Blog Posts

We spoke with Masoud Zhian, CEO & Co-founder of SoapNotesPRO, to see what makes the SoapNotesPRO app a valuable resource for massage therapists and bodyworkers.

ABMP connected with epidemiologist Tessa Crume, PhD, to get her expert advice on this question: As schools and businesses reopen, what would you tell people about letting down their guard relative to COVID-19?

Frozen shoulder is a common complaint for clients seeking massage. The Coaching the Body Institute introduces a new way of thinking about and dealing with this condition. 

ABMP connected with epidemiologist Tessa Crume, an associate professor in the Epidemiology Department at the Colorado School of Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, to get her expert advice on this question: Should I open my school’s student clinic or only allow students to work on each other?

As massage therapists, we never want to come from a place of fear, but a little healthy fear can really help us when it comes to considering risk. MTs are thinking a lot about risk these days. Risk of working or not, and, of course, the risks within a range of client presentations.

More than $100 billion in funds remain available to qualified borrowers who apply by August 8. Even if you practice by yourself and have no other employees, you likely are eligible, but you should not delay in contacting a local bank to start the application process.

In this unprecedented pandemic environment, it is important that learning continues, even if it can’t happen in person. Upledger Institute's online educational platforms serve to fill the void of postponed or canceled classes due to social distancing, while providing a work-study-life balance.   

Pathology educator and author Ruth Werner recently had a conversation with Yaser Diab, MD, a hematologist working at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, about abnormal coagulation associated with COVID-19 and how massage therapy might fit in the context of COVID-19 survivors and coagulopathy. Read the notes from their conversation here.

Cal Cates and Kerry Jordan from Healwell provide an overview of what it’s like for massage therapists working in masks, from which masks to use to concerns about breathing. 

What does successful client communication look like? It involves active listening, foregoing judgment and assumptions, and clear direction.