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VOLUME 35, NUMBER 7
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Tropical Stay-Cation: Help Clients Escape Through Scent
The summer is a great time to incorporate tropical scents into your practice. The sweet zest of orange, the more timid and soft scent of grapefruit, and the exotic floral bouquet of ylang ylang can all help bring the aroma of the tropics to your treatment room.
Lost in the (Voice) Mail
Voicemail was once seen as a convenient and modern way to manage incoming business calls. But that was a long time ago. In this age of fast moving technology and digital disruption, businesses that rely on voicemail to handle inbound traffic are getting left behind.

Three Myths About Research & Massage
As a researcher and educator, I teach courses related to research literacy and research design. I often encounter misconceptions about research from students. Here are a few of the most common.
Sex & Estrogen
At the end of last month's article I discussed the interaction between opposites: male and female, light and dark, etc. Here, I will continue down that road by observing how hormonal balance affects the reproductive system in women — specifically sex hormones.
Letter to the Editor: Swedish Massage, an Underrated Modality
Thank you for the article about Swedish Massage. For many years I've thought it underrated and was recently amused when a Thai Massage instructor claimed Thai Massage to be the only technique to place positive stress on the skeletal structure.

Readers Love Digital!
Massage Today digital readership is growing every day! The May issue set a new record with the number of unique visits it received. So far, the feedback we have received has been overwhelmingly positive. Here's what one reader said:
In Memoriam: John M. Upledger
John Matthew Upledger, age 56, CEO of Upledger Institute International, the Barral Institute and the International Alliance of Healthcare Educators (IAHE) passed away at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on May 21, 2017.
2017 San Diego Pain Summit: A Conversation Between Practitioners
Editor's Note: This is a conversation between Ruth Werner who attended the 2017 San Diego Pain Summit, and Til Luchau who was not able to attend. Their conversation was a recorded debriefing, with an eye to applying Ruth's take-away ideas into hands-on practice.

Moving With Imagery: Help More Patients
"I was told to move both hands from side-to-side like windshield wipers," said Raquel J., "in rehab after surgery to repair a fractured left  wrist." The advice was ideal.

Needle Sequencing: Something I Wish I'd Known Sooner (Part 2)
The two-point combination listed in part 1 of this article can be effective, but adding one more point to reinforce the spleen can make a significant impact in the treatment. The guideline is to end the treatment where you want to send the qi.

Fascial Connections in the Sacroiliac Region
The sacroiliac (SI) joint is one of the most biomechanically complex joints in the body. It is close to the body's center of gravity and is acted on by lever forces from three directions (spine and each lower extremity).

Heal Thyself: The Necessity of Self-Care
We're all aware of self-care benefits. We are great at making those recommendations for patients and those close to us. We make those recommendations because we understand and believe self-care is essential to healing our whole body and mental wellness.
We Have Eaten the Goose: A Lesson in Greed (Part 1)
I knew our profession was headed for trouble when I asked a student in a massage school why she was studying massage and she told me, "Because my guidance counselor told me it was easier than hair school." That was about 2005.

ASA 2017 Meeting
The American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) held their second annual business meeting March 17-18 in Philadelphia, Penn. It was attended by 38 representatives from 25 states, as well as representatives from the ACAOM, CCAOM, and NCCAOM — to name a few.
Conference News: SAR 2017 Meeting
The Society for Acupuncture Research 2017 conference (SAR 2017), co-sponsored by the Department of Anesthesia at Stanford University, titled "Advancing the Precision Medicine Initiative through Acupuncture Research" took place in San Francisco on April 27-29.
Practicing Acupuncture in a Multi-Disciplinary Setting
As Americans increasingly look to integrative medicine to serve their needs, multi-disciplinary medical centers in which a variety of health care options are offered are uniquely poised to shape the medical landscape of the future.

NCBTMB Spotlight: Ryan Witholt
Long before deciding to become a massage therapist, I was interested in health care. Specifically, I wanted to be a physician so I could help people heal.

An Interview With A Thought Leader in Public Health: Ayurvedic Medicine & TCM
Sivarama "Prasad" Vinjamury holds an medical degree in ayurveda, a master's degree in acupuncture and Oriental medicine, and a master's degree in public health.

NCCAOM Call to Action: Shape the Future of Certification
Beginning in July 2017, the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM®) will be conducting an online survey to gather opinions and job-related information from licensed acupuncturists throughout the U.S.
A Chain Reaction: From Sever's Disease to Tensor Fascia Latae
As a profession we treat clients daily that are in either acute or chronic pain and make assessments based on their movement patterns.

A Common MT Injury: You Guessed it ... Thumbs
In massage and bodywork the thumb is an important but often overused part of the body. Manual therapists are susceptible to many different thumb injuries, which often make them ponder the decision to leave the profession, or not.

The Risk Behind Technology: An Insomniac's Nightmare

Chronic insomnia can lead to serious problems. We consolidate memories, heal our bodies, generate stem cells, remove neurotoxic waste products, and mitigate pro-inflammatory cytokines when we sleep.


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