CONTENTS
Making the Best of Your Environment
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Long hours working at the spa can be hard for some therapists, but you can almost always find ways to make it work for you.
Vertebrates & Touch
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Examining how touch affects other vertebrates and how that translates to how we care for each other.
5 Simple Ways for Self-Care
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Another reminder of why and how massage therapists can “recharge” to minimize burnout.
CR(a)PS
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The latest review and update on complex regional pain syndrome, an uncommon yet disabling disease where pain doesn’t stop screaming..
What’s in a Name?
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What a condition is called can affect the course of research and treatments.
Had CRPS research gone off-track and now have to start from scratch?
Human Exploitation in Massage Profession
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An insight of how what massage therapists need to know about the dark side of the profession.
Tone Police: Minimize Projection in Social Media
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Context Factors, Clinical Outcomes
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What is the placebo effect's role in manual therapy?
Editor and Founder
Nick Ng, BA, CMT
Contributors
Ravensara Travillian, PhD, LMP
Catie Morgan, BS, LMT
Laura Landsiedel Ford, LMT
Vicki S. Winston, LMT
Graphics and Production
Nick Ng
Cover Photo
Nick Ng
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Human Exploitation in Massage Profession
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Behind-the-scenes of the dark side of the profession, and what massage professionals should be aware of.
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