationof topics and issues for ongoing
discussion.
Further topics agreed upon werecontinuing education oversight,
human trafficking and theTeacher Standards Project.
I wrote to all of theorganizations about this year's
meeting, asking to attend as ajournalist and, if I cannot
attend, to request the coalitioncreate a report for this
(05:55):
meeting.
As of this episode, I havereceived three replies one from
Dawn Hogue from Compta.
She says she will not be ableto attend because this meeting
is a reschedule from theoriginal, but Compta will be
sending Dale Healy, theircommission chair.
My second response was from KimAlexander, president of AFMTE,
stating that past presidentSherry Aldrich and secretary
Vicki Winston will be attending.
(06:16):
She says the AFMTE isparticularly interested in
discussing gainful employment.
The last reply was from AdrianAsta, president of the Massage
Therapy Foundation, stating thatthe Massage Therapy Foundation
will not be attending becausequote since the meeting is in
person, with no hybrid option,it would be fiscally
irresponsible for us to attend.
Unquote.
She states the Massage TherapyFoundation is also looking
forward to hearing what comesout of the meeting.
(06:40):
I have a very excitingannouncement you can now text
the show by clicking the link inthe show notes and for each
news update I will be asking aquestion and reading responses
the following month.
This month's question is whattopics would you want the
Coalition of National MassageOrganizations to discuss?
And last, here are massagetherapy events coming up.
(07:00):
First, live events.
If you want to catch a HealWelllive class, we have oncology
classes August 23rd through 25thin Harrisburg, pennsylvania,
and October 23rd through 25th inKeene, new Hampshire.
Healwell's hospital-basedmassage therapy stewardship this
year is November 5th through8th in Washington DC and we have
two SCAR classes left withKathy Ryan, washington DC.
(07:24):
And we have two SCAR classesleft with Kathy Ryan.
They are September 21st and22nd in Fairfax, virginia, and
October 26th through 27th inSanta Monica, california.
If you attend the September21st through 22nd class in
Fairfax Virginia, you will beexcellently situated to attend
Heal Well Homecoming as well.
Other live conferences includethe AFMTE Educational Conference
July 11th through 13th inKansas City, missouri.
Afmte says that you shouldattend if you are a massage
(07:45):
therapy continuing educationprovider, massage therapy school
instructor, a school owner oradministrator and anyone else
interested in the future ofmassage therapy education.
The AMTA National Convention isSeptember 12-14 in Tampa.
The FSMTB Annual Meeting isOctober 3-5 in Washington DC.
The Black Massage TherapistConference is October 8th
through 9th in Charlotte, northCarolina.
(08:06):
Presale tickets are availableuntil June 15th, so you should
get them while they're hot.
The event organizer, devanaWillis of 419 Education, will be
speaking and holding classes atseveral national locations
throughout the summer.
You can check out the fullschedule on their website link
in the show notes.
And Laura Mermosley, professorof Clinical Neurosciences and
Foundation Chair inPhysiotherapy at the University
of South Australia, who is aphysiotherapist, a
(08:28):
neuroscientist, a pain scientistand a science educator, will be
doing a rare tour of NorthAmerica in September and October
.
He'll be visiting Vancouver,san Francisco and New York City.
You can check out his TED Talkabout pain in the link in the
show notes.
For virtual events, afmte willbe having a second virtual open
discussion about gainfulemployment on June 24th at 5.30
(08:48):
pm Eastern Standard Time.
The HealWell community willhave a book club on June 27th.
We are reading Care the HighestState of Capitalism.
Book clubs happen really reallyrarely in the community, so I
encourage you to join us atcommunityhealwellorg If you have
any national or state levelnews about massage therapy that
you would like to share?
(09:09):
Please send an email with yournews and a link to your source
at podcasthealwellorg, or clickthe link in the show notes to
send us a text.
You can subscribe to ourPatreon for early episodes and
full interviews and you canalways join us in the HealWell
Online community.
And one more time this month'squestion that you can text to
the show using the link in theshow notes what topics would you
want the Coalition of NationalMassage Organizations to discuss
(09:30):
?
This has been your May NewsRubdown and thank you for
listening.
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