Understanding human movement is crucial for massage therapists, especially those specializing in pain and injury. This scientific study of movement, known as kinesiology, forms the foundation of orthopedics, the medical field dedicated to addressing issues within the body’s movement system. In school, your kinesiology study may have focused on memorizing muscle actions. The value of […]
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Episode 35: Resources That Inspire Our Learning
Whitney Lowe: Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner. ABMP is proud to sponsor The Thinking Practitioner Podcast. All massage therapist and body-workers can access free ABMP resources and information on the coronavirus and the massage [email protected]/COVID19, including sample release forms, PBE guides and a special issue of massage and bodywork magazine, where Til and I are […]
Episode 34: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: What You Didn’t Know
Til Luchau: Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner. Books of Discovery has been a part of massage therapy education for over 20 years. Thousands of schools around the world teach with their textbooks, their e-textbooks and digital resources. In these trying times, this beloved partner is dedicated to helping educators with online-friendly digital resources that make […]
Episode 33: Drew Freedman: Dealing With Adversity
Whitney Lowe: Hello, this is Whitney Lowe and welcome to the Thinking Practitioner Podcast. This podcast episode is sponsored by Handspring Publishing. Handspring has become one of the preeminent publishers focused on manual therapy topics. And their catalog reads like a who’s who of great pioneers in our field. They also offer a series of […]
Episode 32: Art Riggs: Aging Well
Til Luchau: I am Til Luchau, and I am pleased to be here today with a special guest who I’m going to tell you about in a minute. ABMP is proud to sponsor the Thinking Practitioner Podcast. All massage therapists and body workers can access free ABMP resources and information on the coronavirus and the […]
Episode 31: Headaches of Another Kind: Cervicogenic Headaches
Whitney Lowe: Welcome to the Thinking Practitioner. Hello, this is Whitney Lowe, and our opening sponsor today is Books of Discovery. Books of Discovery has been a part of massage therapy education for over 20 years. Thousands of schools around the world teach with their textbooks, e-textbooks, and digital resources. In these trying times, this […]
Episode 30: Excuses, Excuses: Our Favorite Reasons Not To
Til Luchau: Hi. This is Til Luchau. When I was looking for a publisher for a book I wanted to write, I was lucky enough to have ended up with two offers, one from a huge international media conglomerate and the other from Handspring, a small publisher in Scotland run by four awesome people. I’m […]
The Thinking Practitioner Episode 29: First Season Retrospective – Best of the Thinking Practitioner
Til Luchau: Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner. Hello, Til Luchau here. When I was looking for a publisher for a book that I wanted to write, I was lucky enough to have had two offers. One from a large international media conglomerate, and the other from Handspring Publishing, a small publisher in Scotland run by […]
The Thinking Practitioner Episode 28: Advanced Credentialing and Massage as Healthcare
Here is the transcript for our recent Thinking Practitioner Podcast, Episode 28 on Advanced Credentialing with Cal Cates. You can hear the episode by clicking here. Whitney Lowe: Hello, this is Whitney Lowe and welcome to the Thinking Practitioner Podcast and we’d like to thank Books of Discovery for sponsoring our podcast today. Books of […]
Episode 27: The Little Man In The Brain: The Sensory Homunculus
Whitney Lowe: Hi, this is Whitney Lowe and ABMP is proud to sponsor the Thinking Practitioner podcast, all massage therapists and bodyworkers can access free ABMP resources and information on the Coronavirus and the massage profession at abmp.com/covid19. Including sample release forms, PPE guides, and a special issue of massage and bodywork magazine, where Til […]